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Create a daily AI & automation content digest from YouTube, Reddit, X and Perplexity with OpenAI and Airtable

Ready for 3.0

by Chase Hannegan · 3,630 views · created 2026-01-14 · Content Creation, AI Summarization

Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 41 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day at 08:00). Along the way it connects YouTube, OpenAI Chat Model, Reddit and Gmail and 2 more. It also calls api.apify.com and googleapis.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every day at 08:00).

  1. n8n Trending (Reddit): get many
  2. Scrape X (HTTP Request): calls api.apify.com (POST)
  3. Get Videos (YouTube): work with video
  4. Perplexity: uses Perplexity
  5. Reddit Analysis (Basic LLM Chain): sends a prompt to an LLM, with model: OpenAI Chat Model; output parser: Structured Output Parser
  6. Aggregate: combines items into one
  7. Get Video Data (HTTP Request): calls googleapis.com
  8. Format Message (Basic LLM Chain): sends a prompt to an LLM, with model: OpenAI Chat Model; output parser: Structured Output Parser
  9. Edit Fields (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: perplexityData
  10. Aggregate: combines items into one

…plus 20 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

YouTubeOpenAI Chat ModelRedditGmailOpenRouter Chat ModelAirtable

HTTP calls to: api.apify.com, googleapis.com

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.

Nodes used (16)

From the author

What It Does This workflow automates the creation of a daily AI and automation content digest by aggregating trending content from four sources: YouTube (n8n-related videos with AI-generated transcript summaries), Reddit (rising posts from r/n8n), X/Twitter…

Excerpt from Chase Hannegan's description on n8n.io.

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