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Generate and publish AI home cam Shorts with OpenAI

Started by a clock, and works across Gmail, Google Drive and YouTube. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 18 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

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18 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 5Logic 6Service 6

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

  1. 1Trigger on Schedule (3x Daily)Schedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAI GPT-4 ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3Conversation Memory BufferMemory Buffer WindowModel
  4. 4Think Through Video ConceptTool ThinkModel
  5. 5Configure Workflow VariablesSetLogic
  6. 6Generate Video Script and MetadataAgentModel
  7. 7Validate Video Script JSONOutput Parser StructuredModel
  8. 8Pick Idea At RandomCodeLogic
  9. 9Prepare Video Generation RequestCodeLogic
  10. 10Submit Video to kie.aiHttp RequestService
  11. 11Wait for Video GenerationWaitLogic
  12. 12Poll kie.ai for Video StatusHttp RequestService
  13. 13Check if Video is ReadyIfLogic
  14. 14Extract Video Download URLCodeLogic
  15. 15Download Generated Video FileHttp RequestService
  16. 16Upload Video to Google DriveGoogle DriveService
  17. 17Publish Video to YouTubeYou TubeService
  18. 18Send Video Notification EmailGmailService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
18, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Google Drive, YouTube
Model
OpenAI
Retrieval
Answers are drawn from documents you supply, not from the model alone

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail, Google Drive and YouTube accounts, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Its answers draw on documents you give it, not on the model alone. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 18 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 18 steps before you point it at anything that matters.