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Automate your news monitoring with Linkup, Airtable, and Slack

This AI-powered automation template monitors news on any topic by leveraging Linkup's web search to find and extract key details from relevant articles. It then neatly organizes the news in an Airtable base and sends a Slack notification to alert you when the digest is ready.

This streamlines the news monitoring process, ensuring you stay up-to-date on your areas of interest without manually searching for updates. The template is highly configurable, allowing you to specify the topics and timeframe you want to track, and you can easily swap the Airtable integration for another database if needed.

Updated Apr 2, 2026Est. run: 12sEst. cost: $0.0008
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Workflow preview

What this template does

  • Monitors news on any topic by leveraging Linkup's web search
  • Extracts key details from relevant articles
  • Organizes news in an Airtable base
  • Sends a Slack notification when the news digest is ready
  • Allows configuration of topics and timeframe to track

How it works

1
Trigger

Schedule Trigger

The workflow is triggered on a schedule, allowing you to regularly monitor news on your topics of interest.

2
Logic

Set news parameters

You specify the topics and timeframe you want to track, configuring the workflow to focus on your areas of concern.

3
Action

Query Linkup for news

The workflow leverages Linkup's web search capabilities to find and extract relevant news articles based on your specified topics.

4
Action

Store news in Airtable

Each news article is stored as a record in an Airtable base, neatly organizing the collected information.

5
Action

Wait

The workflow pauses briefly between processing articles to avoid rate limits and ensure reliable operation.

6
Action

Aggregate news

After processing all relevant articles, the workflow combines the individual news items into a single digest.

7
Action

Notify in Slack

The workflow sends a notification to a designated Slack channel, alerting you that the news digest is ready for review.

Setup guide

1

Add Linkup credential

In the Latenode Credentials panel, add a new credential for the Linkup API. Enter your Linkup API key and any other required authentication details.

2

Configure Airtable connection

In the Airtable node settings, connect your Airtable account. Select the base and table where you want to store the news articles.

3

Set news monitoring parameters

In the 'Set news parameters' node settings, specify the topics you want to monitor and the timeframe (e.g., news from the last 7 days).

4

Connect Slack notification

In the Slack node settings, connect your Slack account and choose the channel where you want to receive the news digest notification.

5

Review and run the workflow

Review the complete workflow in the Latenode builder, make any final adjustments, and then run the workflow to start monitoring news and sending updates to Airtable and Slack.

Requirements

Airtable account with write permissions to a base
Slack workspace and channel with notification permissions
Linkup API key for web search and article extraction
Configure Latenode workspace with Airtable, Slack, and Linkup nodes

FAQ

Common questions about this template

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