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Automate YouTube Shorts creation from Telegram prompts using Gemini and VEO

Ready for 3.0

by Hyrum Hurst ✓ · 4,808 views · created 2025-12-09 · Content Creation, Multimodal AI

Ready 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 39 nodes and runs on Telegram events (message). Along the way it connects Google Gemini, Telegram, Google Drive and OpenAI Chat Model and 1 more. It also calls queue.fal.run over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: On Telegram events (message).

  1. If: checks a condition and branches into true / false
  2. Send a text message (Telegram): uses Telegram
  3. AI Agent: runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI Chat Model; output parser: Structured Output Parser
  4. Send message and wait for response (Telegram): send and wait for a reply
  5. If: checks a condition and branches into true / false
  6. Generate a video (Google Gemini): work with video
  7. Generate a video (Google Gemini): work with video
  8. Wait: waits 1.5 minutes
  9. Generate a video (Google Gemini): work with video
  10. Upload video (Google Drive): uses Google Drive

…plus 26 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google GeminiTelegramGoogle DriveOpenAI Chat ModelYouTube

HTTP calls to: queue.fal.run

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 (13)

From the author

Who this workflow is for This workflow is designed for content creators, marketing teams, and automation builders who want to produce short-form video content at scale without manual editing. It is especially useful for teams posting consistently to YouTube…

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