# Create branded LinkedIn carousels with OpenAI: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Telegram. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/create-branded-linkedin-carousels-with-openai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Create branded LinkedIn carousels with OpenAI

Started by a clock, and works across Telegram. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 24 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI Retrieval

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

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 8 Logic 3 Service 12

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

- 1 **Simple Memory2** Memory Buffer Window *Model*
- 2 **Search latest news1** Perplexity Tool *Service*
- 3 **Think1** Tool Think *Model*
- 4 **Date & Time1** Date Time Tool *Service*
- 5 **OpenAI Chat Model1** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 6 **Structured Output Parser1** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 7 **Simple Memory3** Memory Buffer Window *Model*
- 8 **Schedule Trigger1** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 9 **MCP Client1** Mcp Client Tool *Model*
- 10 **Linkedin Writer1** Agent *Model*
- 11 **Carousel Ideator1** Agent *Model*
- 12 **Generate posts1** Http Request *Service*
- 13 **Extract from File1** Extract From File *Service*
- 14 **Get Linkedin user info1** Http Request *Service*
- 15 **Initialize upload URN1** Http Request *Service*
- 16 **Edit Fields1** Set *Logic*
- 17 **Convert to binary1** Convert To File *Service*
- 18 **Upload Posts as binary1** Http Request *Service*
- 19 **Get uploaded file URN1** Http Request *Service*
- 20 **Switch1** Switch *Logic*
- 21 **Create Linkedin post1** Http Request *Service*
- 22 **Error1** Telegram *Service*
- 23 **Wait1** Wait *Logic*
- 24 **Success1** Telegram *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 24, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Telegram
- **Model:** OpenAI
- **Retrieval:** Answers are drawn from documents you supply, not from the model alone

## Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Its answers draw on documents you give it, not on the model alone. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 24 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 24 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-branded-linkedin-carousels-with-openai)
- **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.

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

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Also chat assistants, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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