# Automate YouTube Content Strategy with Google Sheets: n8n workflow > Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Sheets and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI and OpenRouter. Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-youtube-content-strategy-with-google-sheets (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) [Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Content](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Content#library) # Automate YouTube Content Strategy with Google Sheets Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Sheets and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI and OpenRouter. 44 steps, 1 loop or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live. Large Calls a model: OpenAI, OpenRouter [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomate-youtube-content-strategy-with-google-sheets) **44 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live **0** Branches: places the flow splits **1** Loop or waits **2** Services it connects to ## The flow Starts it 3 Model 15 Logic 14 Service 12 The steps in the order they run, from what starts it. - 1 **On form submission** Form trigger *Starts it* - 2 **GPT 4.1-mini** Lm Chat Open Router *Model* - 3 **GPT 4.1-mini1** Lm Chat Open Router *Model* - 4 **GPT 4.1-mini2** Lm Chat Open Router *Model* - 5 **6 am** Schedule trigger *Starts it* - 6 **Sundays** Schedule trigger *Starts it* - 7 **Titles & Thumbs** Output Parser Structured *Model* - 8 **Insights** Output Parser Structured *Model* - 9 **GPT 4.1-mini3** Lm Chat Open Router *Model* - 10 **GPT 4.1-mini4** Lm Chat Open Router *Model* - 11 **3 Channels** Set *Logic* - 12 **Title Analyzer** Agent *Model* - 13 **Title Analyzer1** Agent *Model* - 14 **Title Analyzer2** Agent *Model* - 15 **Niche** Set *Logic* - 16 **Broad Niche** Set *Logic* - 17 **Creative Agent** Agent *Model* - 18 **Comment Analyzer** Agent *Model* - 19 **Split Out** Split Out *Logic* - 20 **Merge** Merge *Logic* - 21 **Analyze Thumbnails1** Open Ai *Model* - 22 **Analyze Thumbnails2** Open Ai *Model* - 23 **Scrape YT1** Http Request *Service* - 24 **Scrape YT** Http Request *Service* - 25 **Append Ideas** Google Sheets *Service* - 26 **Comment Analysis** Google Sheets *Service* - 27 **Loop Over Items** Split In Batches *Logic* - 28 **Niche Outliers Data** Google Sheets *Service* - 29 **Broad Niche Weekly** Google Sheets *Service* - 30 **Niche Daily** Google Sheets *Service* - 31 **Notification** Slack *Service* - 32 **Get High Performers** Google Sheets *Service* - 33 **Channel Outliers** Http Request *Service* - 34 **Channel URL** Set *Logic* - 35 **Aggregate** Aggregate *Logic* - 36 **Sort1** Sort *Logic* - 37 **Scrape Channel** Http Request *Service* - 38 **Channel Description** Set *Logic* - 39 **Filter** Filter *Logic* - 40 **Get Comments** Http Request *Service* - 41 **Limit** Limit *Logic* - 42 **Aggregate1** Aggregate *Logic* - 43 **Set Fields** Set *Logic* - 44 **Analyze Thumbnails** Open Ai *Model* ## How it's built - **Starts on:** Someone submitting a form - **Steps:** 44, 1 loop or waits - **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live - **Connects to:** Google Sheets, Slack - **Model:** OpenAI, OpenRouter ## Questions What does it need to run? An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets and Slack accounts, and a key for OpenAI and OpenRouter. 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 and OpenRouter. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n. How long does it take to set up? Take your time. At 44 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 44 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%2Fautomate-youtube-content-strategy-with-google-sheets) - **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. 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