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Auto-upload Instagram Videos to Youtube with Gpt-4o and Google Sheets Tracking

ByRahul Joshi @rahul08 on n8n.io

Automate your cross-platform publishing workflow by automatically uploading Instagram videos to YouTube with AI-optimized titles and tags. 🚀🎬 This workflow runs every six hours, fetches newly posted Instagram videos, checks Google Sheets to avoid duplicate uploads, generates…

Cron / scheduled trigger★★★★☆ complexityAI-powered23 nodesHTTP RequestFacebook Graph ApiAgentOutput Parser StructuredOpenAI ChatMemory Buffer WindowYouTubeGoogle Sheets
Social Media Trigger: Cron / scheduled Nodes: 23 Complexity: ★★★★☆ AI nodes: yes Added:

This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #11830 — we link there as the canonical source.

This workflow follows the Agent → Facebookgraphapi recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.

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Automate your cross-platform publishing workflow by automatically uploading Instagram videos to YouTube with AI-optimized titles and tags. 🚀🎬 This workflow runs every six hours, fetches newly posted Instagram videos, checks Google Sheets to avoid duplicate uploads, generates…

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