Hacker News to Video Content
Turn trending tech stories into ready-to-publish short videos for your social channels. An AI pipeline scouts, scores, summarises and renders the content while your team focuses on strategy.
The flow
How the integrations connect.
DropboxHTTP RequestGoogle DriveOneDriveTwitterHacker NewsYouTubeS3LinkedInAI AgentOpenAI ChatStructured OutputOpenAITool: HTTP
Tools used
14 integrations
Built on n8n. Same pattern works on Make or Zapier for simpler runs, or on a custom Node or Python service when reliability and volume justify the build.
- Dropbox
- HTTP Request
- Google Drive
- OneDrive
- Hacker News
- YouTube
- S3
- AI Agent
- OpenAI Chat
- Structured Output
- OpenAI
- Tool: HTTP
Detail
What it actually does.
- Pulls trending articles from relevant tech and industry news sources on a schedule
- Scores each story for relevance to your chosen themes such as AI or automation
- Summarises the article into a tight, on-brand short-form script
- Extracts supporting images and assets referenced in the source piece
- Generates the finished video and stores it in Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or S3
- Publishes or queues the clip to LinkedIn, YouTube and X with captions
- Logs every published asset so you can track output and reuse top performers
Common questions
Before you book a call.
Answers to what most teams ask when they look at a workflow like this. If yours is not here, ask us on the call.
Can you build this marketing workflow for our team?
Yes. We design and ship workflows like this as part of our AI Chatbots practice. The fastest way to scope it is a 30-minute call — we share what we would build, what it would cost, and how fast it would ship.
What tools does this workflow use?
The default build connects Dropbox, HTTP Request, and Google Drive, plus 11 other integrations. The same pattern works on n8n, Make, or Zapier for simpler runs, or as a custom Node or Python service when reliability and volume justify the build. See Workflow Automation for how we choose the right platform per use case.
What does a build like this typically cost?
Most workflows of this complexity sit inside a Discovery sprint or a small Build engagement rather than a fixed-price product. See our pricing model for how engagements are structured, or book a call and we will scope this specific workflow against your stack.
Have you shipped something like this for clients?
Yes. See our case studies for examples of automation and AI builds we have delivered, including a podcast platform we took from zero to 261K monthly Google impressions in six months on a content + automation engine.
What other Marketing workflows can you build?
Plenty. Browse our other Marketing workflow ideas for documented patterns, or tell us what you would like to automate — most clients arrive with a problem rather than a specific workflow in mind.
Want a workflow like this in your stack?
30-minute call. We share what we would build, what it would cost, and how fast it would ship.
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