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Convert RSS news to AI avatar videos with Heygen & GPT-4o

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2/3/2026
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🎬 Automated News-to-Video Workflow (n8n + Heygen + GPT-4o)

📄 Overview:

This n8n workflow turns news from an RSS feed (e.g., CNN) into short, AI-generated avatar videos using Heygen. It:

  1. Fetches news from an RSS feed.
  2. Logs headlines to Google Sheets.
  3. Uses GPT-4o or Google Gemini to generate a 30–60 sec script.
  4. Sends the script to Heygen to create an avatar video.
  5. Monitors and retrieves the final video.
  6. Logs video metadata (title, link, etc.) to Google Sheets.

🎯 Ideal for content creators, marketers, or media pages repurposing written news into video content at scale.

⚙️ Setup Guide (No Sensitive Info)

🔑 1. Heygen API

  • Paid Heygen plan required.

  • Add your API key in the Setup Heygen node:

    "heygen_api_key": "your_key_here"

  • Optional: Set "avatar_id" and "voice_id" as desired.

💡 2. AI Model: GPT-4o or Gemini

  • GPT-4o: Use OpenAI’s node or HTTP request with your API key.
  • Gemini: Link your Google Cloud project and connect the Gemini node using OAuth2 credentials.

📥 3. RSS Feed

  • Add an RSS node (e.g., CNN).
  • Extract title, link, and content.

📊 4. Google Sheets + Drive

  • Connect via OAuth2:

    • "Google Sheets account 2"
    • "Google Drive account 2"

  • Replace sheet IDs in:

    • Log news to sheets
    • Log video URL and title to sheets

📹 5. Create Video (Heygen)

  • Send a POST request to Heygen's API using the generated script, avatar, and voice ID.

⏳ 6. Monitor Status

  • Poll the status endpoint until video is ready.
  • Capture the download link.

🧾 7. Log Final Output

  • Save video metadata to a Google Sheet for publishing or archiving.

Set up video: Link in Workflow

Convert RSS News to AI Avatar Videos with HeyGen & GPT-4o

This n8n workflow automates the process of transforming RSS feed articles into engaging AI-generated avatar videos. It leverages the power of GPT-4o for content summarization and HeyGen for video creation, making it ideal for content creators, marketers, or anyone looking to repurpose written content into video format efficiently.

What it does

This workflow streamlines the content creation process through the following steps:

  1. Triggers Manually: The workflow is initiated manually, allowing you to control when new content is processed.
  2. Reads RSS Feed: It fetches the latest articles from a specified RSS feed.
  3. Limits Items: Only the first item from the RSS feed is processed, ensuring focus on a single article at a time.
  4. Generates Video Script with AI: An AI agent (powered by GPT-4o) processes the RSS article content to generate a concise, engaging video script.
  5. Creates HeyGen Video: It then uses the generated script to create an AI avatar video via the HeyGen API.
  6. Waits for Video Processing: The workflow pauses to allow HeyGen to process and finalize the video.
  7. Retrieves Video Information: After the wait, it fetches the details of the newly created video from HeyGen.
  8. Uploads Video to Google Drive: The generated video file is then uploaded to a specified folder in Google Drive.
  9. Records Video Details in Google Sheets: Finally, it logs the video's title, URL, and other relevant information into a Google Sheet for tracking and management.

Prerequisites/Requirements

To use this workflow, you will need:

  • n8n Instance: A running instance of n8n.
  • RSS Feed URL: The URL of the RSS feed you wish to monitor.
  • OpenAI API Key: For the GPT-4o AI agent to generate video scripts.
  • HeyGen Account & API Key: To create AI avatar videos.
  • Google Drive Account: For storing the generated videos.
  • Google Sheets Account: For logging video details.

Setup/Usage

  1. Import the workflow: Download the provided JSON and import it into your n8n instance.
  2. Configure Credentials:
    • OpenAI: Set up your OpenAI API credentials for the "OpenAI Chat Model" node.
    • HeyGen: Configure your HeyGen API credentials for the "HTTP Request" nodes interacting with HeyGen.
    • Google Drive: Set up your Google Drive credentials for the "Google Drive" node.
    • Google Sheets: Set up your Google Sheets credentials for the "Google Sheets" node.
  3. Update RSS Feed: In the "RSS Read" node, replace the placeholder URL with your desired RSS feed URL.
  4. Configure Google Drive Folder: In the "Google Drive" node, specify the folder ID where you want to save the videos.
  5. Configure Google Sheet: In the "Google Sheets" node, specify the Spreadsheet ID and Sheet Name where you want to log the video details. Ensure the sheet has appropriate headers (e.g., "Title", "Video URL").
  6. Activate the workflow: Once all credentials and configurations are set, activate the workflow.
  7. Execute Manually: Click "Execute workflow" on the "Manual Trigger" node to run the workflow.

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