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Publish Instagram Reels from Notion with Claude

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Gmail. 27 steps, 2 branches, 2 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

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27 stepsLarge: read it before trusting it with anything live
2Branches: places the flow splits
2Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 10Service 16

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

  1. 1n8n Form Submit Reel RequestForm triggerStarts it
  2. 2HTTP Read Notion PageHttp RequestService
  3. 3Code Validate and ExtractCodeLogic
  4. 4Code Claude AI CaptionCodeLogic
  5. 5HTTP Download Video BinaryHttp RequestService
  6. 6Upload to URL Video CDNUpload To UrlService
  7. 7Code Store Video CDN URLCodeLogic
  8. 8HTTP Download Cover BinaryHttp RequestService
  9. 9Upload to URL Cover CDNUpload To UrlService
  10. 10Code Merge CDN URLsCodeLogic
  11. 11HTTP IG Create Reel ContainerHttp RequestService
  12. 12Gmail Send Preview EmailGmailService
  13. 13Wait for ApprovalWaitLogic
  14. 14IF ApprovedIfLogic
  15. 15Wait Poll BufferWaitLogic
  16. 16HTTP Notion Mark RejectedHttp RequestService
  17. 17HTTP Poll Container StatusHttp RequestService
  18. 18Discord Notify RejectedHttp RequestService
  19. 19Set Increment RetrySetLogic
  20. 20IF Encoding FinishedIfLogic
  21. 21IG Publish Reel1Http RequestService
  22. 22Code Retry or FailCodeLogic
  23. 23HTTP Fetch Reel PermalinkHttp RequestService
  24. 24HTTP Notion Mark FailedHttp RequestService
  25. 25HTTP Notion Mark PublishedHttp RequestService
  26. 26Discord Notify Encoding FailedHttp RequestService
  27. 27Discord Notify PublishedHttp RequestService

How it's built

Starts on
Someone submitting a form
Steps
27, with 2 branches, 2 loops or waits
Size
Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
Connects to
Gmail
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail account. 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?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 27 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 27 steps before you point it at anything that matters.