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Create AI news video content ideas for social media with Perplexity & OpenAI

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AI Latest News Content Script Writer

Overview

This workflow automates the daily generation of viral short-form video content ideas tailored for founders and business leaders. It scrapes fresh AI-related news and trends from various topics, synthesizes the information, and then uses AI to craft complete content packages—including video scripts, captivating captions, and punchy text overlays. All generated content is saved to a Google Sheet, ready for your review and use.

Use Case

This workflow is perfect for:

  • Founders & Entrepreneurs: Consistently produce engaging content to build authority and attract inbound leads without a dedicated content team.
  • AI Thought Leaders: Stay on top of the latest AI news and effortlessly create shareable insights.
  • Content Marketing Teams: Automate the ideation and initial drafting phases for short-form video strategies.
  • Agencies: Offer a unique AI-powered content generation service to your clients.

How It Works

  1. Scheduled Daily Trigger: The workflow runs automatically every day at 6 AM IST, ensuring you always have fresh content ideas to start your day.
  2. AI-Powered News Gathering: It uses Perplexity AI to fetch the latest, most interesting, and relevant stories across three key AI topics:
    • Topic 1: General AI News
    • Topic 2: AI Market and Industry Trends
    • Topic 3: AI Business Automation
  3. Organize and Combine Content: The information from each topic is organized, and then all content and their respective citations are combined into a single, comprehensive input.
  4. Personalize "About Me": Crucially, a configurable "About me" node allows you to define the personal brand of the founder (e.g., Name, Niche, Business Name, Business Type). This context is fed to the AI to ensure generated content aligns perfectly with your persona and business objectives.
  5. Generate Content Packages: Leveraging OpenAI (acting as "CreatorAI"), the workflow takes the combined news and your "About me" information to:
    • Identify a Unique Angle: Finds a distinct, engaging angle from the input that aligns with key content pillars (e.g., AI solving business pain points, future of work with AI).
    • Craft Video Scripts: Generates concise video scripts (under 700 characters) with powerful hooks, mini-narratives (problem → AI solution → impact), and a focus on tangible business benefits. It subtly references your business as a thought leader, not a direct pitch.
    • Write Captions: Creates friendly, expert-toned captions with engaging hooks, more context, a clear call to action (e.g., "Comment 'Workflow' for more"), and relevant hashtags.
    • Design Text Overlays: Produces short, punchy text overlays (3-7 words, ALL CAPS or Title Case) perfect for video thumbnails or initial screens.
  6. Save to Google Sheet: Each generated content package (Text Overlay, Video Script, Caption) is appended as a new row in your designated Google Sheet ("Content Idea" sheet within "Video Automation (Vansh)").
  7. Notify User: Finally, you'll receive an email notification confirming that new content ideas have been generated and saved to your Google Sheet.

How to Set It Up

To set up this AI Viral Content Generator, follow these steps:

  1. API Keys & Credentials:
    • Perplexity AI API Key: Obtain your API key from Perplexity AI and replace the Bearer token in the "Topic 1", "Topic 2", and "Topic 3" HTTP Request nodes.
    • OpenAI API Key: Connect your OpenAI API key in n8n and link it to the "Content Generation" node.
    • Google Sheets Account: Ensure your Google Sheets OAuth2 API credentials are set up and connected to the "Save Data" node.
    • Gmail Account: Connect your Gmail OAuth2 credentials to the "Notify user" node.
  2. Google Sheet Setup:
    • Copy the Google Sheet Template provided. This template has predefined columns for "Text Overlay", "Video Script", "Caption", "Approval", and "Published".
    • Update the documentId in the "Save Data" Google Sheets node with the ID of your copied template.
  3. Personalize "About me":
    • Open the "About me" node.
    • Fill in your Name, Niche, Business Name, Business Type, Website, and detailed Key Services & Products. This is crucial for the AI to generate relevant and personalized content.
  4. Configure Notification Email:
    • In the "Notify user" node, update the sendTo field with your email address where you want to receive notifications.
  5. Set Schedule:
    • The "Schedule Trigger" is set to run daily at 6 AM IST. You can adjust the time to your preference.
  6. Activate and Monitor:
    • Activate the workflow. It will now automatically generate content ideas daily.
    • Check your Google Sheet regularly to review the new content, mark it for approval, and track its publication status.

This workflow is your secret weapon for consistently creating engaging, AI-driven short-form video content!

n8n Workflow: AI News Video Content Ideas with Perplexity & OpenAI

This n8n workflow automates the generation of social media content ideas for AI news videos, leveraging the power of Perplexity AI for trending news and OpenAI for creative ideation.

What it does

This workflow streamlines the process of generating engaging content ideas by:

  1. Triggering on Schedule: The workflow starts automatically on a predefined schedule (e.g., daily, weekly).
  2. Fetching Trending AI News: It makes an HTTP request to Perplexity AI to retrieve a summary of the latest trending news in the AI domain.
  3. Processing News Summary: The raw news summary from Perplexity is then processed to extract relevant information.
  4. Generating Content Ideas with OpenAI: The extracted news is fed into OpenAI, which then generates a list of social media video content ideas based on the trending AI news.
  5. Refining Output: The generated ideas are refined to ensure they are well-formatted and ready for use.
  6. Sending Email Notification: The final list of AI news video content ideas is sent to a specified email address via Gmail.

Prerequisites/Requirements

To use this workflow, you will need:

  • Perplexity AI API Key: For fetching trending AI news.
  • OpenAI API Key: For generating creative content ideas.
  • Google Sheets Credential: (Although a Google Sheets node is present, it's not connected in the provided JSON, suggesting it might be an unused component or for future expansion).
  • Gmail Account: Configured as a credential in n8n to send email notifications.

Setup/Usage

  1. Import the Workflow: Import the provided JSON into your n8n instance.
  2. Configure Credentials:
    • Set up your Perplexity AI API Key credential for the "HTTP Request" node.
    • Set up your OpenAI API Key credential for the "OpenAI" node.
    • Configure your Gmail credential for the "Gmail" node.
  3. Customize the Schedule Trigger: Adjust the "Schedule Trigger" node to your desired frequency for generating content ideas (e.g., once a day, once a week).
  4. Review HTTP Request Node: Ensure the Perplexity AI API endpoint and parameters are correctly configured to fetch the desired AI news summary.
  5. Review OpenAI Node: Customize the prompt in the "OpenAI" node to guide the AI in generating specific types of video content ideas (e.g., "short-form video ideas," "long-form explainer video topics").
  6. Configure Gmail Node: Specify the recipient email address, subject, and body content for the notification email.
  7. Activate the Workflow: Once configured, activate the workflow to start automating your AI news video content ideation.

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