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AI-powered YouTube shorts automation: Create & publish with OpenAI & ElevenLabs

Jonas BuschJonas Busch
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2/3/2026
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👥 Who is this for?

Digital marketers, content creators, social media managers, and businesses who want to use AI marketing automation for YouTube Shorts without spending hours on production. This AI workflow helps anyone looking to create more short-form video marketing content without needing fancy editing skills or tons of time. It's perfect for marketing teams who want to automate content creation while keeping their brand's voice and boosting audience engagement through artificial intelligence technology.

🔍 What problem does this workflow solve?

Let's be honest - creating high-performing YouTube Shorts consistently takes way too much work. You need AI script generation, voiceover production, video editing, and a solid content marketing strategy to keep your channel growing. Our intelligent automation workflow turns this whole headache into a simple two-click process, while still giving you videos that look and sound professional. This AI solution tackles the real marketing challenge of scaling short-form video production without sacrificing quality or burning through your team's resources.

⚙️ What this workflow does

This all-in-one AI marketing automation solution handles your entire YouTube Shorts creation process through five easy steps:

  • 🧠 Smart Idea Generation: Advanced AI creates engaging video concepts, SEO-optimized titles, and descriptions that work with YouTube's algorithm and improve content marketing performance
  • 🎤 Natural Voice Creation: Makes professional-sounding voiceovers using ElevenLabs' artificial intelligence technology, no recording equipment needed
  • 🖼️ Automatic Visual Creation: Uses cutting-edge AI models to make custom images and animated clips that match your video marketing style and brand identity
  • 🎬 Smart Video Editing: AI-powered editing automatically combines all elements with smooth transitions for maximum viewer retention and marketing impact
  • 📱 Easy Content Distribution: Automates the YouTube publishing process with proper metadata to maximize your marketing reach and content discovery

The whole marketing automation system runs through Telegram with just two human checkpoints - approving the initial AI idea and giving the final video a thumbs-up. This makes YouTube marketing automation so much easier while letting you keep control over the AI-generated content that gets published.

🛠️ Setup (About 10-15 minutes)

Before using this AI marketing automation tool, you'll need:

  1. n8n installation (cloud or self-hosted)
  2. Telegram account (to interact with your workflow)
  3. OpenAI API Key (for AI content generation)
  4. ElevenLabs API Key (for AI voice creation)
  5. Replicate API Key (for AI video generation)
  6. Cloudinary account (for media asset storage)
  7. Creatomate API Key (for automated video assembly)
  8. 0CodeKit API Key (for script processing automation)
  9. YouTube channel with API access (for content publishing)

Just add your API keys to the "Set API Keys" node, connect your Telegram bot, and you're ready to start your automated marketing content creation. We've included a step-by-step video walkthrough in the workflow to make setup super easy for your AI marketing system.

🔧 How to customize this workflow to your needs

This AI marketing workflow offers tons of flexibility to fit your specific content strategy:

  • Voice Options: Pick from different AI voices to match your brand's tone and what your audience prefers in marketing content
  • Visual Styles: Choose from over 40 different AI image models to get the perfect visual marketing approach
  • Video Effects: Try various artificial intelligence video models for different animation styles that make your content marketing more engaging
  • Content Tweaking: Adjust the AI prompts to perfectly align with your brand voice and content marketing strategy
  • YouTube Settings: Easily optimize category selection and metadata for better audience targeting with your automated marketing content

Every part of the AI automation workflow comes with easy-to-follow instructions in color-coded notes, so even if you're new to marketing automation tools, you can still customize everything to fit your needs.

Transform your YouTube Shorts marketing strategy with this complete AI automation solution that brings together multiple artificial intelligence technologies to help you create consistent, high-quality short-form video content that drives engagement and scales your digital marketing efforts without the usual production headaches.

AI-Powered YouTube Shorts Automation: Create & Publish with OpenAI & ElevenLabs

This n8n workflow automates the creation and publishing of YouTube Shorts using AI. It allows you to generate short video ideas, scripts, and voiceovers, then upload them to YouTube, all triggered and managed via Telegram.

What it does

This workflow streamlines the entire process of generating and publishing YouTube Shorts:

  1. Receives a Trigger: Listens for a specific command (e.g., /create_short) from a Telegram bot.
  2. Generates Short Idea & Script: Uses an OpenAI Chat Model with a structured output parser to generate a YouTube Short idea, title, and script based on a predefined prompt.
  3. Generates Voiceover: Utilizes the OpenAI node to create an audio voiceover for the generated script.
  4. Converts Voiceover to File: Transforms the audio data into a playable file format.
  5. Uploads to YouTube: Publishes the generated short (title, description, and voiceover) to your YouTube channel.
  6. Confirms via Telegram: Sends a confirmation message to the Telegram chat with the details of the uploaded YouTube Short.
  7. Error Handling: If any step fails, it sends an error message to Telegram and stops the workflow.

Prerequisites/Requirements

To use this workflow, you will need:

  • n8n Instance: A running n8n instance.
  • Telegram Bot: A Telegram bot token and chat ID configured as an n8n credential.
  • OpenAI API Key: An OpenAI API key configured as an n8n credential. This is used for both text generation (chat model) and audio generation (voiceover).
  • Google Account (YouTube): A Google account with YouTube API access enabled, configured as an n8n OAuth2 credential.

Setup/Usage

  1. Import the Workflow:

    • Download the provided JSON workflow.
    • In your n8n instance, go to "Workflows" and click "New".
    • Click the three dots in the top right corner and select "Import from JSON".
    • Paste the workflow JSON or upload the file.

  2. Configure Credentials:

    • Telegram: Set up a Telegram API credential with your bot token. Ensure your bot is added to the chat where you want to send/receive messages.
    • OpenAI: Set up an OpenAI API credential with your API key.
    • Google (YouTube): Set up a Google OAuth2 API credential. When configuring, ensure you enable the YouTube Data API scope (e.g., https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload).

  3. Activate the Workflow:

    • After importing and configuring credentials, activate the workflow by toggling the "Active" switch in the top right corner of the workflow editor.

  4. Trigger the Workflow:

    • Send the /create_short command to your Telegram bot.
    • The workflow will then proceed to generate and upload the YouTube Short.

  5. Customize (Optional):

    • AI Agent (1119): Modify the prompt to guide the AI in generating specific types of short ideas and scripts.
    • OpenAI Chat Model (1153): Adjust model parameters (e.g., temperature, model name) for different creative outputs.
    • OpenAI (1250): Adjust voiceover parameters if needed.
    • YouTube (357): Customize the video privacy status, tags, or other upload options.
    • Telegram (49): Modify the success or error messages sent to Telegram.

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