Automated Instagram reels workflow
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 20 nodes and runs on Google Drive events (file created) (plus 2 other triggers). Along the way it connects Google Drive, Google Gemini Chat Model, Airtable and Facebook Graph API. It also calls googleapis.com over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: On Google Drive events (file created) (plus 2 other triggers).
- Post File Download in N8N (Google Drive Node) (Google Drive): download
- HTTP Request: calls googleapis.com
- Read/Write Files from Disk: reads a file from disk
- Read/Write Files from Disk: writes a file to disk
- Code: runs custom JavaScript code
- Respond to Webhook: sends the response back to the webhook caller
- Code: runs custom JavaScript code
- HTTP Request: calls an HTTP API (PATCH)
- AI Agent: runs an AI agent, with model: Google Gemini Chat Model
- Wait: waits 20 seconds
…plus 6 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: googleapis.com
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)
- Google Drive Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.googleDriveTrigger - Google Drive
n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive - Google Gemini Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatGoogleGemini - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - Airtable
n8n-nodes-base.airtable - Facebook Graph API
n8n-nodes-base.facebookGraphApi - Wait
n8n-nodes-base.wait - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - Read/Write Files from Disk
n8n-nodes-base.readWriteFile - Respond to Webhook
n8n-nodes-base.respondToWebhook - Webhook
n8n-nodes-base.webhook
From the author
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