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Send weekly YouTube performance digests with OpenAI, Slack, Gmail and Sheets

Ready for 3.0

by Avkash Kakdiya ✓ · 41 views · created 2026-06-18 · Market Research, 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 13 nodes and runs on a schedule (cron 0 8 * * 1). Along the way it connects Slack, Google Sheets, Gmail and OpenAI. It also calls googleapis.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (cron 0 8 * * 1).

  1. Fetch Recent Channel Videos (HTTP Request): calls googleapis.com
  2. Extract Video IDs (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  3. Fetch Video Statistics (HTTP Request): calls googleapis.com
  4. Parse & Score Videos (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  5. Aggregate: combines items into one
  6. Message a model (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
  7. Prepare Digest Data (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 6 fields: aiInsight, allVideos, topVideo…
  8. Post Digest to Slack (Slack): uses Slack
  9. Split Videos for Logging (Split Out): splits a list into separate items
  10. Log Videos to Sheet (Google Sheets): append

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

Services it uses

SlackGoogle SheetsGmailOpenAI

HTTP calls to: 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 (10)

From the author

Quick overview This workflow runs every Monday to fetch your latest YouTube videos, calculate performance rankings, generate an OpenAI insight summary, then share a weekly digest to Slack, log metrics to Google Sheets, and email an HTML report via Gmail. How…

Excerpt from Avkash Kakdiya's description on n8n.io.

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