# Analyze YouTube videos with OpenAI: n8n workflow template

> Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Gmail and Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/analyze-youtube-videos-with-openai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Analyze YouTube videos with OpenAI

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Gmail and Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 21 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fanalyze-youtube-videos-with-openai)

**21 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 3 Logic 12 Service 5

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **1. Form, YouTube Video Intelligence** Form trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **14. OpenAI, GPT-4o-mini Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **15. Parser, Structured Video Analysis** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 4 **2. Set, Config Values** Set *Logic*
- 5 **13. AI Agent, Analyze Video** Agent *Model*
- 6 **3. Code, Extract Video IDs** Code *Logic*
- 7 **16. Code, Prepare Results** Code *Logic*
- 8 **4. HTTP, Fetch YouTube Metadata** Http Request *Service*
- 9 **17. Google Sheets, Log Video Analysis** Google Sheets *Service*
- 10 **18. IF, Last Video?** If *Logic*
- 11 **5. Code, Process Video Metadata** Code *Logic*
- 12 **19. Code, Build Gmail Report** Code *Logic*
- 13 **21. Set, More Videos** Set *Logic*
- 14 **6. HTTP, Submit Transcription Task** Http Request *Service*
- 15 **20. Gmail, Send Intelligence Report** Gmail *Service*
- 16 **7. Code, Save Transcript Task ID** Code *Logic*
- 17 **8. Wait, 45 Seconds** Wait *Logic*
- 18 **9. HTTP, Poll Transcript Results** Http Request *Service*
- 19 **10. Code, Check Transcript Status** Code *Logic*
- 20 **11. IF, Transcript Ready?** If *Logic*
- 21 **12. Set, Still Processing Loop Back** Set *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone submitting a form
- **Steps:** 21, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Gmail, Google Sheets
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail and Google Sheets accounts, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone submitting a form.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 21 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 21 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fanalyze-youtube-videos-with-openai)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Gmail#library)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)

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