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Create YouTube thumbnails and quote cards from Drive videos

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Gmail and Google Drive. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 14 steps, 3 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

14 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
3Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 2Logic 7Service 4

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

  1. 1When Video Added to DriveGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  2. 2Download VideoGoogle DriveService
  3. 3Transcribe AudioOpen AiModel
  4. 4Extract Thumbnail + QuotesOpen AiModel
  5. 5Parse ConceptCodeLogic
  6. 6Post to CanvoraHttp RequestService
  7. 7Wait 30sWaitLogic
  8. 8Fetch Generation StatusHttp RequestService
  9. 9If Generation DoneIfLogic
  10. 10If Generation SucceededIfLogic
  11. 11If Timed OutIfLogic
  12. 12Build Review EmailCodeLogic
  13. 13Generation Failed (credits auto-refunded)No OpLogic
  14. 14Create Gmail DraftGmailService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
14, with 3 branches, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Google Drive
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail and Google Drive accounts, 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. 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.