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Audit YouTube video metadata changes with Google Sheets

Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets, Slack and YouTube. 15 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

15 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 6Service 8

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

  1. 1Run Daily AuditSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Set Audit OptionsSetLogic
  3. 3Get Channel DetailsYou TubeService
  4. 4List Uploads PlaylistYou TubeService
  5. 5Get Video MetadataYou TubeService
  6. 6Read Saved SnapshotGoogle SheetsService
  7. 7Diff Metadata FieldsCodeLogic
  8. 8Route by Run OutcomeSwitchLogic
  9. 9Should Send AlertIfLogic
  10. 10Split Out ChangesSplit OutLogic
  11. 11Clear Snapshot TabGoogle SheetsService
  12. 12Post Summary to SlackSlackService
  13. 13Append to Change LogGoogle SheetsService
  14. 14Load Current RowsCodeLogic
  15. 15Refresh Snapshot RowsGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
15, with 2 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Sheets, Slack, YouTube
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets, Slack and YouTube accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 15 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

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 15 steps before you point it at anything that matters.