Auto-generate short AI character videos and publish them to YouTube

Comes up with a video idea, writes a script, generates voice and image, produces a short video, and uploads it to YouTube.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Every path runs; all paths must finish before it continues.

Pattern: Parallel Split (2) ยท Synchronisation (3)

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Starts itA stepEvery pathWaits for allResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsDocument Processing & OCRSpreadsheet & Database OpsFile & Cloud Storage
Connects
OpenAIElevenLabsHedraGoogle SheetsGoogle DriveYouTube

The problem it solves

Producing short-form video content on a regular schedule eats up hours between writing scripts, recording voice, sourcing images, and editing. Keeping a steady stream of fresh content out the door is hard to sustain on top of everything else you do.

Who it fits

Content creators and small media teams producing short-form video series at volume.

How it works

  1. Pulls past topics from Google Sheets and generates a new, unique idea
  2. AI writes a script and title for the video
  3. Converts the script to voice audio and generates a matching image
  4. Combines the audio and image into a short video
  5. Saves the video to Google Drive, uploads it to YouTube, and logs it in Google Sheets
What you get

Video episodes finished and ready to publish

You get a fresh short video idea, script, voice, and visuals turned into a finished clip and published to YouTube automatically.

What you get

A finished short video uploaded to YouTube, with the idea and details logged for tracking.

What you need

An OpenAI account, an ElevenLabs account, a Hedra account, and a Google Workspace account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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