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Ultimate AI-powered chatbot for YouTube summarization & analysis

Started by someone opening a chat with it. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 16 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

16 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
0Services by connector: it calls them over plain HTTP

The flow

Starts it 2Model 5Logic 7Service 2

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

  1. 1When Executed by Another WorkflowExecute Workflow triggerStarts it
  2. 2When chat message receivedChat triggerStarts it
  3. 3Window Buffer MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  4. 4gpt-4o-mini1Lm Chat Open AiModel
  5. 5YouTube Processing ToolTool WorkflowModel
  6. 6DeepSeek-V3 ChatLm Chat Open AiModel
  7. 7Workflow VariablesSetLogic
  8. 8YouTube Video AgentAgentModel
  9. 9Create YouTube API URLCodeLogic
  10. 10Get YouTube TranscriptCodeLogic
  11. 11Get YouTube Video DetailsHttp RequestService
  12. 12Split Out Transcript SegmentsSplit OutLogic
  13. 13Merge YouTube Details & TranscriptMergeLogic
  14. 14Combine Transcript SegmentsSummarizeService
  15. 15Create One JSON ObjectAggregateLogic
  16. 16Respond with YouTube Details & TranscriptSetLogic

How it's built

Starts on
Someone opening a chat with it
Steps
16
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Nothing by connector; it calls services over plain HTTP
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, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone opening a chat with it.

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. 16 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 16 steps before you point it at anything that matters.