AI Newsletter Builder: Crawl Sites with Dumpling AI, Summarize with GPT-4o

Description

Who is this for?

This workflow is built for newsletter writers, marketers, content creators, or anyone who curates and summarizes web articles. It’s especially helpful for virtual assistants and founders who need to quickly turn web content into digestible, branded newsletters using AI.

What problem is this workflow solving?

Manually reading, summarizing, and formatting multiple articles into a newsletter takes time and focus. This workflow automates the process using Dumpling AI for crawling, GPT-4o for summarization, and Gmail for delivery—so you can go from raw URLs to a polished email in minutes.

What this workflow does

Starts manually (can also be scheduled)
Reads a list of article URLs from Google Sheets
Sends URLs to Dumpling AI to crawl and extract content
Splits each article into a single item for processing
Uses a Code node to clean and structure article data
Uses an Edit Fields node to merge articles into one JSON block
GPT-4o summarizes and generates HTML content for the newsletter
Sends the formatted newsletter via Gmail

Setup

Google Sheets
Create a sheet with a column (A) for article URLs
Update the Read URLs from Google Sheet node to use your Sheet ID and tab name
Connect your Google account in the credentials

Dumpling AI
Sign up at https://app.dumplingai.com
Create an agent for web crawling under /crawl
Add your Dumpling API key in the HTTP headers of the Crawl Content with Dumpling AI node

Split Node
Breaks apart the array of articles from Dumpling AI so each article is processed individually

Code Node
Structures each article as JSON with title, url, and cleaned text content

Edit Fields Node
Gathers all structured articles back into a single JSON array to prepare for AI summarization

OpenAI (GPT-4o)
Processes the article list and returns a formatted subject line and HTML newsletter content

Gmail
Connect your Gmail account to send the AI-generated newsletter to your inbox or team
Update the recipient field in the Send HTML Email via Gmail node

How to customize this workflow to your needs

Replace the manual trigger with a Schedule node to send newsletters weekly
Modify the GPT-4o prompt to change tone (e.g., more professional, funny, casual)
Add filtering logic to skip low-value articles
Connect Slack, Airtable, or Notion for internal team usage
Change Gmail to SendGrid or Outlook if preferred

Final Notes

This workflow uses:
Dumpling AI** /crawl endpoint to extract article content
Split, **Code, and Edit Fields nodes to format multi-article input
GPT-4o** for summarization and HTML formatting
Gmail** for delivery

This setup eliminates manual steps and delivers fast, consistent newsletters powered by AI.