RSS Hacks: 10 Tricks Most Users Don't Know

# Basic operators
AND  : Both terms must appear
OR   : Either term can appear
NOT  : Exclude articles with this term
()   : Group expressions for precedence

# Field-specific filters (RSS Feed Flow)
title:"product launch"    # Only search in titles
author:"John Doe"         # Filter by author name
source:techcrunch.com     # Restrict to specific domain
date:>2026-01-01          # Only recent articles

# Complex example: Critical competitor intel
(title:"pricing" OR title:"enterprise")
AND source:("competitor.com" OR "theirblog.io")
AND NOT ("job" OR "career" OR "hiring")
AND date:>now-7d

# Save as reusable filter preset for one-click application

# Trigger: New item in "Critical" feed bundle matches keyword filter
# Action: Post formatted message to Slack #competitor-intel

{
  "channel": "#competitor-intel",
  "text": "🚨 *{{competitor_name}} Update*",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "type": "section",
      "text": {
        "type": "mrkdwn",
        "text": "*{{title}}*
{{ai_summary}}

*Source:* <{{link}}|{{source}}>"
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "context",
      "elements": [
        {"type": "mrkdwn", "text": "🕐 {{published_at}} • 🏷️ {{tags}}"}
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "actions",
      "elements": [
        {
          "type": "button",
          "text": {"type": "plain_text", "text": "Read Full"},
          "url": "{{link}}",
          "action_id": "view_article"
        },
        {
          "type": "button",
          "text": {"type": "plain_text", "text": "Save to Notion"},
          "action_id": "save_to_notion"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

# RSS Feed Flow auto-populates all {{variables}} from feed metadata

# Auto-download only episodes about AI
INCLUDE in title/description:
  ("AI" OR "machine learning" OR "LLM" OR "neural")

# Skip episodes shorter than 20 min (likely ads/teasers)
EXCLUDE if duration < 1200 seconds

# Auto-generate show notes with AI
WHEN new episode matches filter:
  → Generate 3-bullet summary
  → Extract key guests/topics
  → Add to Notion podcast database

# Chapter-aware playback (if podcast includes chapters)
SKIP intro/outro chapters automatically
JUMP to "Key Discussion" chapter marker

# Cross-device sync via RSS Feed Flow mobile app

# Recipe 1: RSS → Notion Knowledge Base
Trigger: New article matches "research" keyword
Action: Create Notion page in "Research Library" database
Fields: Title, URL, Summary (AI), Tags, Date, Source

# Recipe 2: RSS → Trello Task Board
Trigger: Article mentions "bug" OR "issue" + our product name
Action: Create Trello card in "Engineering Backlog"
Labels: priority:high, source:rss, auto-generated

# Recipe 3: RSS → Google Sheets Tracker
Trigger: Any article from competitor domains
Action: Append row to "Competitor Monitoring" sheet
Columns: Date, Source, Title, Summary, Sentiment, Action Taken

# Recipe 4: RSS → Email Digest (Weekly)
Trigger: Every Friday 9AM
Action: Compile top 10 articles from "High Priority" bundle
Format: HTML email with AI summaries + direct links
Recipients: leadership@company.com

# All recipes configurable via RSS Feed Flow + Zapier/Make