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Create daily industry news avatar videos with Perplexity

Started by a clock, and works across Google Drive and Telegram. 32 steps, 5 branches, 4 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

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32 stepsLarge: read it before trusting it with anything live
5Branches: places the flow splits
4Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 18Service 13

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

  1. 1Daily 9AM TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Configure Mode & BackgroundSetLogic
  3. 3Route by Background TypeSwitchLogic
  4. 4Perplexity: Fetch 4 Structured StoriesHttp RequestService
  5. 5Perplexity: Fetch Top 10 StoriesHttp RequestService
  6. 6Parse Stories → Template VariablesCodeLogic
  7. 7Parse News StoriesCodeLogic
  8. 8Generate Video (Inline Title)Http RequestService
  9. 9Validate Stories LoopSplit In BatchesLogic
  10. 10Poll Video StatusHttp RequestService
  11. 11Prepare Final Valid StoriesCodeLogic
  12. 12Check Valid Story CountCodeLogic
  13. 13Is Video Completed?IfLogic
  14. 14Process Stories for ScreenshotsSplit In BatchesLogic
  15. 15Need More Valid Stories?IfLogic
  16. 16Format Final Video DataCodeLogic
  17. 17Wait 30s Before RetryWaitLogic
  18. 18Build HeyGen Template VariablesCodeLogic
  19. 19Browserless: Take Article ScreenshotHttp RequestService
  20. 20Scrape Article (Validity Check)Http RequestService
  21. 21Search "HeyGen Videos" FolderGoogle DriveService
  22. 22Send Telegram NotificationTelegramService
  23. 23Wait 45s – Initial ProcessingWaitLogic
  24. 24Generate Video (Screenshot)Http RequestService
  25. 25Upload Screenshot to HeyGenHttp RequestService
  26. 26Is Article Accessible (200)?IfLogic
  27. 27Does Folder Exist?IfLogic
  28. 28Merge Story Data with Image URLCodeLogic
  29. 29Add to Valid StoriesCodeLogic
  30. 30Download Final VideoHttp RequestService
  31. 31Create "HeyGen Videos" FolderGoogle DriveService
  32. 32Upload Video to Google DriveGoogle DriveService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
32, with 5 branches, 4 loops or waits
Size
Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
Connects to
Google Drive, Telegram
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive and Telegram accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

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.