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Auto-Upload Shorts to YouTube with Gemini and Google Drive

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive and YouTube. It hands the judgement calls to Gemini. 9 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: Gemini

9 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 1Logic 4Service 3

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

  1. 1Edit FieldsSetLogic
  2. 2Drive TriggerGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  3. 3Download VideoGoogle DriveService
  4. 4Prep DataCodeLogic
  5. 5Gemini: SEOGoogle GeminiModel
  6. 6Parse MetadataCodeLogic
  7. 7Test Mode?SwitchLogic
  8. 8Notify SlackSlackwebService
  9. 9Upload to YouTubeYou TubeService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
9, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, YouTube
Model
Gemini

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

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

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 9 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 9 steps before you point it at anything that matters.