The RSS trigger polls an RSS or Atom feed on an interval and runs the workflow once for each new item. It is a simple way to react to news, blog posts, or any feed-driven source.
When to use it
Use it to monitor publications and act on new entries: summarize each new article, draft a social post, or file items into a database.
Configuration
- Add a Trigger node and choose RSS Feed from the External group.
- Enter the RSS Feed URL, then click Preview to confirm the feed loads and see recent titles.
- Set the Update Interval: 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 6 hours, 24 hours, or Use Schedule to Trigger to drive polling from the workflow’s own schedule.
- Optionally add Filters so only matching items run the workflow.
- Set Max items (1 to 50) per poll, and toggle Include full content if you want the whole entry body instead of just the summary.
Filters
- Title contains: only run for items whose title includes the text you enter.
- Content contains: only run for items whose content includes the text.
Available outputs
Each item exposes these named fields:
title: item titlelink: item URLdescription: summary textcontent: full content, when Include full content is onpubDate: publication dateauthor: author namecategories: category list
[[title] from trigger-1] [[link] from trigger-1]
See Data Flow and Variable Handling.
Scheduling note
The polling interval above is specific to the feed check. It is separate from the workflow-level schedule you set on the Workflows management page. Choosing Use Schedule to Trigger ties feed polling to that workflow schedule. See Execution and Scheduling.
Local and Cloud
No credits. Polling on an interval is most reliable in Cloud mode, where the hosted engine runs the checks server-side. See Local vs Cloud execution.