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Convert websites to audio summaries with WhatsApp and OpenAI

Started by an incoming WhatsApp message, and works across WhatsApp. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 19 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

19 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Model 5Logic 8Service 4

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

  1. 1WhatsApp TriggerWhats App triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3Recursive Character Text SplitterText Splitter Recursive Character Text SplitterModel
  4. 4Sub ExecuteExecute Workflow triggerStarts it
  5. 5Extract URL from MessageCodeLogic
  6. 6Summarization ChainChain SummarizationModel
  7. 7Default Data LoaderDocument Default Data LoaderModel
  8. 8Fetch site textsHttp RequestService
  9. 9Check if Valid URLIfLogic
  10. 10MergeMergeLogic
  11. 11Extract titleHtmlLogic
  12. 12Extract Text OnlyHtmlLogic
  13. 13Send Processing MessageWhats AppService
  14. 14Send Error MessageWhats AppService
  15. 15Clean upSetLogic
  16. 16Get URLSetLogic
  17. 17Get Webpage SummaryExecute WorkflowLogic
  18. 18Convert Summary to AudioOpen AiModel
  19. 19Send Audio SummaryWhats AppService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming WhatsApp message
Steps
19, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
WhatsApp
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own WhatsApp account, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an incoming WhatsApp 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.