Summarize youtube videos from transcript for social media

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🎥 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!. An n8n automation workflow template by Evoort Solutions.

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Categories

• Automation
• AI

Tags

• n8n
• workflow
• http-request
• google-docs
• code
• ai-agent
• google-gemini-chat-model

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• 5 nodes
• 586 views

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