David Olusola This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #4288 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Agent → Google Drive recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
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About this workflow
This n8n workflow turns news from an RSS feed (e.g., CNN) into short, AI-generated avatar videos using Heygen. It: Fetches news from an RSS feed. Logs headlines to Google Sheets. Uses GPT-4o or Google Gemini to generate a 30–60 sec script. Sends the script to Heygen to create an…
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