# Create & approve POV videos with OpenAI and OpenRouter: n8n workflow

> Started by another system calling it, and works across Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets and YouTube. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI and OpenRouter.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/create-and-approve-pov-videos-with-openai-and-openrouter (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Create & approve POV videos with OpenAI and OpenRouter

Started by another system calling it, and works across Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets and YouTube. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI and OpenRouter. 53 steps, 2 branches, 4 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI, OpenRouter

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fcreate-and-approve-pov-videos-with-openai-and-openrouter)

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

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**4** Loops or waits

**4** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 4 Model 8 Logic 14 Service 27

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

- 1 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **OpenAI Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Item List Output Parser** Output Parser Item List *Model*
- 4 **OpenRouter Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Router *Model*
- 5 **Schedule Trigger1** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 6 **Handle Approval/Rejection1** Webhook *Starts it*
- 7 **Get Latest Approved Video** Google Sheets trigger *Starts it*
- 8 **Get Title** Google Sheets *Service*
- 9 **Generate Ideas** Chain Llm *Model*
- 10 **Generate Sound Prompt** Agent *Model*
- 11 **Generate Topics** Open Ai *Model*
- 12 **Video Update1** Google Sheets *Service*
- 13 **Reverse Rows** Code *Logic*
- 14 **Generate Script** Open Ai *Model*
- 15 **Set Topics** Set *Logic*
- 16 **Audio Output** Set *Logic*
- 17 **Format Row** Code *Logic*
- 18 **Get Newest Row** Code *Logic*
- 19 **Text-to-Image** Http Request *Service*
- 20 **Merge** Merge *Logic*
- 21 **Limit** Limit *Logic*
- 22 **Insert new Prompt, Caption and Title/Topic** Google Sheets *Service*
- 23 **Check Approval** If *Logic*
- 24 **Wait for 1 Min** Wait *Logic*
- 25 **List Elements** Code *Logic*
- 26 **Text-to-Sound** Http Request *Service*
- 27 **Update Google Sheet** Google Sheets *Service*
- 28 **Facebook Posts** Facebook Graph Api *Service*
- 29 **Instagram Container** Facebook Graph Api *Service*
- 30 **Download Video** Http Request *Service*
- 31 **Get Bin Video** Http Request *Service*
- 32 **Mark Rejected** Google Sheets *Service*
- 33 **Get Image** Http Request *Service*
- 34 **Rendor with Creatomate** Http Request *Service*
- 35 **2 Min Wait** Wait *Logic*
- 36 **Post to Instagram** Facebook Graph Api *Service*
- 37 **Post YouTube** You Tube *Service*
- 38 **Tiktok Post** Http Request *Service*
- 39 **Generate Video Prompt** Open Ai *Model*
- 40 **Wait for Render** Wait *Logic*
- 41 **Store Sound** Google Drive *Service*
- 42 **Generate Video** Http Request *Service*
- 43 **Get Final Video** Http Request *Service*
- 44 **Allow Access** Google Drive *Service*
- 45 **Wait for 5 Mins** Wait *Logic*
- 46 **Check Video Status** Switch *Logic*
- 47 **Access Videos** Http Request *Service*
- 48 **New Render Video Alert** Gmail *Service*
- 49 **Google Drive** Google Drive *Service*
- 50 **Failed Render** Gmail *Service*
- 51 **Store Video** Google Sheets *Service*
- 52 **Render Video Link** Google Sheets *Service*
- 53 **Approval Email** Gmail *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Another system calling it
- **Steps:** 53, with 2 branches, 4 loops or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets, YouTube
- **Model:** OpenAI, OpenRouter

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets and YouTube accounts, and a key for OpenAI and OpenRouter. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on another system calling it.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI and OpenRouter. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 53 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 53 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%2Fcreate-and-approve-pov-videos-with-openai-and-openrouter)
- **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.

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

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