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Clip YouTube videos into shorts with OpenShorts and Telegram

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across RSS and Telegram. 30 steps, 2 branches: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

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30 stepsLarge: read it before trusting it with anything live
2Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 4Logic 11Service 15

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

  1. 1Every day 09:00Schedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Clips ready (webhook)WebhookStarts it
  3. 3Approval buttonsTelegram triggerStarts it
  4. 4Every Sunday 18:00Schedule triggerStarts it
  5. 5SettingsSetLogic
  6. 6Settings (clips)SetLogic
  7. 7Parse buttonCodeLogic
  8. 8Settings (weekly)SetLogic
  9. 9Channel RSS feedRss Feed ReadService
  10. 10Job completed?IfLogic
  11. 11Approved?IfLogic
  12. 12Weekly impressionsHttp RequestService
  13. 13Pick next videoCodeLogic
  14. 14One item per clipCodeLogic
  15. 15Notify: job failedTelegramService
  16. 16Read publishing queueHttp RequestService
  17. 17Confirm: skippedTelegramService
  18. 18Per-post metricsHttp RequestService
  19. 19Start OpenShorts jobHttp RequestService
  20. 20Send clip for approvalTelegramService
  21. 21Pick next free slotCodeLogic
  22. 22Write the digestCodeLogic
  23. 23Mark video as processedCodeLogic
  24. 24Notify: out of minutesTelegramService
  25. 25Send clip link insteadTelegramService
  26. 26Schedule social postHttp RequestService
  27. 27Send weekly digestTelegramService
  28. 28Notify: clipping startedTelegramService
  29. 29Confirm: scheduledTelegramService
  30. 30Confirm: posting failedTelegramService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
30, with 2 branches
Size
Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
Connects to
RSS, Telegram
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own RSS and Telegram accounts. 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?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 30 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 30 steps before you point it at anything that matters.