# Monitor favorite YouTube channels with RSS: n8n workflow

> Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Gmail, RSS and Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/monitor-favorite-youtube-channels-with-rss (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Monitor favorite YouTube channels with RSS

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Gmail, RSS and Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 29 steps: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI

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

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 3 Model 4 Logic 16 Service 6

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

- 1 **On form submission** Form trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **OpenAI Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **OpenAI Chat Model1** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 4 **Every Day** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 5 **When clicking ‘Test workflow’** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 6 **Default YouTube Channel Ids** Set *Logic*
- 7 **Create Email per Video** Chain Llm *Model*
- 8 **Create One Email for All Videos** Chain Llm *Model*
- 9 **YouTube Channel Ids** Set *Logic*
- 10 **YouTube Channel Ids1** Set *Logic*
- 11 **Get Channel Ids** Set *Logic*
- 12 **Multiple Emails** Gmail *Service*
- 13 **Single Email** Gmail *Service*
- 14 **Create List of Channel Ids1** Split Out *Logic*
- 15 **Create List of Channel Ids** Split Out *Logic*
- 16 **Create RSS Feed URLs** Set *Logic*
- 17 **Create RSS Feed URLs1** Set *Logic*
- 18 **RSS Read - Max 15 Latest Videos per Channel1** Rss Feed Read *Service*
- 19 **RSS Read - Max 15 Latest Videos per Channel** Rss Feed Read *Service*
- 20 **Label New Videos** Code *Logic*
- 21 **Get New Videos** Filter *Logic*
- 22 **Workflow Variables** Set *Logic*
- 23 **Merge** Merge *Logic*
- 24 **Create YouTube API URL** Code *Logic*
- 25 **One List Object** Aggregate *Logic*
- 26 **Prepare For Telegram Message** Set *Logic*
- 27 **Get YouTube Video Details** Http Request *Service*
- 28 **Telegram** Telegram *Service*
- 29 **Prepare YouTube Data** Set *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone submitting a form
- **Steps:** 29
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Gmail, RSS, Telegram
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail, RSS and Telegram accounts, and a key for OpenAI. 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 OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 29 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 29 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%2Fmonitor-favorite-youtube-channels-with-rss)
- **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)[RSS](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=RSS#library)[Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Telegram#library)

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