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🎥 Analyze YouTube Video for Summaries, Transcripts & Content + Google Gemini AI

This workflow utilizes the Google Gemini 1.5 AI model to automatically analyze YouTube videos, generating diverse content such as summaries, verbatim transcriptions, timestamps, and scene descriptions. Users can dynamically adjust the prompts based on their needs to achieve precise information extraction. The processing results can be saved to Google Drive and sent via email for easy access and sharing. This tool significantly enhances the efficiency of obtaining video content, making it suitable for content creators, marketers, educational institutions, and general viewers, saving time and improving information utilization.

Workflow Diagram
🎥 Analyze YouTube Video for Summaries, Transcripts & Content + Google Gemini AI Workflow diagram

Workflow Name

🎥 Analyze YouTube Video for Summaries, Transcripts & Content + Google Gemini AI

Key Features and Highlights

This workflow leverages the Google Gemini 1.5 AI model to automatically analyze specified YouTube videos and generate diverse content outputs, including detailed summaries, verbatim transcripts, timestamp annotations, visual scene descriptions, and curated short video clip recommendations. It supports dynamic prompt adjustments based on different requirements to achieve precise and personalized information extraction. The final results can be converted into HTML format, sent to users via email, and saved to Google Drive for easy future reference and sharing.

Core Problems Addressed

  • Manual video watching is time-consuming and inefficient for quickly obtaining key information and actionable insights.
  • Video content is difficult to segment and refine for different audiences, impacting content dissemination efficiency.
  • Lack of automated tools to intelligently convert video content into multiple formats to meet diverse application scenarios.

Use Cases

  • Content creators quickly extract video highlights to assist in producing derivative works.
  • Marketing professionals extract trending video segments for social media promotion.
  • Educational and training institutions generate teaching video summaries and verbatim transcripts to enhance learning efficiency.
  • Media and researchers analyze video information to support content review and research.
  • Individual users rapidly understand long videos, saving viewing time.

Main Workflow Steps

  1. Users input the YouTube video ID and select the desired prompt type (e.g., summary, transcript, timestamps) via a form.
  2. The workflow reads the configuration, dynamically constructs the YouTube API request URL, and retrieves detailed video information.
  3. Using a preset “Audience Meta Prompt,” the workflow calls Google Gemini AI to analyze the video and extract key metadata.
  4. Based on the selected prompt type, corresponding AI prompts are generated.
  5. Requests are sent to the Google Generative Language API to obtain AI-generated text content of the video.
  6. The returned Markdown text from the AI is extracted, formatted, and converted into HTML.
  7. Results are saved as text files on Google Drive and the HTML email is sent to specified recipients via Gmail.
  8. The processed HTML content can also be displayed directly to users through the form interface.

Involved Systems and Services

  • YouTube Data API: Retrieves video metadata and detailed information.
  • Google Generative Language API (Gemini 1.5-flash): Performs intelligent video content analysis and generation.
  • Google Drive: Stores generated text files for long-term preservation and management.
  • Gmail: Sends analysis result emails in HTML format.
  • n8n Automation Platform: Core orchestration tool enabling multi-node workflow collaboration.
  • Webhook/Form Trigger: User interaction entry point for dynamic input parameter reception.

Target Users and Value Proposition

  • Content Creators and Video Editors: Quickly access video highlights to enhance content production efficiency.
  • Marketing and Social Media Operators: Precisely identify trending video segments to boost content reach.
  • Educators and Training Institutions: Automatically generate teaching video summaries and transcripts to support instruction.
  • Media Analysts and Researchers: Efficiently obtain video information to aid content analysis and decision-making.
  • General Video Viewers: Save time by quickly grasping core information from lengthy videos.

By integrating intelligent AI and automation, this workflow significantly enhances video content accessibility and utility, meeting the needs of multiple industries and diverse scenarios.