# Generate and publish AI home cam Shorts with OpenAI: n8n workflow

> 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...

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

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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.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI Retrieval

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**18 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 5 Logic 6 Service 6

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

- 1 **Trigger on Schedule (3x Daily)** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **OpenAI GPT-4 Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Conversation Memory Buffer** Memory Buffer Window *Model*
- 4 **Think Through Video Concept** Tool Think *Model*
- 5 **Configure Workflow Variables** Set *Logic*
- 6 **Generate Video Script and Metadata** Agent *Model*
- 7 **Validate Video Script JSON** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 8 **Pick Idea At Random** Code *Logic*
- 9 **Prepare Video Generation Request** Code *Logic*
- 10 **Submit Video to kie.ai** Http Request *Service*
- 11 **Wait for Video Generation** Wait *Logic*
- 12 **Poll kie.ai for Video Status** Http Request *Service*
- 13 **Check if Video is Ready** If *Logic*
- 14 **Extract Video Download URL** Code *Logic*
- 15 **Download Generated Video File** Http Request *Service*
- 16 **Upload Video to Google Drive** Google Drive *Service*
- 17 **Publish Video to YouTube** You Tube *Service*
- 18 **Send Video Notification Email** Gmail *Service*

## 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.

## 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-and-publish-ai-home-cam-shorts-with-openai)
- **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.

[Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Gmail#library)[Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Drive#library)[YouTube](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=YouTube#library)

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