# Generate AI avatar videos from scripts with ElevenLabs: n8n workflow

> Started by another system calling it, and works across Google Drive and Slack. 16 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-ai-avatar-videos-from-scripts-with-elevenlabs (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Generate AI avatar videos from scripts with ElevenLabs

Started by another system calling it, and works across Google Drive and Slack. 16 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**16 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 3 Logic 5 Service 8

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

- 1 **Webhook - Receive Request** Webhook *Starts it*
- 2 **Error Handler Trigger** Error trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Parse Request Parameters** Set *Logic*
- 4 **Send a message** Slack *Service*
- 5 **Generate Audio with ElevenLabs** Http Request *Service*
- 6 **Upload Audio to HeyGen** Http Request *Service*
- 7 **Create Avatar Video with Audio** Http Request *Service*
- 8 **Extract Video ID** Set *Logic*
- 9 **Wait 5 Seconds** Wait *Logic*
- 10 **Poll Video Status** Http Request *Service*
- 11 **Check If Completed** If *Logic*
- 12 **Extract Video Details** Set *Logic*
- 13 **Download Video** Http Request *Service*
- 14 **Upload to Google Drive** Google Drive *Service*
- 15 **Download from Drive** Google Drive *Service*
- 16 **Respond to Webhook** Respond To Webhook *Starts it*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Another system calling it
- **Steps:** 16, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Drive, Slack
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on another system calling it.

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. 16 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 16 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%2Fgenerate-ai-avatar-videos-from-scripts-with-elevenlabs)
- **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)[Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Slack#library)

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