# One-click YouTube shorts generator with Leonardo AI: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/one-click-youtube-shorts-generator-with-leonardo-ai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# One-click YouTube shorts generator with Leonardo AI

Started by an event in a connected app. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 24 steps, 5 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fone-click-youtube-shorts-generator-with-leonardo-ai)

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

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**5** Loops or waits

**0** Services by connector: it calls them over plain HTTP

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 2 Logic 11 Service 10

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

- 1 **When clicking ‘Execute workflow’** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Ideator 🧠** Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Script** Set *Logic*
- 4 **Script Generator** Http Request *Service*
- 5 **HTTP Request** Http Request *Service*
- 6 **Upload Cloudinary** Http Request *Service*
- 7 **Split Out** Split Out *Logic*
- 8 **Merge** Merge *Logic*
- 9 **image-prompter** Open Ai *Model*
- 10 **Create editor JSON** Http Request *Service*
- 11 **request image** Http Request *Service*
- 12 **SET JSON VARIABLE** Set *Logic*
- 13 **Wait2** Wait *Logic*
- 14 **Editor** Http Request *Service*
- 15 **request image1** Http Request *Service*
- 16 **Rendering wait** Wait *Logic*
- 17 **Wait3** Wait *Logic*
- 18 **Get final video** Http Request *Service*
- 19 **request image2** Http Request *Service*
- 20 **Wait4** Wait *Logic*
- 21 **Request Video** Http Request *Service*
- 22 **Wait1** Wait *Logic*
- 23 **Edit Fields** Set *Logic*
- 24 **Aggregate** Aggregate *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 24, 5 loops or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Nothing by connector; it calls services over plain HTTP
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, and a key for OpenAI. 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 OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 24 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 24 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%2Fone-click-youtube-shorts-generator-with-leonardo-ai)
- **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.

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