Turn one blog post into 8 platform-specific pieces of content, automatically.

A self-hosted content repurposing pipeline that watches your blog's RSS feed and automatically generates platform-optimized content for LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Reddit, Email, Dev.to, Hashnode, Indie Hackers, and LinkedIn Carousels — all scheduled on a 7-day drip calendar.

Blog Post (RSS Feed)
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   n8n Pipeline (self-hosted, runs every 20 min)
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   Jina.ai (converts URL → clean text)
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   Duplicate Check (skips already-processed posts)
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   Claude AI — Extract Key Points (temp 0.3)
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   Claude AI — 8 Parallel Platform Transforms
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   7-Day Drip Schedule + UTM Links
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        +──→ Buffer (LinkedIn)          [auto]
        +──→ Typefully (Twitter/X)      [auto]
        +──→ Loops.so (Email)           [auto]
        +──→ Dev.to API                 [auto]
        +──→ Hashnode API               [auto]
        +──→ Reddit draft               [manual]
        +──→ Carousel outline           [manual]
        +──→ Indie Hackers draft        [manual]
        +──→ Slack notification         [review]

• One blog post → 8 content pieces — LinkedIn post, Twitter thread, Reddit discussion, email newsletter, carousel outline, Dev.to cross-post, Hashnode cross-post, Indie Hackers update
• 7-day drip schedule — Content releases staggered across a week for maximum reach
• UTM tracking — Every link includes utm_source/medium/campaign/content for analytics
• Graceful degradation — Unconfigured platforms are skipped silently; the rest continue
• Configurable — One config file to customize for any niche, any brand
• Self-hosted — Runs on your machine via Docker. Your data stays with you
• Comment engine included — Local LLM-powered comment drafting for Reddit, LinkedIn, and Hacker News

Requirements: Docker, Docker Compose, and Node.js 18+ must be installed before starting.

git clone https://github.com/davidsly4954/Automated-Marketing-Engine.git
cd Automated-Marketing-Engine

# Option A: Automated setup (creates .env with secure keys + config.js)
./setup.sh

# Option B: Manual setup
cp config.example.js config.js
cp .env.example .env
openssl rand -hex 16    # → paste into POSTGRES_PASSWORD in .env
openssl rand -hex 16    # → paste into N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY in .env

Open config.js and fill in at minimum:

• companyName — your company or brand name
• rssFeedUrl — your blog's RSS feed URL
• nicheDescription — one sentence about what your company does

See config.example.js for all options.

docker compose up -d

Open http://localhost:5678 — you should see the n8n dashboard. The containers run independently of the workflow, so you can start them now while you generate it next.

This reads your config.js and generates a customized n8n workflow:

node n8n/scripts/build-workflow.js

1. In n8n, click Add workflow → Import from file
2. Select n8n/workflows/content-repurposing-pipeline.json
3. Toggle the workflow to Active (top-right switch) — workflows are inactive by default

Get a key at console.anthropic.com, add it to .env, and restart:

docker compose restart

In n8n, open your workflow and click Test workflow to run it manually against your latest blog post. You should see content generated for each configured platform and a Slack notification. Once verified, the pipeline will automatically check your RSS feed every 20 minutes for new posts.

Times are in your configured timezone (set timezone and timezoneOffset in config.js).

See docs/COST-BREAKDOWN.md for the full breakdown.

Edit config.js to adapt for your niche:

module.exports = {
  companyName: 'YourCompany',
  blogUrl: 'https://yourdomain.com',
  rssFeedUrl: 'https://yourdomain.com/feed',
  nicheDescription: 'a SaaS helping businesses with [your value proposition]',
  redditSubreddit: 'r/your_niche',
  // ... see config.example.js for all options
};

Then regenerate the workflow:

node n8n/scripts/build-workflow.js

Re-import the JSON into n8n.

Automated-Marketing-Engine/
├── README.md                 ← You are here
├── setup.sh                  ← One-command setup script
├── config.example.js         ← Brand/niche configuration template
├── docker-compose.yml        ← n8n + PostgreSQL containers
├── .env.example              ← API keys template
├── n8n/
│   ├── scripts/
│   │   └── build-workflow.js         ← Configurable pipeline generator
│   └── workflows/
│       └── content-repurposing-pipeline.json  ← Generated workflow
├── comment-engine/
│   ├── README.md             ← Comment engine architecture
│   ├── rules.md              ← Platform rules & ban avoidance
│   ├── discovery-setup.md    ← Discovery tool setup guides
│   └── prompts/
│       ├── reddit.txt        ← Reddit comment system prompt
│       ├── linkedin.txt      ← LinkedIn comment system prompt
│       └── hackernews.txt    ← HN comment system prompt
└── docs/
    ├── ARCHITECTURE.md       ← How the pipeline works (step-by-step)
    ├── SETUP-GUIDE.md        ← Full setup checklist
    ├── EMAIL-NURTURE-TEMPLATES.md  ← 7-email nurture sequence framework
    ├── COST-BREAKDOWN.md     ← Detailed cost analysis
    └── FUTURE-OPTIMIZATIONS.md     ← Roadmap of enhancements

• Docker and Docker Compose — for running n8n and PostgreSQL
• Node.js 18+ — for the workflow generator script
• A blog with an RSS feed — the pipeline watches this for new posts
• Anthropic API key — for Claude Sonnet content generation (~$0.15/post)
• GPU with 8+ GB VRAM (optional) — for local LLM comment drafting via Ollama

Contributions are welcome. Some ideas:

• Additional platform support (Bluesky, Mastodon, Substack)
• Pre-publish approval flow with Slack interactive buttons
• Google Sheets integration for content tracking
• Quality scoring gate (auto-revise below 7/10)
• Image/carousel generation via Canva API
• Additional LLM provider support (OpenAI, local models)

MIT