Automate Daily AI News Monitoring with n8n, You.com, and Jev: Documented Workflow and Verified Costs

Automated Workflow: 4 Steps for Daily AI News Monitoring

This workflow follows a 4-step process to automate AI news monitoring:

1. Targeted Search: You.com queries the web for AI news from the past 24 hours, filtering on trusted domains (e.g., arxiv.org, techcrunch.com). The freshness: "day" parameter targets recent results (excerpt F3).
2. Content Extraction: You.com extracts key passages (highlights) from each article via extraction_mode: "highlights", reducing the load for Jev (excerpt F5).
3. Relevance Evaluation: Jev evaluates each article with 2 structured questions:
   • “Does this article cover a major technical or regulatory breakthrough?” (Score 0–100, type score).
   • “Is the impact immediate for an SME?” (Yes/No, type noul) (excerpt F9).
4. Selective Publishing: Only articles with a score >70 and a “Yes” answer are posted to Slack or Teams, with a summary and link.

Hypothetical Example: Evaluating an Article on AI Regulation

Consider an article titled “EU Strengthens Obligations for Open-Source AI Models” analyzed by Jev:

• Technical score: 85/100 (criteria: mentions a law or regulation).
• Immediate impact: “Yes” (criteria: concerns European SMEs).

Result: The article is posted to Slack with an excerpt of key points. An article about a minor open-source model would score <50 and be ignored.

Costs: Verified Calculation for Jev, Caveat on You.com

Cost depends on 3 factors, with caveats about unpublished pricing:

• You.com: The Search API is free for the first 1,000 requests/month (excerpt F10). Highlights extraction may incur additional, undisclosed costs (excerpt F5).
• Jev: 100,000 credits cost $10 (Starter plan, excerpt F7). Each article evaluation consumes ~1 credit, or $0.0001 per article.
• n8n: The Starter plan (free) allows up to 100 executions/month (excerpt F2). A daily execution costs $0.

Daily Cost Calculation for Jev

For 20 articles evaluated/day:

• Jev: 20 × $0.0001 = $0.002 (~€0.0018).

Verified cost for Jev: ~$0.002 per day, or less than $1 per year. This calculation does not cover potential You.com costs for highlights extraction. Monitor your usage via the You.com dashboard.

Technical Setup: Step-by-Step

1. Prepare the Tools

• n8n: Create an account on n8n.io (Starter plan is sufficient).
• You.com: Get a free API key at You.com.
• Jev: Purchase the Starter plan ($10) at Jev for 100,000 credits.

2. Configure the n8n Workflow

Follow these steps in the n8n editor (excerpt F1):

1. Trigger: Add a “Schedule Trigger” node and set it to 8 AM daily.
2. You.com Search: Add an “HTTP Request” node with these parameters:
   • URL: https://api.you.com/v1/search (POST method).
   • Headers: Authorization: Bearer [YOUR_API_KEY].
   • Body (JSON):

     {
       "query": "AI news 24h",
       "freshness": "day",
       "include_domains": ["arxiv.org", "techcrunch.com", "nytimes.com"],
       "extraction": {"mode": "highlights"}
     }

3. Loop Over Results: Add a “Loop Over Items” node to process each article.
4. Jev Evaluation: Add an “HTTP Request” node to Jev with this body (note the noul type for yes/no questions):

   {
     "state": {"text": "{{ $node["HTTP Request"].json["results"][0]["highlights"] }}"},
     "questions": {
       "technical_impact": {
         "type": "score",
         "question": "Does this article cover a major technical or regulatory breakthrough?",
         "min": 0,
         "max": 100
       },
       "immediate_impact": {
         "type": "noul",
         "question": "Is the impact immediate for an SME?"
       }
     }
   }

5. Filtering: Add an “IF” node to keep only articles with technical_impact > 70 AND immediate_impact = true.
6. Slack Publishing: Add a “Slack” node to send a message with the title, link, and excerpt of the article.

3. Test and Adjust

• Run the workflow manually in n8n to verify results (excerpt F1).
• Adjust Jev criteria (e.g., score >80 instead of 70) or You.com domains as needed.
• Publish the workflow for automatic execution (excerpt F1).

Limitations and Solutions

Alternatives and Complements

• For broader monitoring: Replace You.com with Make.com to integrate sources like RSS or Twitter (X).
• To evaluate multimedia content: Use a current AI model via API (e.g., a model from Anthropic), but manually validate accuracy (excerpt F8).
• To centralize alerts: Draw inspiration from our DevOps workflow with n8n to add email notifications.

Conclusion: An Adaptable Workflow Following These Steps

This workflow automates the search, extraction, and filtering of AI news for a verified and negligible cost with Jev, subject to API limitations. Key steps:

1. Configure You.com for targeted searches (domains + freshness).
2. Use Jev to evaluate relevance with structured questions.
3. Orchestrate everything with n8n and publish results to Slack/Teams.

To go further, explore our no-code automation hub or test other scenarios with Make.com and AI.