Fetch Only New RSS Items with Images

This workflow automates the monitoring of RSS feeds to retrieve only brand-new items that include images, preventing duplicates and ensuring high-quality content. It starts with a Cron trigger running every 5 minutes, reads the RSS feed (e.g., The Verge), extracts and formats key data like title, subtitle, author, URL, date, and content, then uses a custom function to filter out previously seen items via global static data. Finally, it pulls the image URL from the HTML content using CSS selectors.

Key benefits include deduplication for efficient notifications, image extraction for visually rich posts, and modularity—simply append nodes like Telegram or Twitter at the end. It saves time by automating manual RSS checks and ensures you only process fresh, media-rich content.

Ideal use cases: Personal news alerts to chat apps, automated social media posting with images, content curation for blogs or newsletters, or integrating with Rocket.Chat. Based on n8n community solutions for latest RSS and image handling, it's reliable for high-traffic feeds.