Digest new YouTube videos to Slack with Google Sheets, RapidAPI & GPT-4o-mini
Needs changesWhat this workflow does
This AI workflow has 31 nodes and runs on a schedule (every 10 minutes) (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects Google Sheets, YouTube, OpenAI and Slack and 2 more. It also calls youtube138.p.rapidapi.com and yt-api.p.rapidapi.com over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every 10 minutes) (plus 1 other trigger).
- Get RSS Links (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
- Get Channel ID (HTTP Request): calls youtube138.p.rapidapi.com
- Batch RSS Items (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
- RSS Feed URL (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: rss_feed_url
- Fetch RSS Feed (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- AI Agent: runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI Chat Model; 3 tools (Get Rows, Append Row, Delete Row)
- Parse RSS XML (XML): converts between XML and JSON
- If newly published (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Check for new videos (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Filter for New Video (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
…plus 15 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: youtube138.p.rapidapi.com, yt-api.p.rapidapi.com
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 AI Agent (v1.8): replace with Latest AI Agent node (Tools Agent). For SQL Agent, use a Postgres or MySQL tool with a recent AI Agent..
- Also check Slack Trigger requires a signing secret on the Slack API credential.
| Removed in 3.0 | Replace with |
|---|---|
| AI Agent v1 (old agent modes) AI Agent (v1.8) | Latest AI Agent node (Tools Agent). For SQL Agent, use a Postgres or MySQL tool with a recent AI Agent. |
Nodes used (15)
- HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)
n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches - XML
n8n-nodes-base.xml - YouTube
n8n-nodes-base.youTube - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - Slack Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.slackTrigger - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - Google Sheets Tool
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheetsTool - OpenAI Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi
From the author
Who is this for? Marketing, content, and enablement teams that need a quick, human-readable summary of every new video published by the YouTube channels they care about—without leaving Slack. What problem does this workflow solve? Manually checking multiple…