Post New Items From a changelog RSS to Slack Automatically
This watches a changelog RSS and forwards each new entry to Slack with the title, summary and link — keeping your team current without anyone manually checking the feed.
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Step 1 — Watch the feed
Add an
RSS Feed Triggerpointed at a changelog RSS, polling every 15–60 minutes. - 2
Step 2 — Skip anything already posted
Add a
Remove Duplicates(or seen-ID) step so only genuinely new items pass. - 3
Step 3 — Post to Slack
Add a
Slacknode. SetResourcetoMessageandOperationtoSend. Choose the channel (e.g.#alerts) and drop the item title, a snippet and the link into the message text using expressions like{{ $json.summary }}. Connect your Slack OAuth or bot-token credential.
Frequently asked questions
Can I combine several feeds?
Yes — add more `RSS Feed Trigger` nodes (or a merged OPML feed) and route them all through the same Slack step.
Feed has no summaries — options?
Add an `OpenAI` node to generate a one-line summary from the item link before posting to Slack.