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Classify YouTube videos & generate email summaries with OpenAI

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Gmail and RSS. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 14 steps, 3 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

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

The flow

Starts it 1Model 3Logic 7Service 3

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

  1. 1Manual RunManual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Set Channel IDsSetLogic
  3. 3Split ChannelsSplit OutLogic
  4. 4Fetch Latest Videos (RSS)Rss Feed ReadService
  5. 5Filter: Published in Last 72hIfLogic
  6. 6Get Video Stats (YouTube API)Http RequestService
  7. 7Classify by Likes (Code)CodeLogic
  8. 8Branch: ViralSwitchLogic
  9. 9Branch: NormalSwitchLogic
  10. 10Write Post (Viral)Open AiModel
  11. 11Write Post (Normal)Open AiModel
  12. 12Aggregate Posts for BriefingCodeLogic
  13. 13Generate Weekly Briefing (HTML)Open AiModel
  14. 14Send Weekly Briefing (Gmail)GmailService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
14, with 3 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, RSS
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail and RSS accounts, and a key for OpenAI. 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 OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 14 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 14 steps before you point it at anything that matters.