Summarize youtube videos from transcript for social media

🎥 YouTube Video Summarizer for Social Media Turn any YouTube video into a short, structured summary using AI — perfect for content creators, marketers, or social media managers. --- 🔧 What We Built We created a no-code automation in n8n that: - Accepts a YouTube Video ID via a form - Fetches the video transcript using an external API - Summarizes the transcript using AI (Google Gemini) - Automatically saves the summary to Google Docs for team use --- 🧩 Flow Overview | Step | Description | |------|-------------| | ✅ Form Trigger | User submits a YouTube video ID using an n8n form | | 🔁 Set Node | Maps the YouTube video ID for use in the API request | | 🌐 HTTP Request (External API) | Calls the YouTube Transcriptor AI API via RapidAPI to fetch transcript | | 🧹 Formatter (Code Node) | Joins transcript lines into a readable text block | | 🧠 AI Agent + Google Gemini (via Langchain) | Summarizes the full transcript into bullet points and tone | | 🧽 Optimizer (Code Node) | Extracts just the summary from the AI response | | 📝 Google Docs Node | Appends the clean summary to a shared Google Doc | --- 🌍 Real-World Problem Solved ❌ The Challenge - Creators and marketers waste hours watching full videos just to extract the key points. - Manual summarization is inconsistent, repetitive, and delays content planning. ✅ Our Solution - ⏱️ Reduces time spent watching videos - 🧠 AI-powered summaries keep tone consistent and structured - 📄 Auto-sync with Google Docs makes summaries instantly available for teams 🔥 Bonus: This uses the YouTube Transcriptor AI API, so no need to manually scrape captions or use browser extensions. --- 🚀 Ideal Use Cases - Repurpose YouTube content into Instagram Reels, LinkedIn posts, or blog content - Build a video summary library for your editorial team - Quickly extract talking points from podcast episodes --- 🛠️ Tech Stack - n8n – workflow automation engine - YouTube Transcriptor AI API – via RapidAPI - Google Gemini (via Langchain) – AI summarization - Google Docs – stores the final summary - JavaScript nodes – custom text parsing & formatting --- 💡 Want to customize it? Add Slack, Airtable, Notion, or Tweet auto-posting to expand the flow. Create your free n8n account and set up the workflow in just a few minutes using the link below: 👉 Start Automating with n8n Save time, stay consistent, and grow your LinkedIn presence effortlessly!