n8nForumDailyDigest
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Daily cron val that:
- Fetches recent topics and posts from the n8n forum "Questions" category.
- Summarizes the discussions (last 24 hours) using OpenAI.
- Emails the digest to you.
Set these in Val Town Secrets if needed:
Optional:
OPENAI_MODEL: OpenAI model name (default:gpt-4o-mini).OPENAI_API_KEY: If you are using a custom OpenAI integration. By default, it uses Val Town's standard OpenAI helper.
- The val fetches the top topics in the "Questions" category via the Discourse JSON API.
- It filters for topics that had activity (new posts) in the last 24 hours.
- For each active topic, it fetches the first post (to get the context of the question) and any posts made in the last 24 hours.
- It passes this content to OpenAI for summarization, following the same format as
discordDailyDigest. - Finally, it sends an HTML email with the summary.
- This val uses the public Discourse API and does not require forum credentials.
- It targets category
12("Questions"). - On Val Town Free, the
v/std/emailhelper only emails the account owner.