Hacker News to Video: Automated Content Creation
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Transform trending tech news into dynamic video content effortlessly. This workflow automates the entire process from fetching Hacker News articles to generating AI-summarized, visually engaging videos using advanced AI tools like OpenAI, Leonardo.ai, and RunwayML.
About This Workflow
Unlock the power of automated content creation with this n8n workflow designed to convert Hacker News articles into compelling videos. It intelligently fetches the latest trending stories, then leverages OpenAI to process and summarize the content, extracting key details and even crafting image prompts. These prompts are fed into Leonardo.ai to generate stunning visuals, which are then seamlessly passed to RunwayML to produce high-quality videos. Perfect for staying ahead in content generation, this workflow streamlines the creation of news-based video snippets, making complex multimedia production accessible and efficient for anyone.
Key Features
- Automated News Curation: Automatically fetches trending articles from Hacker News, ensuring fresh and relevant content.
- Intelligent AI Summarization: Utilizes OpenAI to summarize articles, extract key information, and generate creative prompts for visual content.
- AI-Powered Image Generation: Integrates with Leonardo.ai to generate unique, contextually relevant images based on AI-refined prompts.
- Dynamic Video Creation: Transforms AI-generated images into engaging video clips using RunwayML, simplifying complex video production.
- Structured Output & Storage: Parses AI responses into a structured format and supports storage options like Minio for generated assets.
How To Use
- Configure Credentials: Ensure your n8n instance has active credentials for OpenAI, Leonardo.ai, and RunwayML HTTP requests. These typically involve API keys or custom HTTP header authentications.
- Hacker News Node: The
Hacker Newsnode will automatically fetch trending stories. You can modify itsresourceparameter if you want to filter for specific types of news (e.g., "top stories"). - OpenAI Chat Model: Review the prompt in the
OpenAI Chat Model3node to ensure it extracts summaries, related content, and image prompts suitable for your video style. - Structured Output Parser: Verify the
inputSchemain theStructured Output Parsernode matches the expected output format from OpenAI, especially forsummary,related, andimage urls. - Leonardo & RunwayML Integrations: The
Leo - Improve Prompt,Leo - Get imageId,Runway - Create Video, andRunway - Get Videonodes are pre-configured. Ensure your Leonardo.ai and RunwayML API keys are correctly set in the HTTP Request nodes' authentication sections. - Minio Upload (Optional): If you wish to store the generated videos, configure the
Upload to Minionode with your Minio server details, includingbucketNameandparentFolderKey. - Test & Activate: Start by testing the workflow manually. Once satisfied with the output, activate it and consider scheduling it for regular automated content generation.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "77523cb2-3fb4-4ebb-ba70-8b4ff5fc5018",
"name": "Hacker News to Video: Automated Content Creation",
"nodes": 16,
"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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