# Generate AI YouTube shorts with Claude and Gemini: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive, Google Sheets and YouTube. It hands the judgement calls to Claude and Gemini.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-ai-youtube-shorts-with-claude-and-gemini (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Generate AI YouTube shorts with Claude and Gemini

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive, Google Sheets and YouTube. It hands the judgement calls to Claude and Gemini. 27 steps, 3 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: Claude, Gemini

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fgenerate-ai-youtube-shorts-with-claude-and-gemini)

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

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**3** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 4 Logic 9 Service 13

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

- 1 **When clicking ‘Test workflow’** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Flash 2.0** Lm Chat Google Gemini *Model*
- 3 **Anthropic Chat Model** Lm Chat Anthropic *Model*
- 4 **Grab Idea** Google Sheets *Service*
- 5 **Audio Prompt Agent** Agent *Model*
- 6 **Image Prompt Agent** Agent *Model*
- 7 **Set Idea** Set *Logic*
- 8 **Set Audio** Set *Logic*
- 9 **Remove \n** Code *Logic*
- 10 **Generate Audio** Http Request *Service*
- 11 **Set Prompts** Set *Logic*
- 12 **Upload to Drive** Google Drive *Service*
- 13 **Image Generation** Http Request *Service*
- 14 **Share File** Google Drive *Service*
- 15 **20 seconds** Wait *Logic*
- 16 **Merge** Merge *Logic*
- 17 **Get Images** Http Request *Service*
- 18 **Render Video1** Http Request *Service*
- 19 **Generate Videos** Http Request *Service*
- 20 **25 Seconds** Wait *Logic*
- 21 **1 minute** Wait *Logic*
- 22 **Download Video** Http Request *Service*
- 23 **Get Videos** Http Request *Service*
- 24 **Upload Video** You Tube *Service*
- 25 **Limit** Limit *Logic*
- 26 **Update Sheet** Google Sheets *Service*
- 27 **Update Video Status** Google Sheets *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 27, 3 loops or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Google Drive, Google Sheets, YouTube
- **Model:** Claude, Gemini

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive, Google Sheets and YouTube accounts, and a key for Claude and Gemini. 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 Claude and Gemini. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 27 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 27 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-youtube-shorts-with-claude-and-gemini)
- **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)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)[YouTube](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=YouTube#library)

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