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Automatically promote your YouTube video on X

Ready for 3.0

by Alex Kim ✓ · 6,994 views · created 2024-11-21 · Social Media, 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 20 nodes and runs on a schedule (every 2 hours) (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects X (Formerly Twitter), YouTube, Wikipedia and Google Sheets and 4 more.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every 2 hours) (plus 1 other trigger).

  1. Fetch Latest Videos (YouTube): work with video
  2. Set Fields (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: id.videoId
  3. Remove Duplicates: removes duplicate items
  4. If: checks a condition and branches into true / false
  5. Generate X Post (OpenAI): uses OpenAI, with 2 tools (Wikipedia, Calculator)
  6. Verify character limit constraints (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  7. Rewrite X Post to 220 Characters (OpenAI): uses OpenAI, with 2 tools (Wikipedia, Calculator)
  8. Set Final Fields (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
  9. GS - Add Tweet (Google Sheets): append
  10. Post to X (X (Formerly Twitter)): uses X (Formerly Twitter)

…plus 4 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

X (Formerly Twitter)YouTubeWikipediaGoogle SheetsDiscordOpenAISlackGmail

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 (14)

From the author

YouTube to X Post Overview This n8n workflow automates the process of promoting your latest YouTube videos on X (formerly Twitter). It ensures that posts are engaging, concise, and follow platform-specific requirements. Additionally, the workflow logs social…

Excerpt from Alex Kim's description on n8n.io.

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