YouTube Video Optimization & Cross-Platform Distribution with GPT-4o — n8n Workflow

High complexity🔗 Webhook43 nodes📣 Marketingby Țugui Dragoș

Overview

This workflow automates the post-publish process for YouTube videos, combining advanced SEO optimization, cross-platform promotion, and analytics reporting. It is designed for creators, marketers, and agencies who want to maximize the reach and performance of their YouTube content with minimal manual effort.

Features

SEO Automation** Fetches video metadata and analyzes competitor and trending data. Uses AI to generate SEO-optimized titles, descriptions, and tags. Calculates an SEO score

Nodes used

Google SheetsHTTP RequestSlackFacebook Graph APIX (Formerly Twitter)YouTubeLinkedInSendGridCodeOpenAI

Workflow Preview

How it works
This workflow automates the full post-publish process f
When a new video is published, th
Triggers & Configuration
Starts on new video publish (webhook) and runs weekly f
Video Intake
Fetches the published video metadata (title/description
Competitor & Trend Signals
Pulls competitor signals and trending topics, then merg
Generate SEO Assets (AI)
Generates title variations, SEO description, and tags f
SEO Scoring & A/B Selection
Scores the generated SEO assets and applies A/B routing
Update YouTube Metadata
Applies the selected title, description, and tags to th
Clip & Thumbnail Processing
If the video meets the configured length threshold, run
Cross-Platform Promotion
Builds platform-specific promo context, generates copy,
Comments Monitoring & Logging
Fetches comments, drafts reply suggestions, detects neg
Storage (Video Database)
Logs the video record and SEO score to Google Sheets to
Weekly Analytics & Reporting
Collects weekly video analytics, aggregates performance
Alerts & Notifications
Sends immediate Slack alerts when a new video is publis
⚡
V
Video Published Webhook
W
Workflow Configuration
Get Video Details
P
Prepare SEO Prompts
Fetch Competitor Data
Fetch Trending Topics
Thumbnail Analysis API
Clip Extraction Service
Calculate SEO Score
A/B Title Routing Logic
Aggregate Analytics Data
Calculate Engagement Score
Competitor Comparison
C
Check Video Length
D
Detect High Engagement
C
Check Viral Potential
C
Check Platform Availabil…
A
A/B Test Variant Selection
D
Detect Negative Comments
Update Video Metadata
Fetch Video Analytics
Fetch Video Comments
P
Prepare Cross-Platform C…
F
Format Platform Posts
Post to LinkedIn
Post Twitter Thread
Upload Instagram Reel
Post to Facebook Group
Send Email Newsletter
Log to Video Database
Log Comments
Log Strategic Insights
Slack - Video Published …
Slack - Viral Potential …
⚡
W
Weekly Analytics Schedule
M
Merge SEO Data
Generate Cross-Platform …
Generate Comment Respons…
Generate Weekly Report1
S
Set Variant B Data
Generate Title Variations
Generate SEO Description
Generate Tags
43 nodes47 edges

How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a webhook trigger.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 43 nodes, connecting code, facebookgraphapi, googlesheets.

  3. 3

    Output

    The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (43)

GO

Google Sheets

googleSheets

#1
HT

HTTP Request

httpRequest

#2
SL

Slack

slack

#3
FA

Facebook Graph API

facebookGraphApi

#4
X

X (Formerly Twitter)

twitter

#5
YO

YouTube

youTube

#6
LI

LinkedIn

linkedIn

#7
SE

SendGrid

sendGrid

#8
CO

Code

code

#9
OP

OpenAI

n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi

#10

How to Import This Workflow

  1. 1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
  2. 2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows → New → Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded youtube-video-optimization-cross-platform-distribution-with-gpt-4o file and click Import.
  4. 4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
  5. 5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": "YouTube Video Optimization & Cross-Platform Distribution with GPT-4o", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

codefacebookgraphapigooglesheetshttprequestiflinkedinmergeopenaischeduletriggersendgridsetslacktwitterwebhookyoutube

Get This Workflow

Download and import in one click

Download JSONView on n8n.io
Nodes43
Complexityhigh
Triggerwebhook
CategoryMarketing

Created by

Țugui Dragoș

Țugui Dragoș

@tuguidragos

Tags

codefacebookgraphapigooglesheetshttprequestiflinkedinmergeopenaischeduletriggersendgrid
⚡

New to n8n?

n8n is a free, open-source workflow automation tool. Self-host it or use the cloud version.

Get n8n Free →