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Automate YouTube thumbnail creation & social publishing

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets and Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 19 steps, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

19 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
4Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 2Logic 4Service 12

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

  1. 1Telegram TriggerTelegram triggerStarts it
  2. 2Workflow ConfigurationSetLogic
  3. 3Extract Video IDCodeLogic
  4. 4Fetch YouTube InfoHttp RequestService
  5. 5Prepare Text DataCodeLogic
  6. 6OpenAI Post Generation1Open AiModel
  7. 7Generate Thumbnail via Templated.ioTemplatedService
  8. 8Wait for RenderingWaitLogic
  9. 9Download ThumbnailTemplatedService
  10. 10Downloading filesHttp RequestService
  11. 11Upload to Google DriveGoogle DriveService
  12. 12Save to Google SheetsGoogle SheetsService
  13. 13Send GmailGmailService
  14. 14Send Telegram NotificationTelegramService
  15. 15OpenAI Post GenerationOpen AiModel
  16. 16Upload Video to BLOTATOBlotatoService
  17. 17LinkedinBlotatoService
  18. 18FacebookBlotatoService
  19. 19Twitter (X)BlotatoService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
19, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Telegram
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail, 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?

Plan an afternoon. 19 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 19 steps before you point it at anything that matters.