Hacker News to Video Template - AlexK1919
Configured with Agent, Dropbox, Google Drive, Hacker News, and additional nodes. Review the connections and setup before adapting this template.
Node categories in this workflow
- Trigger
- Integration
- Routing
- AI & models
- Web / API
- Transform
- Files / media
- Wait
- Messaging
Icons describe general node roles, inferred from node types. Inspect the parameters for the configured action.
Drag to pan; use + and − to zoom. Reconstructed from the exported node positions; nothing runs here. Dashed lines represent non-main connections. Full node names and notes appear below.
How it works
The exported workflow contains the following configured nodes. Their connections are shown above; inspect the JSON for the complete logic, expressions, and external actions.
| Node | Category | Type | Operation |
|---|---|---|---|
| When clicking ‘Test workflow’ | Trigger | Manual Trigger | See node parameters |
| Hacker News | Integration | Hacker News | all |
| Loop Over Items | Routing | Loop Over Items | See node parameters |
| OpenAI Chat Model3 | AI & models | OpenAI Chat Model | See node parameters |
| HTTP Request1 | Web / API | Tool Http Request | See node parameters |
| Structured Output Parser | Transform | Output Parser Structured | See node parameters |
| Upload to Minio | Files / media | S3 | upload |
| News1 | Transform | Edit Fields | See node parameters |
| Leo - Improve Prompt | Web / API | HTTP Request | POST |
| Leo - Get imageId | Web / API | HTTP Request | See node parameters |
| Runway - Create Video | Web / API | HTTP Request | POST |
| Runway - Get Video | Web / API | HTTP Request | See node parameters |
| Wait2 | Wait | Wait | See node parameters |
| If Topic | Routing | If | See node parameters |
| Get Image | Web / API | HTTP Request | See node parameters |
| Prompt Settings1 | Transform | Edit Fields | See node parameters |
| Leo - Generate Image | Web / API | HTTP Request | POST |
| Wait1 | Wait | Wait | See node parameters |
| Limit | Transform | Limit | See node parameters |
| Image Analysis | AI & models | Open Ai | image / analyze |
| Wait3 | Wait | Wait | See node parameters |
| Article Analysis | AI & models | Agent | See node parameters |
| Dropbox | Files / media | Dropbox | See node parameters |
| Google Drive | Files / media | Google Drive | update |
| Microsoft OneDrive | Files / media | Microsoft One Drive | See node parameters |
| YouTube | Files / media | You Tube | video / upload |
| X | Messaging | See node parameters | |
| Web / API | HTTP Request | See node parameters | |
| Messaging | Linked In | See node parameters | |
| Leo - Improve Prompt2 | Web / API | HTTP Request | POST |
| Wait4 | Wait | Wait | See node parameters |
| Wait6 | Wait | Wait | See node parameters |
| Leo - Generate Image2 | Web / API | HTTP Request | POST |
| Leo - Get imageId2 | Web / API | HTTP Request | See node parameters |
| Runway - Create Video2 | Web / API | HTTP Request | POST |
| Runway - Get Video2 | Web / API | HTTP Request | See node parameters |
| Cre - Generate Video1 | Web / API | HTTP Request | POST |
| Cre - Get Video | Web / API | HTTP Request | See node parameters |
| Article Prep | AI & models | Open Ai | See node parameters |
Setup
- Download the JSON and import it into an isolated n8n instance. Leave the workflow inactive.
- Connect your own credentials through n8n’s credential store. Replace
REPLACE_WITH_*values with your resource identifiers. - Inspect API destinations, Code nodes, database queries, file paths, and outbound actions.
- Run with synthetic data and harmless destinations. Enable triggers only after checking the actual outputs.
Requirements
An n8n instance with the listed node types and compatible versions. Service-connected workflows may require accounts, credentials, or paid APIs.
Credential types declared in the source
googleDriveOAuth2ApihttpCustomAuthopenAiApi
Workflow notes
Upload Assets
Upload Assets
You can extend this workflow further by uploading the generated assets to your storage option of choice.
Post to Social Media
Post to Social Media
You can extend this workflow further by posting the generated assets to social media.
AlexK1919
AlexK1919
I’m Alex Kim, an AI-Native Workflow Automation Architect Building Solutions to Optimize your Personal and Professional Life.
Workflow Overview Video
https://youtu.be/XaKybLDUlLk
About Me
https://beacons.ai/alexk1919
Product Used
Sticky Note8
Don't forget to connect this last node to the loop to process additional items
Hacker News to Video Template - AlexK1919
Hacker News to Video Template - AlexK1919
Purpose and structure
This folder contains the Hacker News to Video Template - AlexK1919 workflow. Its executable nodes use agent, dropbox, googleDrive, hackerNews, httpRequest, if, limit, linkedIn, lmChatOpenAi, manualTrigger, microsoftOneDrive, openAi, outputParserStructured, s3, set, splitInBatches, toolHttpRequest, twitter, wait, youTube. The table and connection map below are derived from the JSON, not an inferred guarantee of behavior.
Setup
Import inactive. Configure your own credentials and replace REPLACE_WITH_* values. Review external destinations and Code nodes before running.
Entry points
When clicking ‘Test workflow’
Verification
Sanitized source candidate; not runtime-tested. This overview is generated from node metadata. Read the folder README for the connection map, credential types, and license.
Attribution
https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows/blob/94007c1445d9258a7da116646b79473e7c7c3282/workflows/Linkedin/1491_Linkedin_Wait_Create_Webhook.json MIT; preserve source notices.
Canvas section labels
These name areas of the original canvas; they do not include explanatory instructions.
- Choose your data source
- Generate Images and Videos
- Stitch it all together
- Article Analysis - Is it the right topic?
- Prepare the article for content generation