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Automated YouTube video scheduling & AI metadata generation 🎬

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by JPres ✓ · 49,334 views · created 2025-05-06 · Content Creation, Multimodal AI

Needs changes. This template uses 1 thing(s) that n8n 3.0 removes: AI Agent v1 (old agent modes). 1 breaking item(s) found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 25 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day at 14:00) (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects YouTube, OpenAI and Google Gemini Chat Model.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every day at 14:00) (plus 1 other trigger).

  1. Get Videos to reschedule (YouTube): work with video
  2. Get video Ids seperated (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  3. Loop over Video IDs (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
  4. Return Private Videos (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  5. Get Video Data (YouTube): get (video)
  6. Loop over All Videos not Published (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
  7. 4s (Wait): waits 4 seconds
  8. gettitle (YouTube): get (video)
  9. Fetch Latest Videos (YouTube): work with video
  10. Set Publish Date (YouTube): update (video)

…plus 12 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

YouTubeOpenAIGoogle Gemini Chat Model

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

1 thing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0. Fix it before you upgrade:

  • AI Agent v1 (old agent modes) in YT Tags (v1.9): replace with Latest AI Agent node (Tools Agent). For SQL Agent, use a Postgres or MySQL tool with a recent AI Agent.

Rather not rewrite it? Many of these flows can be rebuilt in Make (free plan).

Removed in 3.0Replace with
AI Agent v1 (old agent modes)
YT Tags (v1.9)
Latest AI Agent node (Tools Agent). For SQL Agent, use a Postgres or MySQL tool with a recent AI Agent.

Nodes used (13)

From the author

👥 Who Is This For? Content creators, marketing teams, and channel managers who need to streamline video publishing with optimized metadata and scheduled releases across multiple videos. 🛠 What Problem Does This Solve? Manual YouTube video publishing is…

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