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Transcribe media URLs to AI-summarized Google Drive notes

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Drive and Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 21 steps, 3 branches, 1 loop or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

LargeCalls a model: OpenAI

21 stepsLarge: read it before trusting it with anything live
3Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 3Logic 9Service 8

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

  1. 1On transcription requestForm triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAI chat modelLm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3Note structureOutput Parser StructuredModel
  4. 4SettingsSetLogic
  5. 5Summarize transcriptChain LlmModel
  6. 6Build Apify inputCodeLogic
  7. 7Build Markdown noteCodeLogic
  8. 8Start transcription runHttp RequestService
  9. 9Create Markdown fileConvert To FileService
  10. 10Wait for WhisperWaitLogic
  11. 11Upload note to DriveGoogle DriveService
  12. 12Check run statusHttp RequestService
  13. 13Log transcript in SheetGoogle SheetsService
  14. 14Route run statusSwitchLogic
  15. 15Show result on the formFormService
  16. 16Get transcriptsHttp RequestService
  17. 17Under poll limit?IfLogic
  18. 18Report run failureStop And ErrorLogic
  19. 19Split transcriptsCodeLogic
  20. 20Transcribed OK?IfLogic
  21. 21Log failed mediaGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
Someone submitting a form
Steps
21, with 3 branches, 1 loop or waits
Size
Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
Connects to
Google Drive, Google Sheets
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive and Google Sheets accounts, and a key for OpenAI. 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?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 21 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 21 steps before you point it at anything that matters.