# Auto-generate social media videos with OpenAI and Blotato: n8n workflow

> Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Drive, Google Sheets and Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/auto-generate-social-media-videos-with-openai-and-blotato (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Auto-generate social media videos with OpenAI and Blotato

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Drive, Google Sheets and Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 28 steps: 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%2Fauto-generate-social-media-videos-with-openai-and-blotato)

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

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 4 Logic 3 Service 20

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

- 1 **Telegram - Receive Video Idea** Telegram trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **OpenAI Model GPT-5** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **LangChain - Think Tool** Tool Think *Model*
- 4 **Google Sheets - Update Title & Caption** Google Sheets Tool *Service*
- 5 **Google Sheets - Create Row** Google Sheets *Service*
- 6 **AI Agent - Generate Title & Caption** Agent *Model*
- 7 **Telegram - Download Video** Telegram *Service*
- 8 **Google Sheets - Read Post Data** Google Sheets *Service*
- 9 **Google Drive - Upload Video** Google Drive *Service*
- 10 **OpenAI - Transcribe Video to Text** Open Ai *Model*
- 11 **Get Google Drive ID** Set *Logic*
- 12 **Google Sheets - Save Video Info** Google Sheets *Service*
- 13 **Google Sheets - Save Transcript** Google Sheets *Service*
- 14 **Upload Video to BLOTATO** Blotato *Service*
- 15 **Merge - Join Video + Transcript** Merge *Logic*
- 16 **Tiktok** Blotato *Service*
- 17 **Linkedin** Blotato *Service*
- 18 **Facebook** Blotato *Service*
- 19 **Instagram** Blotato *Service*
- 20 **Twitter (X)** Blotato *Service*
- 21 **Youtube** Blotato *Service*
- 22 **Threads** Blotato *Service*
- 23 **Bluesky** Blotato *Service*
- 24 **Pinterest** Blotato *Service*
- 25 **Google Sheets - Read Data for AI** Google Sheets *Service*
- 26 **Merge** Merge *Logic*
- 27 **Google Sheets - Update Status** Google Sheets *Service*
- 28 **Telegram - Notify Post Done** Telegram *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An incoming Telegram message
- **Steps:** 28
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Google Drive, Google Sheets, Telegram
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on an incoming Telegram message.

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 28 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 28 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%2Fauto-generate-social-media-videos-with-openai-and-blotato)
- **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.

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

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