Automate YouTube Video Summarization with AI
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Streamline your content creation by automatically summarizing YouTube video transcripts using AI. This workflow extracts transcripts, generates concise summaries, and stores them, saving you valuable time and effort.
About This Workflow
This powerful n8n workflow leverages AI to automate the process of summarizing YouTube video transcripts. By simply submitting a YouTube video URL and your desired language, the workflow fetches the video's transcript, intelligently processes it, and then utilizes Google Gemini to generate a concise, natural-sounding summary. The summarized content is then saved to a Google Doc, making it easily accessible for your marketing and content creation needs. This solution is ideal for anyone looking to quickly extract key information from video content for social media posts, blog articles, or internal documentation.
Key Features
- Automated Transcript Extraction: Seamlessly retrieves transcripts from any YouTube video.
- AI-Powered Summarization: Utilizes advanced AI models (Google Gemini) to create accurate and concise summaries.
- Multi-Language Support: Summarizes transcripts in the language provided, ensuring global applicability.
- Direct Google Docs Integration: Automatically saves summaries to Google Docs for easy access and sharing.
- Customizable Summary Output: The AI's system message guides the summarization format for consistent results.
How To Use
- Form Submission: Access the provided form and enter the full YouTube video URL and the desired language for the summary.
- Mapping Data: The workflow automatically maps the submitted
videoUrlandlanguageto internal variables. - Retrieve Transcript: The workflow calls the YouTube Transcript API to fetch the raw transcript data based on the provided video URL.
- Format Transcript: The
Formatornode decodes and cleans the raw transcript data into a usable format for the AI. - AI Summarization: The
AI Agent1node, powered by Google Gemini, processes the transcript and generates a summary based on the system message and specified language. - Optimize Summary: The
Optimizernode extracts the relevant summary text from the AI's output. - Save to Google Docs: The
Google Docsnode inserts the generated summary into a designated Google Document for your review and use.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
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"id": "b6828d35-561b-4166-88fc-376af82ff716",
"name": "Automate YouTube Video Summarization with AI",
"nodes": 6,
"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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