Automate YouTube Publishing with AI Content Generation
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This n8n workflow revolutionizes YouTube video publishing by automating the creation of high-quality descriptions and relevant tags using AI. It triggers on new video uploads to Google Drive, seamlessly processes transcripts, and updates YouTube metadata, saving content creators valuable time.
About This Workflow
This powerful n8n workflow is designed to streamline and automate the entire YouTube video publishing process, focusing on intelligent content creation. It initiates automatically when a new video file is detected in a specified Google Drive folder. The workflow then intelligently fetches the video's transcript, utilizing advanced AI models like OpenAI (GPT-4.1-nano) to craft a compelling, first-person YouTube description. Concurrently, it employs another AI to generate highly relevant and discoverable YouTube tags. The final step involves updating the YouTube video's metadata with the newly generated title, description, and tags, significantly enhancing SEO and content management efficiency.
Key Features
- Automated Google Drive Trigger: Automatically starts the workflow upon new video uploads to a designated Google Drive folder.
- AI-Powered Description Generation: Leverages OpenAI's GPT-4.1-nano with a custom prompt to create professional, assertive, and engaging YouTube descriptions from video transcripts.
- Intelligent YouTube Tag Creation: Utilizes a Langchain Agent to generate highly relevant and discoverable tags, improving video visibility and search rankings.
- Automated Transcript Extraction: Seamlessly retrieves video transcripts using an Apify scraper, converting audio to text for AI processing.
- Effortless YouTube Metadata Update: Integrates directly with YouTube to update video titles, descriptions, and tags, ensuring your content is always optimized.
How To Use
- Set up Google Drive Trigger: Connect your Google Drive account and specify the folder ID where your new video files will be uploaded. This will automatically initiate the workflow.
- Configure Apify API Token: Provide your Apify API token in the 'Get Transcript' HTTP Request node to enable the automatic fetching of video transcripts.
- Connect OpenAI Credentials: Link your OpenAI API key to the 'Create Description' node. Review and customize the embedded system prompt to fine-tune the AI's writing style for your video descriptions.
- Connect Google Gemini/Palm Credentials: (If applicable) Connect your Google Palm API credentials to the '2.5FlashPrev' node for any additional AI-driven content generation.
- Authenticate YouTube Account: Connect your YouTube OAuth2 account to the 'Update Video's Metadata' node to grant the workflow permission to update your video's title, description, and tags.
- (Optional) Refine AI Prompts: Adjust the specific prompts within the 'Create Description' and 'YT Tags' nodes to ensure the AI-generated content perfectly aligns with your brand voice and content strategy.
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Workflow JSON
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"id": "de81216d-8873-498e-928c-addf550180e1",
"name": "Automate YouTube Publishing with AI Content Generation",
"nodes": 21,
"category": "Marketing",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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