Daily financial news summary with Ollama LLM - automated email report
Needs changesNeeds changes. This template uses 1 thing(s) that n8n 3.0 removes: AI Agent v1 (old agent modes). 1 breaking item(s) found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 8 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day at 07:00). Along the way it connects Ollama Chat Model. It also calls ft.com over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every day at 07:00).
- Fetch Financial News Webpage (HTTP Request): calls ft.com
- Delay to Ensure Page Load (Wait): pauses before continuing
- Extract News Headlines & Text (HTML): parses or builds HTML
- Clean Extracted News Data (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: All data
- AI Financial News Summarizer (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: LLM Chat Model
- Email Daily Financial Summary (Send Email): sends an email over SMTP
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: ft.com
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Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
1 thing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0. Fix it before you upgrade:
- AI Agent v1 (old agent modes) in AI Financial News Summarizer (v1.6): replace with Latest AI Agent node (Tools Agent). For SQL Agent, use a Postgres or MySQL tool with a recent AI Agent.
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| Removed in 3.0 | Replace with |
|---|---|
| AI Agent v1 (old agent modes) AI Financial News Summarizer (v1.6) | Latest AI Agent node (Tools Agent). For SQL Agent, use a Postgres or MySQL tool with a recent AI Agent. |
Nodes used (8)
- Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Wait
n8n-nodes-base.wait - HTML
n8n-nodes-base.html - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - Send Email
n8n-nodes-base.emailSend - Ollama Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOllama
From the author
This workflow auto-fetches top financial headlines, cleans the content, and uses AI to summarize it into a short investor-friendly email. Good to know - The workflow runs daily and relies on stable webpage access; check the URL (e.g., https://www.ft.com/) for…