AI Story Generator with OpenAI & Google Sheets

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{
  "name": "AI Story Generator",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chatTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1.1,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "id": "520c7bb5-c949-420f-b90a-1bec1659b716",
      "name": "When chat message received"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://api.openai.com/v1/images/generations",
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "Authorization",
              "value": "Bearer YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendBody": true,
        "bodyParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "model",
              "value": "gpt-image-1"
            },
            {
              "name": "prompt",
              "value": "={{ $json.message.content.prompt }}"
            },
            {
              "name": "size",
              "value": "1024x1536"
            }
          ]
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        620,
        0
      ],
      "id": "acba9319-1187-429b-a03d-9213409400be",
      "name": "Generate Image"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "modelId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "gpt-4o-mini",
          "mode": "list",
          "cachedResultName": "GPT-4O-MINI"
        },
        "messages": {
          "values": [
            {
              "content": "=Task:\nYou are a highly skilled AI designed to transform a short theme, emotion, or story concept into a visually stunning, high-quality anime-style cinematic scene.\n\nThe final output should resemble a 3D, glossy anime movie shot \u2014 polished and emotionally immersive. Use deep lighting, rich textures, and strong atmospheric presence. Think of the visual tone seen in films like Your Name, Weathering With You, Suzume, or Belle.\n\nThe prompt must be versatile enough to work for both image and video generation platforms without needing modification.\n\nPrompt Format (Output Rules):\nGenerate one cinematic anime-style scene\n\nUse realistic lighting (e.g. glowing sunlight, city neon, reflections, fog)\n\nInclude textures like wet pavement, glowing skin, glass, metal, fabric, etc.\n\nAdd 3D depth (blurred backgrounds, layered clouds, subtle lens focus)\n\nEnsure strong mood and emotional storytelling\n\nKeep it under 950 characters\n\nDo not use JSON \u2013 clean text only\n\nUser Input Example you must use:\n{{ $json.chatInput }}\n\nAlways return \"prompt\" as an output.\n\nSample Outputs:\nInput: A group of kids laughing together at a fall festival\nPrompt:\nThe air buzzes with laughter as a group of kids race through fields of pumpkins and golden hay bales. Their colorful scarves flutter in the autumn breeze, and one waves a bright paper lantern high above their head. Glossy apples shine in small hands as leaves swirl around their sneakers. Lanterns glow softly overhead, casting warm light over the joyful chaos, while the fading sun paints everything in a dreamy golden haze.\n\nInput: Two travelers setting off on a sunrise road trip\nPrompt:\nAt the edge of a sleepy village, two travelers board a bright red car with backpacks and maps. The morning sky blushes with soft pink and orange hues, and dew glistens on the road. One checks the map with a grin, while the other throws their jacket into the trunk. Their laughter fills the cool air, and the car\u2019s polished surface reflects the golden sunlight as they drive into a misty horizon.\n\nInput: A violinist performing alone in a glowing city square\nPrompt:\nUnderneath a halo of streetlamps, a young violinist stands in a quiet plaza surrounded by glowing signs and falling snow. Her breath curls in the winter air as her bow dances across shimmering strings. Raindrops from earlier glisten on the pavement like glass, catching the warm glow of neon reflections. The melody echoes softly as passersby pause, their shadows stretching long under the cinematic city lights.\n\nInput: A girl waiting for a train during a summer downpour\nPrompt:\nA girl stands under a glass shelter at a rural train station as summer rain pours in sheets around her. Droplets cling to her umbrella while soft thunder hums across the overcast sky. Her schoolbag rests at her feet, damp sneakers tapping nervously against the platform. In the distance, headlights shimmer through the haze as the train approaches, its reflection warping in the rippling puddles below.\n\nInput: A boy finding an old camera in his attic\nPrompt:\nDust floats in golden beams of afternoon light as a boy opens an old wooden chest tucked under the attic window. He pulls out a vintage camera wrapped in velvet, its metal gleaming softly in the haze. Cobwebs sway in the corner as he clicks the shutter, and a faded photograph drifts from inside. A breeze stirs through the cracked window, carrying the scent of pine and memory.\n\nInput: A girl dancing alone on a rooftop at sunset\nPrompt:\nOn a quiet rooftop, a girl twirls barefoot across the warm tiles as the sun dips behind city towers. Her silhouette cuts against the coral sky, hair flowing in the breeze. Birds scatter into the air as she leaps, casting long shadows across the rooftop garden. The soft hum of traffic below fades into a dreamlike rhythm as twilight wraps the scene in soft purple hues."
            }
          ]
        },
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        "options": {}
      },
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        0
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      "name": "Generate Prompt",
      "credentials": {
        "openAiApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://api.dev.runwayml.com/v1/image_to_video",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpCustomAuth",
        "sendBody": true,
        "specifyBody": "json",
        "jsonBody": "={\n  \"promptImage\": \"data:image/jpeg;base64,{{ $json.data[0].b64_json }}\",\n  \"model\": \"gen3a_turbo\",\n  \"promptText\": \"{{ $('Generate Prompt').first().json.message.content.Prompt }}\",\n  \"duration\": 10,\n  \"ratio\": \"1280:768\",\n  \"watermark\": false\n}",
        "options": {}
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      "name": "Generate Video",
      "credentials": {
        "httpCustomAuth": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        },
        "httpHeaderAuth": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "url": "=https://api.dev.runwayml.com/v1/tasks/{{ $json.id }}",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpCustomAuth",
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "X-Runway-Version",
              "value": "2024-11-06"
            }
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        "options": {}
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      "name": "Get Video",
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          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech/LcfcDJNUP1GQjkzn1xUU",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
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            {
              "name": "Content-Type",
              "value": "application/json"
            }
          ]
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        "sendBody": true,
        "specifyBody": "json",
        "jsonBody": "={\n  \"text\": \"{{ JSON.stringify($('Generate Prompt').item.json.message.content.prompt).replace(/(^\\\"|\\\"$)/g, '') }}\"\n}\n",
        "options": {}
      },
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      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
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      "id": "b645cf2a-897c-4151-a581-f6a5c614ed23",
      "name": "Generate Audio",
      "credentials": {
        "httpHeaderAuth": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "operation": "append",
        "documentId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "1pdJNB0UcMf5y5yUHFOP8sIzA8YCs2FlgYi7OBrnF-H8",
          "mode": "list",
          "cachedResultName": "Story Videos Generator",
          "cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pdJNB0UcMf5y5yUHFOP8sIzA8YCs2FlgYi7OBrnF-H8/edit?usp=drivesdk"
        },
        "sheetName": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "gid=0",
          "mode": "list",
          "cachedResultName": "Sheet1",
          "cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pdJNB0UcMf5y5yUHFOP8sIzA8YCs2FlgYi7OBrnF-H8/edit#gid=0"
        },
        "columns": {
          "mappingMode": "defineBelow",
          "value": {
            "Video": "={{ $('Get Video').item.json.output[0] }}",
            "Audio": "={{ $json.webViewLink }}"
          },
          "matchingColumns": [],
          "schema": [
            {
              "id": "Video",
              "displayName": "Video",
              "required": false,
              "defaultMatch": false,
              "display": true,
              "type": "string",
              "canBeUsedToMatch": true
            },
            {
              "id": "Audio",
              "displayName": "Audio",
              "required": false,
              "defaultMatch": false,
              "display": true,
              "type": "string",
              "canBeUsedToMatch": true
            }
          ],
          "attemptToConvertTypes": false,
          "convertFieldsToString": false
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
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      "name": "Get Content",
      "credentials": {
        "googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "name": "={{ $json.id }}",
        "driveId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "My Drive",
          "mode": "list",
          "cachedResultName": "My Drive",
          "cachedResultUrl": "https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive"
        },
        "folderId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "1aWSFRTx6fFbrAOwISOdgiTH_B93lMXKE",
          "mode": "list",
          "cachedResultName": "Upload Sound Runway",
          "cachedResultUrl": "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aWSFRTx6fFbrAOwISOdgiTH_B93lMXKE"
        },
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      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
      "typeVersion": 3,
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      "id": "69e66058-72af-4e07-9000-9f5e1ce22af3",
      "name": "Google Drive",
      "credentials": {
        "googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "content": "## Generate Prompt",
        "height": 320,
        "width": 580
      },
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      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        -40,
        -100
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      "name": "Sticky Note"
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      "id": "3fdb6b67-e3bb-467f-954f-6dc84c368338",
      "name": "Wait 90 Seconds"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "content": "### Generate Image with GPT-4O Image Generation API",
        "height": 320,
        "color": 3
      },
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      "position": [
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      "name": "Sticky Note1"
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        "content": "## Image-to-Video with Runway",
        "height": 700,
        "width": 300,
        "color": 5
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      "name": "Sticky Note2"
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    {
      "parameters": {
        "content": "## Create & Get Audio",
        "height": 320,
        "width": 460,
        "color": 4
      },
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      "name": "Sticky Note3"
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    {
      "parameters": {
        "content": "## Save Content",
        "height": 320,
        "width": 460,
        "color": 6
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      "name": "Sticky Note4"
    }
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          {
            "node": "Generate Prompt",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Generate Image": {
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        [
          {
            "node": "Generate Video",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Generate Prompt": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Generate Image",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
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      ]
    },
    "Generate Video": {
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        [
          {
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            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
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    },
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      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Generate Audio",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Generate Audio": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Google Drive",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Google Drive": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Get Content",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
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        [
          {
            "node": "Get Video",
            "type": "main",
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  "meta": {
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}

