Generate quality-checked YouTube thumbnails with OpenAI and Google Drive
Ready for 3.0Ready 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 27 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form. Along the way it connects OpenAI, OpenAI Chat Model, Google Sheets and Google Drive.
How it runs
Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form.
- Fetch Character Files (Google Drive): uses Google Drive
- Fetch Thumbnail Examples (Google Drive): uses Google Drive
- Download Characters from Drive (Google Drive): uses Google Drive
- Download Thumbnails from Drive (Google Drive): uses Google Drive
- OpenAI: uses OpenAI
- OpenAI: uses OpenAI
- Aggregate: combines items into one
- Aggregate: combines items into one
- Merge: merges the data from its input branches
- AI Thumbnail Generation Agent (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI GPT-4 Mini Chat; output parser: Parse Structured Output
…plus 13 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
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)
- n8n Form Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger - Merge
n8n-nodes-base.merge - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Convert to File
n8n-nodes-base.convertToFile - OpenAI Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi - Structured Output Parser
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Google Drive
n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive - Split Out
n8n-nodes-base.splitOut - Aggregate
n8n-nodes-base.aggregate - Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)
n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - No Operation, do nothing
n8n-nodes-base.noOp
From the author
Quick overview This workflow collects a video title via an n8n form, analyzes creator photos and reference thumbnails from Google Drive with OpenAI, generates two thumbnail concepts, creates images with OpenAI image generation, uploads results to Cloudinary…