Turn YouTube Videos into Summaries, Transcripts, and Visual Insights

For YouTube, transform videos into concise summaries, accurate transcripts, and detailed scene descriptions with a single automated workflow. Effortlessly extract key insights and timestamps, enabling quick content digestion and enhanced engagement. Ideal for content creators seeking to streamline video analysis and improve audience reach.

7/4/2025
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Target Audience

This workflow is designed for:

- Content Creators: Those who produce video content and need efficient ways to summarize or transcribe their videos.
- Marketers: Professionals looking to extract actionable insights and clips for social media marketing.
- Educators: Teachers and trainers who want to create summaries or transcripts for educational videos.
- Researchers: Individuals conducting research who require detailed analyses or transcripts of video materials.
- Business Analysts: Analysts needing to derive insights from video presentations or webinars for strategic decisions.

Problem Solved

This workflow addresses the challenge of manually transcribing or summarizing YouTube videos, which can be time-consuming and tedious. By automating this process, users can quickly obtain detailed transcripts, summaries, and visual insights, allowing them to focus on content analysis and decision-making rather than the mechanics of transcription.

Workflow Steps

  • Manual Trigger: The workflow begins when the user clicks 'Test workflow'.
    2. Define Initial Variables: Set up key variables such as automationID, apiKey, youtubeURL, and promptType to prepare for the API call.
    3. Switch Node: Based on the promptType, the workflow determines which type of output is requested (transcript, summary, scene description, etc.).
    4. Set Prompts: Depending on the output type, relevant prompts are prepared for the API call to Google.
    - For transcripts, the prompt specifies to transcribe spoken dialogue only.
    - For summaries, the prompt requests a concise summary of key points.
    5. HTTP Request: The workflow sends a POST request to the Google API, including the prepared prompts and the YouTube video URL.
    6. Merge Data: After receiving the response, the workflow merges the new data with previous information for a comprehensive output.
    7. Define Outcome: Finally, the workflow structures the output, making it easy for users to access the generated content, including error handling if necessary.

    • Customization Guide

    Users can customize this workflow by:
    - Adjusting Initial Variables: Change the youtubeURL to point to different videos or modify the promptType to request different outputs (e.g., summary, transcript).
    - Modifying Prompts: Edit the prompts in the 'Set' nodes to refine the questions or requests made to the Google API for more specific outputs.
    - Adding Conditions: Expand the Switch node with additional conditions to handle more output types or integrate more complex logic.
    - Changing API Keys: Update the apiKey to use different Google API credentials if necessary.
    - Incorporating Other Nodes: Integrate additional n8n nodes for further processing, such as sending results to a different platform (e.g., Notion, Airtable) or triggering other workflows.