Send New RSS Feed Posts to Slack

You'll configure the RSS feed URL you want to monitor - this could be a blog, news site, or any website with an RSS feed. The system checks hourly for new posts and automatically starts the workflow when it finds content that wasn't there before. You can usually find a site's RSS feed by adding /feed or /rss to its URL, or by checking the blog page for the orange RSS icon. Once configured, this step runs completely automatically and passes the new post's title, description, and link to the next steps.

This step automatically processes the raw RSS description text and removes HTML formatting, special characters, and ASCII codes that would clutter your Slack message. MESA's AI analyzes the feed content and returns clean, readable text that's perfect for messaging platforms. No configuration is needed - the system handles all the text processing based on what it receives from the RSS feed and passes the cleaned content forward to create your final Slack message.

You'll select which Slack channel should receive the RSS updates by choosing from your available channels (invite the MESA Slack app first by typing @MESA and clicking Invite). The message format combines the post title, cleaned description, and original link in a clean layout that's easy to read and click through. Private channels may not appear in the dropdown until you invite the MESA Slack app to them. Once configured, every new RSS item will automatically post to your chosen channel with consistent formatting.