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Extract Hacker News and Auto-Generate AI Video Scripts

48 nodes 309 164 Automatic trigger
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Workflow Description

This automation retrieves trending Hacker News articles, analyzes them with AI, generates engaging video scripts, and distributes them across social platforms and cloud storage automatically.

How it works

  1. 1.Fetch and rank top stories from Hacker News feed
  2. 2.Analyze content and generate video scripts using OpenAI API
  3. 3.Process data in batches and structure outputs efficiently
  4. 4.Archive results to S3, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive
  5. 5.Publish summaries to Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube channels

Use cases

  • Automate tech news content creation for video production
  • Distribute curated tech insights to multiple social channels daily
  • Maintain centralized backup of content across cloud services

Requirements

  • Hacker News API access for fetching stories
  • OpenAI API key for script generation and content analysis
  • Social media accounts: Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube channel
  • Cloud storage: AWS S3, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive credentials

Service Value

Ideal as a smart automation service combining integrations and AI to produce ready-to-use results.

Apps Used

Hacker News Split In Batches OpenAI HTTP Request Output Parser S3 AI Agent Twitter/X Google Drive Microsoft One Drive YouTube LinkedIn

Details

Trigger Automatic trigger
Nodes 48
Apps 12
Views 309
Downloads 164

How to Use

  1. 1.Click "Download Template"
  2. 2.Open your n8n dashboard
  3. 3.Go to Workflows > Import from File
  4. 4.Select downloaded file and configure credentials

Nodes Used (48)

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When clicking ‘Test workflow’

Manual Trigger

#1

Hacker News

Hacker News

#2

Loop Over Items

Split In Batches

#3

OpenAI Chat Model3

OpenAI

#4

HTTP Request1

HTTP Request

#5

Structured Output Parser

Output Parser Structured

#6

Upload to Minio

S3

#7

News1

Set

#8

Leo - Improve Prompt

HTTP Request

#9

Leo - Get imageId

HTTP Request

#10

Runway - Create Video

HTTP Request

#11

Runway - Get Video

HTTP Request

#12

Wait2

Wait

#13

Sticky Note

Sticky Note

#14

If Topic

If

#15

Get Image

HTTP Request

#16

Prompt Settings1

Set

#17

Leo - Generate Image

HTTP Request

#18

Wait1

Wait

#19

Limit

Limit

#20

Image Analysis

OpenAI

#21

Wait3

Wait

#22

Article Analysis

Agent

#23

Dropbox

Dropbox

#24

Google Drive

Google Drive

#25

Microsoft OneDrive

Microsoft One Drive

#26

YouTube

You Tube

#27

X

Set

#28

Instagram

HTTP Request

#29

LinkedIn

Linked In

#30

Leo - Improve Prompt2

HTTP Request

#31

Wait4

Wait

#32

Wait6

Wait

#33

Leo - Generate Image2

HTTP Request

#34

Leo - Get imageId2

HTTP Request

#35

Runway - Create Video2

HTTP Request

#36

Runway - Get Video2

HTTP Request

#37

Sticky Note1

Sticky Note

#38

Sticky Note2

Sticky Note

#39

Sticky Note3

Sticky Note

#40

Sticky Note4

Sticky Note

#41

Cre - Generate Video1

HTTP Request

#42

Cre - Get Video

HTTP Request

#43

Sticky Note6

Sticky Note

#44

Sticky Note7

Sticky Note

#45

Article Prep

OpenAI

#46

Sticky Note5

Sticky Note

#47

Sticky Note8

Sticky Note

#48

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