Credentials you'll need

Each integration node will prompt for credentials when you import. We strip credential IDs before publishing — you'll add your own.

• googleDriveOAuth2Api
• googleSheetsOAuth2Api
• httpCustomAuth
• httpHeaderAuth
• openAiApi

How this works

Create captivating AI-generated stories complete with images, videos, and audio narration effortlessly, saving hours of manual content creation for educators, marketers, or hobbyist writers. This workflow responds to a chat message by leveraging OpenAI to craft an engaging story prompt, then fetches multimedia elements like visuals and voiceovers via HTTP requests, and stores the final content in Google Sheets for easy access. The key step involves the OpenAI integration generating a tailored narrative prompt that drives the entire multimedia assembly, delivering a polished story ready to share.

Use this workflow when you need quick, on-demand story creation for social media posts, educational materials, or personal projects, especially if you're comfortable with basic chat inputs. Avoid it for highly customised or long-form narratives requiring extensive human editing, as the AI outputs may need refinement. Common variations include skipping video generation for text-and-image-only stories or integrating additional tools like email notifications to distribute the completed content directly.

About this workflow

AI Story Generator. Uses chatTrigger, httpRequest, openAi, googleSheets. Chat trigger; 14 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/Khuzaima-AI-2112/n8n-automation-templates/blob/master/02_Visuals-&-Social-Media/11_AI-story-generator/AI_Story_Generator.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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