# Convert YouTube videos to shorts with Klap: n8n workflow

> Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Sheets and Telegram. 32 steps, 2 branches, 2 loops or waits: large, and worth reading...

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

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# Convert YouTube videos to shorts with Klap

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Sheets and Telegram. 32 steps, 2 branches, 2 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large

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

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**2** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 11 Service 20

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

- 1 **Trigger: Receive YouTube URL via Telegram** Telegram trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Extract YouTube URL & Number of Shorts** Code *Logic*
- 3 **Send Video to Klap for Shorts Generation** Http Request *Service*
- 4 **Check Shorts Generation Status** Http Request *Service*
- 5 **Is Video Processing Complete?** If *Logic*
- 6 **List Generated Clip Ideas** Http Request *Service*
- 7 **Wait Before Checking Status Again** Wait *Logic*
- 8 **Export HD Short from Klap** Http Request *Service*
- 9 **Fetch Final Shorts URLs** Http Request *Service*
- 10 **Are All Shorts Ready?** Code *Logic*
- 11 **Ready to Schedule Shorts?** If *Logic*
- 12 **Fetch YouTube Video Title** Http Request *Service*
- 13 **Wait Before Rechecking Final Shorts** Wait *Logic*
- 14 **Load Publishing Schedule from Google Sheets** Google Sheets *Service*
- 15 **Extract Scheduling Parameters (Posts/Day, Hours)** Code *Logic*
- 16 **Fetch Already Scheduled Shorts** Google Sheets *Service*
- 17 **Determine Last Scheduled Time** Code *Logic*
- 18 **Calculate Publication Times for New Shorts** Code *Logic*
- 19 **Convert Times to Local Timezone (Paris)** Code *Logic*
- 20 **Log Shorts & Schedule Info to Google Sheets** Google Sheets *Service*
- 21 **Assign Social Media IDs** Set *Logic*
- 22 **Upload Video to Blotato** Http Request *Service*
- 23 **INSTAGRAM** Http Request *Service*
- 24 **YOUTUBE** Http Request *Service*
- 25 **TIKTOK** Http Request *Service*
- 26 **FACEBOOK** Http Request *Service*
- 27 **THREADS** Http Request *Service*
- 28 **TWITTER** Http Request *Service*
- 29 **LINKEDIN** Http Request *Service*
- 30 **BLUESKY** Http Request *Service*
- 31 **PINTEREST** Http Request *Service*
- 32 **Send Publication Summary to Telegram** Telegram *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An incoming Telegram message
- **Steps:** 32, with 2 branches, 2 loops or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Google Sheets, Telegram
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets 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 32 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 32 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%2Fconvert-youtube-videos-to-shorts-with-klap)
- **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.

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

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