Repurpose Article into Twitter Thread & LinkedIn Post

Overview

This workflow lets you transform a long-form article or transcript into a ready-to-publish Twitter (X) thread and LinkedIn post using AI. By pasting your source text into a simple form, the workflow sends it to OpenAI’s GPT‑4o-mini model, which extracts key points and reformats them into platform‑specific content—fully grounded in your original material, with no invented facts. A second form then displays the generated posts, ready for you to copy and publish.

This is especially useful for content creators, marketers, or anyone who wants to extend the reach of their long‑form content without spending hours rewriting. The workflow enforces strict rules to avoid hallucinations, preserves the author’s arguments, and bans overused buzzwords.

Workflow Nodes

• Article Form (Form Trigger) — No auth (n8n built‑in endpoint). Collects user input: the article/transcript text and optional voice notes. Configured with a form title (“Article → Thread + LinkedIn Post”), a description, and two fields (required textarea for the article, optional text field for voice notes). Responses are processed by the next node.
• Repurpose Content (LangChain AI Agent) — Uses the connected Chat Model’s credentials (OpenAI API Key). This is the core intelligence node. It takes the raw input from the form, prepends voice notes (or “none”), trims the source to 9000 characters, and sends it to the Chat Model with a detailed system prompt. The prompt instructs the model to produce a Twitter thread (6‑9 tweets, each ≤270 characters) and a LinkedIn post (120‑220 words) with strict sourcing rules. The node uses LangChain to orchestrate the conversation.
• Chat Model (OpenAI Chat Model) — API Key auth via n8n OpenAI credential. Configured with model gpt-4o-mini and temperature 0.5. This node is not directly in the main flow but is connected as the language model used by the AI Agent.
• Show Posts (Form node) — No auth. Displays the final generated output in a completion form. The title is “Your posts are ready” and the message contains the full output from the AI Agent (the combined Twitter thread and LinkedIn post). The user can copy the text and publish manually.

Setup Instructions

1. n8n instance — You need a running n8n instance (self‑hosted or n8n.cloud). The workflow uses the Form Trigger and Form nodes, which are built‑in and require no additional configuration.
2. OpenAI API Key — Create an account at platform.openai.com, generate an API key, and add it as an OpenAI credential in n8n (Settings → Credentials → New → OpenAI). Ensure the credential is accessible to this workflow.
3. Activate the workflow — Once imported, activate the workflow. The Form Trigger will be available at a unique URL (shown in the node’s Webhook URL field). Share that URL, or embed it in a website, to allow users to submit articles.
4. Use — Anyone who opens the form URL can paste an article and optional voice notes. Upon submission, the workflow runs and returns the generated posts on a result page.

Use Cases & Variations

• Marketing teams – Quickly repurpose blog posts, white papers, or case studies into social media content.
• Podcast / video creators – Transcribe episodes and turn them into promotional threads and LinkedIn posts.
• Newsletter editors – Convert long‑form newsletters into bite‑sized social updates.
• Adaptations – You can replace the OpenAI model with another supported provider (e.g., Anthropic, Google Gemini) by changing the Chat Model node. You could also add nodes to post directly to Twitter and LinkedIn via their APIs (using HTTP Request nodes) to fully automate the publishing process.

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