Automate weekly Hollywood film briefing via Tavily and Gemini

This n8n template demonstrates how to build a weekly Hollywood film industry briefing using Tavily for real-time search and Google Gemini for summarization. It sends a concise, emoji‑styled email with movie releases, box office results, industry news, and must‑watch recommendations every week automatically.

Use cases: Great for film journalists, entertainment bloggers, or movie enthusiasts who want automated weekly updates without manually checking multiple sources.

Good to know

• Free to use: Tavily provides 1,000 API credits per month on their free plan (no credit card required), so this workflow can run at zero cost.
• Real-time data: Tavily’s search API is optimized for up-to-date information — perfect for weekly movie releases and box office stats.
• Google Gemini is used for summarization, and you only need basic API access (no paid tier required).

How it works

• Trigger: Scheduled every Thursday morning (configurable).

• Search: Four Tavily API calls gather:

  • Movies releasing this week
  • Last week’s box office results
  • Hollywood industry news
  • Must‑watch movies currently in theatres

• Summarization: Google Gemini turns this into Gmail‑friendly HTML with emojis and bullet points.

• Email: The formatted newsletter is sent via Gmail node.

How to use

• Configure Tavily API and Gmail OAuth2 credentials in n8n’s credential manager.
• (Optional) Edit Tavily queries to focus on specific genres or add filters.
• Adjust the schedule trigger to any day/time you prefer.

Requirements

• Tavily API account (free plan – 1,000 monthly requests)
• Google Gemini API key for summarization
• Gmail account (OAuth2 credentials for sending emails)

Customising this workflow

You can modify this template to cover:

• Specific genres (e.g., “Hollywood sci-fi movies releasing this week”)
• Regional box office data
• Use OpenAI’s web search Responses API instead of Tavily (note: OpenAI requires a $5 minimum credit to activate API usage).