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Create AI news shorts from Hacker News with OpenAI

Started by an event in a connected app. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 15 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

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15 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
0Services by connector: it calls them over plain HTTP

The flow

Starts it 1Model 3Logic 6Service 5

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

  1. 1When clicking ‘Execute workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3Video Brief ParserOutput Parser StructuredModel
  4. 4ConfigurationSetLogic
  5. 5Pick best story and write video briefChain LlmModel
  6. 6Fetch Hacker News front pageHacker NewsService
  7. 7Start AI video generationHttp RequestService
  8. 8Combine stories into one itemAggregateLogic
  9. 9Wait before checking statusWaitLogic
  10. 10Check video statusHttp RequestService
  11. 11Route on video statusSwitchLogic
  12. 12Prepare post contentSetLogic
  13. 13Stop - video generation failedStop And ErrorLogic
  14. 14Publish video to YouTubeBlotatoService
  15. 15Publish video to TikTokBlotatoService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
15, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Nothing by connector; it calls services over plain HTTP
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, 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. 15 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 15 steps before you point it at anything that matters.