Get a short summary whenever a channel uploads
Watches the YouTube channels you pick. When one uploads, it reads the transcript, writes a few lines on what the video actually covers, and posts that to Slack, Notion or a spreadsheet — so you can decide whether to watch it.
Who it is for
Anyone whose Slack is already full of unwatched video links.
How to run it
- 1Open it on n8n.io
Hit the button above, then Use workflow to copy it into your own n8n. Free, self-hosted or cloud.
- 2Read the yellow note
Every one of these carries a note on the canvas listing exactly what to fill in. Start there.
- 3Connect your accounts
An Apify token for the data-gathering, plus whichever app you want the results in — Sheets, Notion, Slack, email.
- 4Run it once by hand
Check the output looks right before you switch the schedule on. Nothing runs until you do.
The tools it uses
The data-gathering happens here. You can open any of them on its own and run it without any of the rest.
YouTube Channel Monitor — New Upload Tracker
Watch YouTube channels and get only their new uploads: title, URL, publish date, views, thumbnail. $0.01 per new video.
YouTube Transcript Scraper
YouTube transcripts from links or a keyword search: text, timed segments, SRT, VTT and video details. No API key. $0.80 per 1,000.
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