Create daily faceless YouTube Shorts with Groq, SamAutomation and Google Sheets

by Utkarsh Kapoor ✓ · 492 views · created 2026-06-15 · Content Creation, Multimodal AI

What this workflow does

This workflow has 15 nodes and runs on a schedule (cron 0 10 * * *). Along the way it connects Google Sheets. It also calls api.groq.com, samautomation.work and googleapis.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (cron 0 10 * * *).

1. Read Config (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
2. Generate Topics (HTTP Request): calls api.groq.com (POST)
3. Parse Topic (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
4. Log Topic (Google Sheets): append
5. Write Script (HTTP Request): calls api.groq.com (POST)
6. Build Video Payload (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
7. Render Video — SamAutomation (HTTP Request): calls samautomation.work (POST)
8. Wait: waits 30 seconds
9. Check Render Status (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
10. Video Ready? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false

…plus 4 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google Sheets

HTTP calls to: api.groq.com, samautomation.work, googleapis.com

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Nodes used (6)

• Schedule Triggern8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger
• Google Sheetsn8n-nodes-base.googleSheets
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• Waitn8n-nodes-base.wait
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if

From the author

Quick Overview This workflow runs daily to generate a YouTube Shorts topic and script with Groq, render a faceless vertical video via SamAutomation (images, voiceover, subtitles), upload it to YouTube, and track status in Google Sheets. How it works 1. Runs…

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