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Hacker News to Video Template - AlexK1919

This workflow is designed to automate the acquisition of the latest technology articles on Hacker News, utilizing AI technology to analyze the content of the articles and filter topics related to automation and artificial intelligence. It can generate article summaries and images, and create high-quality videos through a video generation platform. Ultimately, it achieves cloud storage of the content and automatic publishing on social media, helping content creators and new media operators efficiently produce and distribute diverse technology content, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of communication.

Workflow Diagram
Hacker News to Video Template - AlexK1919 Workflow diagram

Workflow Name

Hacker News to Video Template - AlexK1919

Key Features and Highlights

This workflow automatically fetches the latest articles from Hacker News and leverages AI technology to analyze the content, determining whether the articles are related to automation or artificial intelligence. It then automatically generates article summaries and brief introductions, and uses text prompts to create relevant images via Leonardo.ai. By integrating video generation platforms such as RunwayML and Creatomate, it combines images and audio to produce high-quality video content. Finally, the generated videos and images are automatically uploaded to cloud storage services (e.g., Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive) and can be auto-published across social media platforms (LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Instagram, YouTube), enabling end-to-end automated content production and distribution.

Core Problems Addressed

  • Automatically acquiring the latest content from technical news sources, eliminating the need for manual information filtering.
  • Utilizing AI to intelligently filter articles related to automation and AI, enhancing content accuracy and relevance.
  • Automatically generating diverse content formats (summaries, images, videos) to improve content expressiveness and dissemination effectiveness.
  • Integrating multi-platform publishing for one-click distribution, saving operational time and labor costs.

Use Cases

  • New media operators and content creators seeking to quickly obtain the latest technology news and convert it into video content.
  • Enterprises or individuals aiming to automate news content production and multi-channel publishing for marketing automation.
  • Educational and training institutions in AI and automation fields producing course-related video materials.
  • Social media managers looking to improve content production efficiency and diversity.

Main Workflow Steps

  1. Trigger Workflow: Manually start by clicking “Test workflow.”
  2. Fetch News: Use the Hacker News node to retrieve the latest article list.
  3. Limit Quantity: Restrict the news to the most recent 50 items and process them in batches.
  4. Article Analysis: Analyze article content with OpenAI models to determine topic relevance and generate a 250-word summary plus related image URLs.
  5. Content Preparation: Generate news titles, brief introductions, two summary sentences, and two image prompt keywords based on the summary.
  6. Image Generation: Use Leonardo.ai to create high-quality images from the prompt keywords.
  7. Video Generation:
    • Use RunwayML to combine generated images and text into video clips.
    • Use Creatomate for further video editing and composition.
  8. Await and Retrieve Results: Incorporate wait nodes during video generation to ensure asynchronous processing completion.
  9. Upload and Storage: Upload generated videos and images to Minio storage, then synchronize to cloud drives such as Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive.
  10. Multi-Platform Publishing: Automatically publish content to LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Instagram, YouTube, and other social media channels for comprehensive online promotion.

Systems and Services Involved

  • Hacker News: News source API.
  • OpenAI: Text analysis and generation, text-to-speech (TTS).
  • Leonardo.ai: AI image generation.
  • RunwayML: Image-to-video conversion and video generation.
  • Creatomate: Video editing and rendering.
  • Minio, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive: Multi-cloud storage management.
  • LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Instagram, YouTube: Automated social media publishing.

Target Audience and Value

  • Content creators and new media operators: Quickly transform tech news into multimedia content, enhancing content quality and dissemination efficiency.
  • Marketing teams and brand promoters: Achieve automated content production and multi-channel distribution, saving manpower and boosting marketing impact.
  • AI enthusiasts and developers: Learn and reference advanced AI content generation and automated workflow design.
  • Educational and training institutions: Automatically produce instructional videos and supplementary materials to enrich course content.

By combining high automation with multi-platform integration, this workflow empowers users to realize a fully intelligent process from news acquisition to multimedia content generation and multi-channel publishing, significantly enhancing content production efficiency and distribution reach.