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Create personalized videos from Google Sheets with Gmail

Started by a change in a Google Sheet, and works across Gmail, Google Drive and Google Sheets. 14 steps, 4 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

14 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
4Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 6Service 7

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

  1. 1When Row Added to SheetsGoogle Sheets triggerStarts it
  2. 2If Title ExistsIfLogic
  3. 3Render Personalized VideoIlove Video EditorService
  4. 4Wait 60 SecondsWaitLogic
  5. 5Send Failure Alert EmailGmailService
  6. 6Check Video Render StatusIlove Video EditorService
  7. 7If Render CompleteIfLogic
  8. 8Download Video FileHttp RequestService
  9. 9If Render FailedIfLogic
  10. 10Upload Video to DriveGoogle DriveService
  11. 11Increment Attempt CountSetLogic
  12. 12Update Video URL in SheetsGoogle SheetsService
  13. 13If Under 20 AttemptsIfLogic
  14. 14Send Video Link EmailGmailService

How it's built

Starts on
A change in a Google Sheet
Steps
14, with 4 branches, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on a change in a Google Sheet.

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?

Plan an afternoon. 14 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 14 steps before you point it at anything that matters.