# Publish Instagram Reels from Notion with Claude: n8n workflow

> 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...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/publish-instagram-reels-from-notion-with-claude (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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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.

Large

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

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**2** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 10 Service 16

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

- 1 **n8n Form Submit Reel Request** Form trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **HTTP Read Notion Page** Http Request *Service*
- 3 **Code Validate and Extract** Code *Logic*
- 4 **Code Claude AI Caption** Code *Logic*
- 5 **HTTP Download Video Binary** Http Request *Service*
- 6 **Upload to URL Video CDN** Upload To Url *Service*
- 7 **Code Store Video CDN URL** Code *Logic*
- 8 **HTTP Download Cover Binary** Http Request *Service*
- 9 **Upload to URL Cover CDN** Upload To Url *Service*
- 10 **Code Merge CDN URLs** Code *Logic*
- 11 **HTTP IG Create Reel Container** Http Request *Service*
- 12 **Gmail Send Preview Email** Gmail *Service*
- 13 **Wait for Approval** Wait *Logic*
- 14 **IF Approved** If *Logic*
- 15 **Wait Poll Buffer** Wait *Logic*
- 16 **HTTP Notion Mark Rejected** Http Request *Service*
- 17 **HTTP Poll Container Status** Http Request *Service*
- 18 **Discord Notify Rejected** Http Request *Service*
- 19 **Set Increment Retry** Set *Logic*
- 20 **IF Encoding Finished** If *Logic*
- 21 **IG Publish Reel1** Http Request *Service*
- 22 **Code Retry or Fail** Code *Logic*
- 23 **HTTP Fetch Reel Permalink** Http Request *Service*
- 24 **HTTP Notion Mark Failed** Http Request *Service*
- 25 **HTTP Notion Mark Published** Http Request *Service*
- 26 **Discord Notify Encoding Failed** Http Request *Service*
- 27 **Discord Notify Published** Http Request *Service*

## 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.

## 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%2Fpublish-instagram-reels-from-notion-with-claude)
- **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)

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