Turn RSS news headlines into AI avatar videos

Reads news summaries from an RSS feed and turns each one into a short video with an AI presenter.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each news item in the feed.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
General Automation
Connects
HeyGen

The problem it solves

You want to publish regular video news updates, but filming a presenter for every story isn't realistic day after day. Writing, filming, and editing a new video for each headline takes far more time than most small publishers have.

Who it fits

Content publishers, media creators, or news channels who want a steady stream of video updates without filming every episode.

How it works

  1. The system reads the latest items from a news RSS feed
  2. It pulls the summary text out of each story
  3. That summary is sent to HeyGen to generate a video with an AI avatar and voice narration
  4. The finished video comes back ready to publish
What you get

Video episodes you didn't have to film

Your news feed turns into a steady stream of short videos with an AI presenter, ready to publish.

What you get

A short AI-narrated video for each news item, ready to post to YouTube or social platforms.

What you need

A HeyGen account with API access.

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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