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Process YouTube transcripts with Apify and OpenAI

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Airtable and Pinecone. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 15 steps, 2 loops or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

15 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
2Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 4Logic 5Service 5

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

  1. 1AirtableAirtableService
  2. 2Embeddings OpenAIEmbeddings Open AiModel
  3. 3When clicking ‘Test workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  4. 4Recursive Character Text Splitter1Text Splitter Recursive Character Text SplitterModel
  5. 5Loop Over ItemsSplit In BatchesLogic
  6. 6Pinecone Vector StoreVector Store PineconeModel
  7. 7Airtable2AirtableService
  8. 8Default Data LoaderDocument Default Data LoaderModel
  9. 9Apify NinjaPostHttp RequestService
  10. 10Transcript ProcessorCodeLogic
  11. 11WaitWaitLogic
  12. 12Get JSON TSHttp RequestService
  13. 13JSON StringifierCodeLogic
  14. 14Edit FieldsSetLogic
  15. 15Airtable1AirtableService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
15, 2 loops or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Airtable, Pinecone
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 Airtable and Pinecone accounts, 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. 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. 15 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 15 steps before you point it at anything that matters.