# Clip YouTube videos into shorts with OpenShorts and Telegram: n8n workflow

> 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...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/clip-youtube-videos-into-shorts-with-openshorts-and-telegram (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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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.

Large

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**30 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 4 Logic 11 Service 15

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

- 1 **Every day 09:00** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Clips ready (webhook)** Webhook *Starts it*
- 3 **Approval buttons** Telegram trigger *Starts it*
- 4 **Every Sunday 18:00** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 5 **Settings** Set *Logic*
- 6 **Settings (clips)** Set *Logic*
- 7 **Parse button** Code *Logic*
- 8 **Settings (weekly)** Set *Logic*
- 9 **Channel RSS feed** Rss Feed Read *Service*
- 10 **Job completed?** If *Logic*
- 11 **Approved?** If *Logic*
- 12 **Weekly impressions** Http Request *Service*
- 13 **Pick next video** Code *Logic*
- 14 **One item per clip** Code *Logic*
- 15 **Notify: job failed** Telegram *Service*
- 16 **Read publishing queue** Http Request *Service*
- 17 **Confirm: skipped** Telegram *Service*
- 18 **Per-post metrics** Http Request *Service*
- 19 **Start OpenShorts job** Http Request *Service*
- 20 **Send clip for approval** Telegram *Service*
- 21 **Pick next free slot** Code *Logic*
- 22 **Write the digest** Code *Logic*
- 23 **Mark video as processed** Code *Logic*
- 24 **Notify: out of minutes** Telegram *Service*
- 25 **Send clip link instead** Telegram *Service*
- 26 **Schedule social post** Http Request *Service*
- 27 **Send weekly digest** Telegram *Service*
- 28 **Notify: clipping started** Telegram *Service*
- 29 **Confirm: scheduled** Telegram *Service*
- 30 **Confirm: posting failed** Telegram *Service*

## 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.

## 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%2Fclip-youtube-videos-into-shorts-with-openshorts-and-telegram)
- **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.

[RSS](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=RSS#library)[Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Telegram#library)

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