Workflow

Automated Newsletter Assembly and Send

Assemble and send your newsletter automatically. OpenClaw pulls content, writes summaries with AI, formats the template, and publishes on schedule.

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Without automation

The problem

A weekly newsletter should take 30 minutes. Instead it takes 3 hours. Finding content, writing summaries, formatting the template, scheduling the send, checking every link. It is always the first thing to skip when the week gets busy, and then your audience forgets you exist. Most company newsletters die within 3 months because the production overhead is just too high to sustain alongside everything else.

How it works

The automation

Weekly Cron Schedule

Fires automatically on your configured day and time each week

01

Pull from content sources

Saves 20 min/issue

OpenClaw reads your defined sources: blog RSS, a Google Sheet of curated links, or a Notion database.

02

Write summaries and headlines

Saves 30 min/issue

AI writes a 2-3 sentence summary for each piece of content and suggests an email-friendly headline.

03

Assemble the email template

Saves 15 min/issue

OpenClaw slots content into your newsletter template in Mailchimp or HubSpot: header, intro paragraph, content blocks, footer.

04

Send or queue for approval

Saves 5 min/issue

The newsletter sends at your configured time, or queues as a draft for one-click approval.

05

Archive to Notion or Sheets

Saves 10 min/issue

Each issue saves to a Notion database or Google Sheet with date, item count, and a link to the published version.

Newsletter Assembled and Sent

Fully formatted email with AI summaries, ready for one-click approval

With OpenClaw

What changes

OpenClaw assembles your newsletter automatically every week: pulls from your sources, writes AI summaries, formats the email template, and queues it for send. Your job is to review once and approve, or skip the review entirely and let it fly on schedule.

Tell OpenClaw: 'Every Thursday at 9am, pull new posts from my blog RSS and Notion content list, write 3-sentence summaries for each, assemble them into my Mailchimp template, and send me a Slack preview link.'

Integrations

What you will need

This workflow connects Mailchimp, OpenAI, Notion, Google Sheets, and Slack. Most of these have pre-built skills on ClawHub that install in under a minute. If you are already using these tools, you are halfway to having this workflow live.

OpenClaw runs on your own VPS ($5-15/month) and connects to these services via their APIs. You bring your own API keys.

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Common questions

Frequently asked questions

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Kevin Jeppesen, Founder of The Operator Vault

Written by

Kevin Jeppesen

Founder, The Operator Vault

Kevin is an early OpenClaw adopter who has saved an estimated 400 to 500 hours through AI automation. He stress-tests new workflows daily, sharing what actually works through step-by-step guides and a security-conscious approach to operating AI with real tools.