What feed formats are supported?

The tool supports RSS 2.0, RSS 1.0/RDF, and Atom 1.0 feeds.

Can I parse local or private XML files?

Yes, you can paste raw XML data directly into the input field if the feed is not publicly accessible via URL.

How does the deduplication feature work?

You can deduplicate items either by URL or by title (case-insensitive) to remove duplicate entries from the output.

What happens if a feed item does not have a publish date?

Items without a parseable date are kept and sorted last when sorting by date.

Is there a timeout for fetching remote feeds?

Yes, the server-side fetch has a 15-second timeout and automatically follows HTTP redirects.

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RSS / Atom Feed Markdown Summarizer

Fetch an RSS or Atom feed by URL (or paste raw XML), parse it, sort items by publish date, deduplicate, apply a time window, and output a clean Markdown summary

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What this tool helps you do

Give the tool an RSS / Atom feed URL (or paste the raw feed XML) and it will:

Fetch & parse the feed (RSS 2.0, RSS 1.0/RDF, and Atom 1.0 are all supported), extracting title, link, summary/description, author, publish date and categories for each entry.
Apply an optional time window (last 24h / 7d / 30d / all time) to keep only recent posts.
Optionally deduplicate items by title (case-insensitive) or by URL.
Sort by publish date (newest-first or oldest-first) and cap the output to a configurable number of items.
Render a clean Markdown digest (with optional fields) plus an HTML preview of the top items.

The fetch runs server-side with a 15s timeout and follows redirects. Items whose dates cannot be parsed are kept (they are sorted last when date-sorting).

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Summarize the Hacker News RSS feed

Fetch the HN RSS feed, keep the 10 most recent items, and render a Markdown digest with HTML preview.

<div>RSS feed parsed; 10 newest items rendered as cards plus a Markdown digest block.</div>

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ContentPaste or type the main input values.1

Feed URL or XMLtextareaRequired

SettingsAdjust formats, ranges, numbers, and modes.5

Max itemsnumberOptionalSort orderselectOptionalTime windowselectOptionalDeduplicate byselectOptionalOutput formatselectOptional

TogglesEnable or disable optional behavior.6

Include: TitlecheckboxOptionalEnabled when checkedInclude: SummarycheckboxOptionalEnabled when checkedInclude: AuthorcheckboxOptionalEnabled when checkedInclude: DatecheckboxOptionalEnabled when checkedInclude: LinkcheckboxOptionalEnabled when checkedInclude: CategoriescheckboxOptionalEnabled when checked

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1. Summarizing Tech News for a Weekly Newsletter

2. Filtering and Deduplicating Blog Feeds

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