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Summarize YouTube videos & chat about content with OpenAI

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Docs and Telegram. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 19 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

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

The flow

Starts it 4Model 5Logic 3Service 7

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

  1. 1gpt-4o-miniLm Chat Open AiModel
  2. 2Trigger on Telegram MessageChat triggerStarts it
  3. 3Receive YouTube URL via WebhookWebhookStarts it
  4. 4Telegram TriggerTelegram triggerStarts it
  5. 5OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  6. 6Window Buffer MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  7. 7Google Docs2Google Docs ToolService
  8. 8Generate Summary with GPT-4o-miniChain LlmModel
  9. 9Extract YouTube URL from InputSetLogic
  10. 10Handle User Questions via AIAgentModel
  11. 11Send Summary via TelegramTelegramService
  12. 12Extract Video ID from URLCodeLogic
  13. 13Send AI Response via TelegramTelegramService
  14. 14Send Response to WebhookRespond To WebhookStarts it
  15. 15Extract YouTube TranscriptYoutube TranscripterService
  16. 16Split Transcript into SegmentsSplit OutLogic
  17. 17Concatenate Transcript SegmentsSummarizeService
  18. 18Retrieve Transcript from Google DocsGoogle DocsService
  19. 19Update Transcript in Google DocsGoogle DocsService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
19
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Docs, Telegram
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 Google Docs and Telegram accounts, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an incoming Telegram message.

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. 19 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 19 steps before you point it at anything that matters.