# Generate YouTube clip ideas and Google Docs reports with Apify: n8n workflow

> Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Apify. It hands the judgement calls to OpenRouter. 10 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-youtube-clip-ideas-and-google-docs-reports-with-api (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Generate YouTube clip ideas and Google Docs reports with Apify

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Apify. It hands the judgement calls to OpenRouter. 10 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenRouter

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**10 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 2 Logic 4 Service 3

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

- 1 **When Youtube Link Submitted** Form trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **OpenRouter Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Router *Model*
- 3 **Run Youtube Transcript Extractor** Apify *Service*
- 4 **Content Ideas Agent** Agent *Model*
- 5 **Get Recent Transcript Dataset** Apify *Service*
- 6 **Format Content As HTML** Markdown *Logic*
- 7 **Reformat Youtube Transcript** Code *Logic*
- 8 **Set Document Metadata** Set *Logic*
- 9 **Build Google Docs Request** Code *Logic*
- 10 **Post Google Docs File** Http Request *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone submitting a form
- **Steps:** 10
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Apify
- **Model:** OpenRouter

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Apify account, and a key for OpenRouter. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone submitting a form.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenRouter. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 10 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 10 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-youtube-clip-ideas-and-google-docs-reports-with-api)
- **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.

[Apify](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Apify#library)

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