New feed item

Start the workflow when a blog, a news site or any RSS/Atom feed publishes a new item. No connection needed.

A polling trigger

It checks for new items on a timer while the workflow is On, in the browser extension. Read Polling triggers for the first check, test events and what happens when a check fails.

What it does

Every Check every minutes, the trigger reads the Feed URL and starts one run with the items it hasn’t seen yet. An item is recognised by its id (guid), or its link when the feed has no id.

A check that finds nothing new starts no run. Press Run to fetch a test event: the latest items, without moving the trigger’s position.

When to use it

• Post new articles from a blog to Slack or Discord.
• Save new podcast episodes to a reading list.
• Summarise each new post of a news feed with AI.

Inputs and settings

Einstellung	Typ	Was es bewirkt
Feed URL PFLICHT(erforderlich)	URL	An RSS or Atom address.
Check every	Number	At least 1 minute, only while the workflow is On. Standard: 5
On the first check	Choice	Options: Skip what’s already there, Start with the latest. Standard: Skip what’s already there
How many to start with	Number	For “Start with the latest” and Fetch test event (1–20). Standard: 3

Paste the feed address in Feed URL, for example https://blog.example.com/feed.xml. Most blogs show it as an RSS icon or at /feed or /rss.

Outputs

• Output

Each run returns a list of items with these fields:

Field	Typ	What it holds
title	Text
link	Text
guid	Text
isoDate	Text
pubDate	Text
content	Text
contentSnippet	Text

Shape of an output item

[
  {
    "title": "…",
    "link": "…",
    "guid": "…",
    "isoDate": "…",
    "pubDate": "…",
    "content": "…",
    "contentSnippet": "…"
  }
]

One item per feed item, with its title, link, publication date and content as the feed provides them.

Dependencies and credentials

None. This node needs no connection and has no slots for other nodes.

Example workflow

1. New feed item on a blog feed, Check every 30 minutes.
2. Summarization Chain summarises {{ $input.content }}.
3. Discord posts the title, link and summary.

Common issues

• Nothing ever runs: with Skip what’s already there, only items published after you turned the workflow On start runs. Press Run to fetch a test event and check the feed works.
• The feed can’t be read: open the address in a tab; it must show XML, not a web page.

Related nodes

• Polling triggers: how every “New …” trigger checks.
• RSS Feed Read: read a feed once, on demand.
• Schedule Trigger: run at fixed times instead.