Send YouTube video summaries to Obsidian via Dropbox
Ready for 3.0Ready 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 13 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day). Along the way it connects OpenAI, YouTube and Dropbox.
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every day).
- Get Playlist Videos (YouTube): uses YouTube
- Get Video Details (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- Get Video Transcript (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- Clean Transcript (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Summarize Video (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
- Combine Content (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
- Create Frontmatter (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
- Create Links (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
- Assemble Note (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
- Create File (Convert to File): converts data to a file
…plus 2 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
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 (8)
- OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - YouTube
n8n-nodes-base.youTube - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - Convert to File
n8n-nodes-base.convertToFile - Dropbox
n8n-nodes-base.dropbox - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger
From the author
--- How it works This workflow runs on a schedule you set (default is every 10 minutes). It fetches all videos from a specific YouTube playlist, retrieves details and transcripts for each video using RapidAPI, cleans the transcript text, and then uses OpenAI…