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Convert YouTube videos to audio summaries with Decodo, OpenAI & Telegram

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by Atta ✓ · 189 views · created 2025-11-18 · Content Creation, Multimodal AI

Unknown. This template uses community nodes we can't verify statically. Uses community nodes that can't be verified statically (unverified community packages are off by default in 3.0). Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 15 nodes and runs on Telegram events (message). Along the way it connects Telegram, OpenAI, OpenAI Chat Model and Decodo (community).

How it runs

Trigger: On Telegram events (message).

  1. Config (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: output_language
  2. Check: Is Valid URL? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  3. Send Working on it Message (Telegram): uses Telegram
  4. Send Error Message (Telegram): uses Telegram
  5. Decodo: youtube transcript
  6. Check for Transcript Error (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  7. Send Transcript Failed Message (Telegram): uses Telegram
  8. Code: runs custom JavaScript code
  9. AI Summarizer (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI Chat Model; output parser: Structured Output Parser
  10. OpenAI: work with audio

…plus 2 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

TelegramOpenAIOpenAI Chat ModelDecodo (community)

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 1 community package, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).

  • Check that @decodo/n8n-nodes-decodo is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Decodo (Fetch Transcript)).

Nodes used (10)

From the author

Stop watching long videos, start listening to concise summaries. This workflow transforms any YouTube video URL sent via Telegram into a high-quality, spoken audio summary (MP3) and a structured text overview. It acts as your personal AI research assistant,…

Excerpt from Atta's description on n8n.io.

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