Daily Podcast Summary Auto-Email

Scheduled fetch of Apple Charts top podcasts → download & crop audio → Whisper transcription + GPT-4o-mini summary → merge into HTML table → Gmail delivery

Who

Content consumers or marketers who want daily podcast summaries delivered automatically

You get

Receive a formatted email at your chosen time with podcast names, links, and 3-4 paragraph summaries

You need

n8n · gmail

Steps

1. Configure trigger and genre

   Open the template in n8n. Set the `Schedule` node to your preferred delivery time (default 08:00). In the `Genre` node, set the podcast genre such as TECHNOLOGY, NEWS, ARTS, COMEDY, SPORTS, FICTION, etc. (full list at api.taddy.org).

2. Fetch and split podcast list

   The `TaddyTopDaily` node sends a GraphQL query to api.taddy.org to fetch the top 10 daily podcasts for the selected genre (US region). Enter X-USER-ID and X-API-KEY in the Header parameters. The `Split Out` node then splits the list into individual items for processing.

   Execution prompt · Source text。TaddyTopDaily node bodyParameters.query field

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   query {   getTopChartsByGenres(          limitPerPage:10,     filterByCountry:UNITED_STATES_OF_AMERICA,     taddyType:PODCASTEPISODE,      genres:PODCASTSERIES_{{ $json.genre }}){     topChartsId      podcastEpisodes{       uuid       name audioUrl      podcastSeries{         uuid         name       }     }   } }

3. Download and crop audio

   `Download Podcast` fetches the audio file. `Request Audio Crop` uses the Aspose online service to crop audio (default 00:08:00 to 00:24:00, output mp3). `Get Download Link` polls for crop status; `If Downloads Ready` checks readiness; if not ready, `Wait` then retries. Finally `Download Cut MP3` retrieves the cropped file.

4. Transcribe and summarize

   `Whisper Transcribe Audio` calls OpenAI Whisper API (model=whisper-1) to convert audio to text. `Summarize Podcast` calls GPT-4o-mini to summarize the transcript into 3-4 paragraphs of key information, starting with 'This episode focuses on' or 'This episode is about'.

   Execution prompt · Source text。Summarize Podcast node prompt.messages[0].content field

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   =Summarize the major points of the following podcast: {{ $json.text }}. Start your answer by saying 'This episode focuses on', 'This episode is about', etc. Contain your answer to 3-4 paragraphs max, and focus on only key information.

5. Merge and format output

   `Final Data` formats each result as JSON with podcast name, episode name, URL, and summary. `Merge Results` aggregates all items via a Code node. `HTML` renders a styled table email with Podcast / Episode / Summary columns.

6. Send email

   The `Gmail` node sends the HTML content to your inbox. Enter the recipient address in the node and configure gmailOAuth2 credentials (using your Google Cloud client_secret.json). Email subject is 'Podcast Review'. [First-test safety] Before the first test, disconnect the Gmail node or replace the Schedule trigger with a Test Workflow node so no email is sent; reconnect Gmail and enter a real recipient only after the flow looks correct.

You are an n8n workflow setup assistant. The user wants to recreate the 'Daily Podcast Summary Auto-Email' template. Assist in this order: 1) Confirm the user has an n8n instance, Taddy API key, Google Cloud OAuth2 credentials, and OpenAI API key; 2) Guide importing workflow.json or installing from the template library; 3) Check credentials and parameters node by node, especially X-USER-ID/X-API-KEY, genre value, gmailOAuth2 recipient, and Schedule time; 4) Suggest replacing Schedule with Test Workflow for initial testing; 5) Warn about Aspose cutter availability and OpenAI costs. Do not execute any API calls that may incur charges on behalf of the user.