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Simple YouTube shorts creation with OpenAI

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across YouTube. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 10 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

10 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 3Logic 1Service 5

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

  1. 1Manual TriggerManual triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAI Hypothesis GenerationOpen AiModel
  3. 3OpenAI Image Prompt GenerationOpen AiModel
  4. 4OpenAI Image GenerationOpen AiModel
  5. 5Download ImageHttp RequestService
  6. 6Save Image to DiskRead Write FileService
  7. 7Format Text for VideoCodeLogic
  8. 8Generate VideoExecute CommandService
  9. 9Read Video FileRead Write FileService
  10. 10Upload to YouTubeYou TubeService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
10
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
YouTube
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own YouTube 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?

Plan an afternoon. 10 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 10 steps before you point it at anything that matters.