Find eyewitness YouTube footage of breaking events with OpenAI, Google Sheets and Telegram

by Felix M ✓ · 3 views · created 2026-10-12 · Market Research, AI Summarization

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 37 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form (“Open an event window”) (plus 2 other triggers). Along the way it connects Google Sheets, Telegram and OpenAI Chat Model. It also calls app.recentreborn.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form (“Open an event window”) (plus 2 other triggers).

1. Set Desk Configuration (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 20 fields: sheetUrl, telegramChatId, formats…
2. If: checks a condition and branches into true / false
3. Create Event Sheet Row (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
4. Fetch Events From Sheet (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
5. Append Event to Events Tab (Google Sheets): append
6. Fetch Footage Log From Sheet (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
7. Notify Read Failure via Telegram (Telegram): uses Telegram
8. Announce Event via Telegram (Telegram): uses Telegram
9. Display Save Failure Notice (n8n Form): shows the next form page
10. Plan Search and Closing Tasks (Code): runs custom JavaScript code

…plus 23 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google SheetsTelegramOpenAI Chat Model

HTTP calls to: app.recentreborn.com

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Nodes used (15)

• n8n Form Triggern8n-nodes-base.formTrigger
• Schedule Triggern8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger
• Manual Triggern8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• Google Sheetsn8n-nodes-base.googleSheets
• Telegramn8n-nodes-base.telegram
• n8n Formn8n-nodes-base.form
• Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches
• Waitn8n-nodes-base.wait
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Basic LLM Chain@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainLlm
• OpenAI Chat Model@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi
• Split Outn8n-nodes-base.splitOut

From the author

Quick overview Help your newsroom be first to credible eyewitness footage. During a breaking event, this automation keeps watch on YouTube and sends editors only the clips worth checking, earliest upload first, so they can contact the original creator and…

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