How it works

🧠 AI-Powered News Update Bot for Zalo using Gemini and RSS Feeds

This workflow allows you to build a smart Zalo chatbot that automatically summarizes and delivers the latest news using Google Gemini and RSS feeds. It’s perfect for keeping users informed with AI-curated updates directly inside Vietnam’s most popular messaging app.

🚀 What It Does

• Receives user messages via Zalo Bot webhook
• Fetches the latest articles from an RSS feed (e.g., AI news)
• Summarizes the content using Google Gemini
• Formats the response and sends it back to the user on Zalo

📱 What Is Zalo?

Zalo is Vietnam’s leading instant messaging app, with over 78 million monthly active users—more than 85% of the country’s internet-connected population. It handles 2 billion messages per day and is deeply embedded in Vietnamese daily life, making it a powerful channel for communication and automation.

🔧 Setup Instructions

1. Create a Zalo Bot

• Open the Zalo app and search for "Zalo Bot Creator"
• Tap "Create Zalo Bot Account"
• Your bot name must start with "Bot" (e.g., Bot AI News)
• After creation, Zalo will send you a message containing your Bot Token

2. Configure the Webhook

• Replace [your-webhook URL] in Zalo Bot Creator with your n8n webhook URL
• Use the Webhook node in this workflow to receive incoming messages

3. Set Up Gemini

• Add your Gemini API key to the HTTP Request node labeled Summarize AI News
• Customize the prompt if you want a different tone or summary style

4. Customize RSS Feed

• Replace the default RSS URL with your preferred news source
• You can use any feed that provides timely updates (e.g., tech, finance, health)

🧪 Example Interaction

User: "What's new today?"
Bot: "🧠 AI Update: Google launches Gemini 2 with multimodal capabilities, revolutionizing how models understand text, image, and code..."

⚠️ Notes

• Zalo Bots currently do not support images, voice, or file attachments
• Make sure your Gemini API key has access to the model you're calling
• RSS feeds should be publicly accessible and well-formatted

🧩 Nodes Used

• Webhook
• HTTP Request (Gemini)
• RSS Feed Read
• Set & Format
• Zalo Message Sender (via API)

💡 Tips

• You can swap Gemini with GPT-4 or Claude by adjusting the API call
• Add filters to the RSS node to only include articles with specific keywords
• Use the Function node to personalize responses based on user history

Built by Nguyen Thieu Toan (Nguyễn Thiệu Toàn) (https://nguyenthieutoan.com).
Read more about this workflow by Vietnamese:
https://nguyenthieutoan.com/share-workflow-n8n-zalo-bot-cap-nhat-tin-tuc/