# YouTube shorts automation - the game-changer: n8n workflow

> Started by someone submitting a form, and works across YouTube. 10 steps, 3 loops or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/youtube-shorts-automation-the-game-changer (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# YouTube shorts automation - the game-changer

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across YouTube. 10 steps, 3 loops or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**10 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**3** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 5 Service 4

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

- 1 **Fill information to Start** Form trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Prepare Shorts1** Http Request *Service*
- 3 **Wait #1** Wait *Logic*
- 4 **Extract Shorts** Http Request *Service*
- 5 **Structure Shorts** Split Out *Logic*
- 6 **Filter the Best Shorts to Upload** Code *Logic*
- 7 **Send shorts 1 at a time** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 8 **Download the Short in the Right Format** Http Request *Service*
- 9 **Upload to your YouTube Account** You Tube *Service*
- 10 **Wait #2** Wait *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone submitting a form
- **Steps:** 10, 3 loops or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** YouTube
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own YouTube account. 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?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

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.

## 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%2Fyoutube-shorts-automation-the-game-changer)
- **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.

[YouTube](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=YouTube#library)

## Workflows like it

Also integrations, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

- [**YouTube Shorts Automation with Kie AI** 10 steps · YouTube](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/youtube-shorts-automation-with-kie-ai)
- [**Automated YouTube uploader (Mock AI edition)** 9 steps · YouTube](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-youtube-uploader-mock-ai-edition)
- [**Copy all YouTube playlists from one channel to another** 11 steps · YouTube](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/copy-all-youtube-playlists-from-one-channel-to-another)
- [**Create viral YouTube clips with Reka AI and Drive** 9 steps · Google Drive, YouTube](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/create-viral-youtube-clips-with-reka-ai-and-drive)
- [**Upload Zoom cloud recordings to YouTube and Google Drive** 11 steps · Google Drive, YouTube](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/upload-zoom-cloud-recordings-to-youtube-and-google-drive)
- [**Fetch a YouTube playlist and send new items Raindrop** 6 steps · YouTube](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/fetch-a-youtube-playlist-and-send-new-items-raindrop)