YouTube Videos with AI Summaries on Discord
Automatically share new YouTube videos with AI-generated summaries directly to your Discord server, keeping your community informed and engaged without manual effort. This n8n workflow uses a YouTube Video Trigger to detect new uploads, then retrieves and downloads the video's captions via httpRequest nodes. The Caption File Conversion node extracts the text, which is then sent to OpenAI's ChatGPT (AI:openAi) for a concise summary. Finally, the Discord node posts the video link and its AI summary to a designated channel. This is ideal for content creators, community managers, or educators who want to quickly disseminate new video content and provide digestible overviews, saving significant time on content preparation and cross-platform sharing while enhancing audience engagement.
Workflow JSON
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- 1Copy the workflow JSON above using the Copy Workflow JSON button.
- 2Open your n8n instance and go to Workflows.
- 3Click Import from JSON and paste the copied workflow.
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