# Find and render short video clips from transcripts: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive and n8n data table. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/find-and-render-short-video-clips-from-transcripts (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Find and render short video clips from transcripts

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive and n8n data table. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 24 steps, 4 branches: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI

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

**4** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 3 Logic 11 Service 9

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

- 1 **New video or transcript arrives** Google Drive trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Clip finder model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Candidate clip schema** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 4 **Settings** Set *Logic*
- 5 **Ask the model for candidate clips** Agent *Model*
- 6 **Download the transcript file** Google Drive *Service*
- 7 **Did the model find any candidates?** If *Logic*
- 8 **Parse the transcript** Code *Logic*
- 9 **Log unparsable source to dead letter** Data Table *Service*
- 10 **Split into individual candidate clips** Split Out *Logic*
- 11 **Prepare the honest empty summary** Set *Logic*
- 12 **Skip clips already processed** Data Table *Service*
- 13 **Log the run summary** Data Table *Service*
- 14 **Run the quality gate** Code *Logic*
- 15 **Did the clip pass the quality gate?** If *Logic*
- 16 **Combine every clip's gate result** Aggregate *Logic*
- 17 **Render the clip** Http Request *Service*
- 18 **Record the clip in the review queue** Data Table *Service*
- 19 **Build the honest run summary** Code *Logic*
- 20 **Did the render produce a valid file?** If *Logic*
- 21 **Log the failed render to dead letter** Data Table *Service*
- 22 **Record the clip in the drafts queue** Data Table *Service*
- 23 **Should this clip publish automatically?** If *Logic*
- 24 **Publish the clip** Http Request *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 24, with 4 branches
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Google Drive, n8n data table
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive account, 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?

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%2Ffind-and-render-short-video-clips-from-transcripts)
- **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.

[Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Drive#library)[n8n data table](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=n8n+data+table#library)

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