RSS to social: automated content generation with Llama 3 & GetLate Publishing

🚀 Automate your social media presence! This workflow duo automatically curates content from your Wallabag RSS feeds, generates platform-specific posts using AI, and publishes them—complete with AI-generated images.

⚙️ Setup & Configuration

Required Credentials & Services: To run this workflow, you will need to set up the following credentials in n8n:

• Wallabag RSS Feeds: This workflow uses Wallabag as your content curation service. Wallabag is the most cost-effective option—easy to self-host or use as a paid service. You'll need to generate access tokens for RSS feed access.
• Airtable API Key: To create and update records in your "Content Store" database.
• LLM Provider API Key: To power the social media content generation. The demo uses Groq (llama-3.3-70b-versatile), but this can be replaced with any preferred LLM (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.).
• GetLate API Key: To authenticate and post to your social media platforms.
• Imgbb API Key: To host the AI-generated images.
• An Image Generation Service API Key: For creating images from prompts. The demo uses Hugging Face (stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0), but this can be swapped for any other service (Fal.ai, Stability AI, etc.).

Key Setup Requirement: Define Your Tagging Convention Before running this workflow, establish a consistent tagging system in Wallabag where each tag corresponds to a specific social media platform. For example:

• #to-share-linkedin for LinkedIn content
• #to-share-bluesky for Bluesky content
• #to-share-instagram for Instagram content

Adding More Feeds & Platforms:

• New Feeds: Simply duplicate the example sub-workflows and update the RSS feed URL and target platform information for each new tag/platform combination.
• New Platforms: To add support for additional social platforms, duplicate one of the existing platform sub-workflows (LinkedIn or Bluesky) and update the platform-specific parameters, prompts, and GetLate API settings for your new platform.

Airtable Database Schema: "RSS Feed - Content Store" The workflow uses an Airtable base with the following fields to track content from ingestion to publication:

• id (Primary Field): Formula, for unique record ID (RECORD_ID())
• audience_targeted: Long text
• author: Long text
• character_count: Number
• content_markdown: Long text
• cta_used: Long text
• feed_id: Single line text
• goal_applied: Long text
• image_filename: Singe line text
• image_id: Single line text
• image_link: URL
• image_prompt: Long text
• is_posted: Number, default is 0
• platform: Single line text
• post_text: Long text
• suggested_hashtags: Long text
• title: Long text
• tone_applied: Long text
• article_url: URL

Customizable User Inputs: This workflow is built for flexibility. Key inputs you can customize include:

• Wallabag RSS Feed URL & Platform Tag: The specific feed and platform-specific tag (e.g., #to-share-linkedin) to monitor in Workflow #1.
• Target Social Platform: Defined per feed in the "Edit Field" node.
• Content Generation Schedule: The frequency for auto-posting in the Schedule Trigger.
• Brand Voice & LLM Parameters: The tone, style, and specific instructions for the AI in the "Set Custom SMCG Prompt" node.
• Platform-Specific Prompts: The template used to generate posts for each social network (Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.).
• Posting Behavior & Image Generation: Configured within the SMCG (Social Media Content Generation) node. This is where you set the posting mode (immediate vs. draft) and define a boolean for each platform to enable or disable AI-generated images for its posts.

📥 Workflow 1: RSS Aggregator & Content Store

• RSS Trigger → Pulls tagged articles from Wallabag feeds using platform-specific tags
• Platform Assignment → Sets target social platform based on tag
• Content Conversion → HTML to Markdown formatting
• Airtable Storage → Saves articles to content database

🌟 Adding New RSS Feeds: To monitor additional Wallabag feeds for different content sources, simply duplicate the existing RSS feed sub-workflow and update the RSS URL with your new Wallabag access token and platform-specific tag. Each feed can target a different social platform or content category.

🔄 Workflow 2: AI Content Generator & Publisher

• Schedule Trigger → Runs on your preferred frequency
• Content Selection → Pulls unpublished articles from Airtable
• AI Configuration → Sets brand voice, posting behavior, and image generation preferences
• Platform Routing → Directs to appropriate social platform workflow
• AI Content Generation → Creates posts and image prompts using LLM
• Image Generation → Creates & hosts images when enabled
• Social Publishing → Posts to platforms via GetLate API
• Database Update → Marks content as published in Airtable

🌟 Adding New Platform Support: To extend this workflow to additional social platforms, simply duplicate one of the existing platform sub-workflows and update the platform-specific parameters, LLM prompts, and GetLate API configuration for your target platform.