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Watch GitHub releases and Docker tags, analyze changelogs with Claude Haiku, and send update digests to Slack, Discord, Telegram, and ntfy

Ready for 3.0

by nXsi ✓ · 82 views · created 2026-02-25 · DevOps, AI Summarization

Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 34 nodes and runs on a schedule (cron 0 8 * * *). Along the way it connects Anthropic Chat Model, Telegram, Postgres and Slack.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (cron 0 8 * * *).

  1. Configure Watcher (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 15 fields: github_token, enable_auto_detect, compose_url…
  2. Build Repo Watchlist (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  3. Auto-Detect Enabled? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  4. Merge: merges the data from its input branches
  5. Has Compose URL? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  6. Skip Auto-Detect (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: _noAutoDetected
  7. Deduplicate Watchlist (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  8. Fetch Compose File (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
  9. Parse and Map Compose (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  10. Source Router (Switch): routes items into 2 branches

…plus 22 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Anthropic Chat ModelTelegramPostgresSlack

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.

Nodes used (12)

From the author

This n8n template monitors your self-hosted apps for new releases across GitHub and container registries, uses Claude AI to analyze changelogs, and delivers color-coded update digests to Discord, Telegram, Slack, and ntfy. Stop finding out about updates after…

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