# YouTube video summariser with Gemini and Google Docs: n8n workflow

> Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Google Docs. It puts Gemini behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/youtube-video-summariser-with-gemini-and-google-docs (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# YouTube video summariser with Gemini and Google Docs

Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Google Docs. It puts Gemini behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 22 steps, 3 branches: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: Gemini Retrieval

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**22 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**3** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 3 Logic 12 Service 6

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

- 1 **When chat message received** Chat trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Gemini Chat Model** Lm Chat Google Gemini *Model*
- 3 **Simple Memory** Memory Buffer Window *Model*
- 4 **Enhanced Message Parser** Code *Logic*
- 5 **Enhanced Video Chat Agent** Agent *Model*
- 6 **Route Message Type** If *Logic*
- 7 **Update Conversation History** Code *Logic*
- 8 **Fetch Transcript** Http Request *Service*
- 9 **Handle Follow-up Questions** Code *Logic*
- 10 **Edit Fields** Set *Logic*
- 11 **Check Language** Code *Logic*
- 12 **Context Manager** Code *Logic*
- 13 **Needs Translation?** If *Logic*
- 14 **Get a document** Google Docs *Service*
- 15 **Translate to English** Http Request *Service*
- 16 **Set Direct Fields** Set *Logic*
- 17 **Set Translated Fields** Set *Logic*
- 18 **Merge** Code *Logic*
- 19 **HTTP Request1** Http Request *Service*
- 20 **If** If *Logic*
- 21 **Update a document** Google Docs *Service*
- 22 **HTTP Request** Http Request *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone opening a chat with it
- **Steps:** 22, with 3 branches
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Google Docs
- **Model:** Gemini
- **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 account, and a key for Gemini. 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 Gemini. 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?

Take your time. At 22 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 22 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-video-summariser-with-gemini-and-google-docs)
- **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.

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

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