Automated UPSC Current Affairs Digest from The Hindu to Google Sheets with Gemini AI Solution

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This template sets up a scheduled automation that scrapes the latest news from The Hindu website, uses a Google Gemini AI Agent to filter and analyze the content for relevance to the Competitive Exams like UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) syllabus, and compiles a structured daily digest directly into a Google Sheet. It saves hours of manual reading and note-taking by providing concise summaries, subject categorization, and explicit UPSC importance notes. Who’s it for This workflow is essential for: UPSC/CSE Aspirants who require a curated, focused, and systematic daily current affairs digest. Coaching Institutes aiming to instantly generate structured, high-quality study material for their students. Educators and Content Creators focused on Governance, Economy, International Relations, and Science & Technology. How it works / What it does This workflow runs automatically every morning (scheduled for 7 AM by default) to generate a ready-to-study current affairs document. Scraping: The Schedule Trigger fires an HTTP Request to fetch the latest news links from The Hindu's front page. Data Curation: The HTML and Code in JavaScript nodes work together to extract and pair every article URL with its title. Content Retrieval: For each identified link, a second HTTP Request node fetches the entire article body. AI Analysis and Filtering: The AI Agent uses a detailed prompt and the Google Gemini Chat Model to perform two critical tasks: Filter: It filters out all irrelevant articles (e.g., sports results, local crime) to keep only the 5-6 most important UPSC-relevant pieces (Polity, Economy, IR, etc.). Analyze: For the selected articles, it generates a Brief Summary, identifies the Main Subject, and clearly articulates Why it is Important for the UPSC Exam. Storage: The AI Agent calls the integrated Google Sheets Tool to automatically append the structured, analyzed data into your designated Google Sheet, creating your daily ready-made notes. Requirements To deploy this workflow, you need: AlekSystem Account: (Cloud or self-hosted). Google Gemini API Key: For connecting the Google Gemini Chat Model and powering the AI Agent. Google Sheets Credentials: For reading/writing the final compiled digest. Target Google Sheet: A spreadsheet with the following columns: Date, URL, Subject, Brief Summary, and What is Important. How to set up Credentials Setup:** Connect your Google Gemini and Google Sheets accounts via the AlekSystem Credentials Manager. Google Sheet Linking:* In the *Append row in sheet and Append row in sheet in Google Sheets1 nodes, replace the **placeholder IDs and GIDs with the actual ID and sheet name of your dedicated UPSC notes spreadsheet. Scheduling:* Adjust the time in the *Schedule Trigger: Daily at 7 AM node** if you want the daily analysis to run at a different hour. AI Customization (Optional):* You can refine the System Message in the *AI Agent: Filter & Analyze UPSC News node** to focus the analysis on specific exam phases (e.g., Prelims only) or adjust the priority of subjects.

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