# Repurpose YouTube videos into social posts and newsletters: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Sheets, LinkedIn and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/repurpose-youtube-videos-into-social-posts-and-newsletters (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Repurpose YouTube videos into social posts and newsletters

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Sheets, LinkedIn and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 18 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI

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**18 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Model 5 Logic 2 Service 9

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

- 1 **YouTube Trigger - New Video Uploaded** Youtube trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Error Trigger - Catch All Failures** Error trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **YouTube - Get Video Details** Youtube *Service*
- 4 **Send Error Alert to Slack** Slack *Service*
- 5 **Get Audio Download URL from Cobalt API** Http Request *Service*
- 6 **Download Audio File** Http Request *Service*
- 7 **Transcribe Audio with OpenAI Whisper** Open Ai *Model*
- 8 **Combine Video Data with Transcript** Code *Logic*
- 9 **Generate LinkedIn Post** Open Ai *Model*
- 10 **Generate Twitter/X Thread** Open Ai *Model*
- 11 **Generate Instagram Caption with Hashtags** Open Ai *Model*
- 12 **Generate Newsletter Summary** Open Ai *Model*
- 13 **Merge All Generated Content** Code *Logic*
- 14 **Publish Post to LinkedIn** Linked In *Service*
- 15 **Publish First Tweet of Thread** Http Request *Service*
- 16 **Create Instagram Media Container** Http Request *Service*
- 17 **Log All Content to Google Sheets** Google Sheets *Service*
- 18 **Send Slack Notification with All Links** Slack *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 18
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Sheets, LinkedIn, Slack
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets, LinkedIn and Slack 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. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 18 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 18 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%2Frepurpose-youtube-videos-into-social-posts-and-newsletters)
- **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.

[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)[LinkedIn](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=LinkedIn#library)[Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Slack#library)

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