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This workflow follows the Agent → Google Sheets recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"id": "I0Tzx8whIWYdQJVn",
"meta": {
"templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
},
"name": "Generate Avatar Videos from Latest AI News using Dumpling AI and HeyGen",
"tags": [],
"nodes": [
{
"id": "8a457904-7d80-4bf8-a433-d25dbce33c45",
"name": "Schedule Trigger",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"rule": {
"interval": [
{}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "90cf1daa-9652-4717-84af-f96a1a3d7dc6",
"name": "Dumpling AI: Search AI News",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
-620,
-95
],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://app.dumplingai.com/api/v1/search-news",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"jsonBody": "={\n \"query\": \"AI Agent\",\n \"language\": \"en\",\n \"dateRange\": \"pastHour\",\n \"page\": \"1\"\n}\n",
"sendBody": true,
"specifyBody": "json",
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth"
},
"credentials": {
"httpHeaderAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "321da41d-6a13-4a00-95c1-915fa6d8f5e6",
"name": "Split: Individual News Items",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut",
"position": [
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-95
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"fieldToSplitOut": "news"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "d7e5fcf2-7a24-4277-9459-9e828d3a98ef",
"name": "Limit: Top 4 News Results",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.limit",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"maxItems": 4
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "c1847dce-9564-44ae-b9a9-1ac48e42d2c8",
"name": "Dumpling AI: Scrape Article Content",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
40,
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],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://app.dumplingai.com/api/v1/scrape",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"jsonBody": "={\n \"url\": \"{{ $json.link }}\",\n \"cleaned\": \"true\"\n}\n",
"sendBody": true,
"specifyBody": "json",
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth"
},
"credentials": {
"httpHeaderAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "f6e8c80e-72b7-47ba-a3b6-0d43a0ee1615",
"name": " Combine: Merge Scraped News Content",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.aggregate",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"fieldsToAggregate": {
"fieldToAggregate": [
{
"fieldToAggregate": "content"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "7c203f11-51ca-4aaa-a3c5-a571af36accd",
"name": "GPT-4o Agent: Write Video Script",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"text": "=Here is the topic:{{ $json.content }}\n\n\nHere is the news article:{{ $('Dumpling AI: Search AI News').item.json.searchParameters.q }}\n",
"options": {
"systemMessage": "=You are a creative content writer. I will give you a news article and the intended topic or angle I want to focus on. Your job is to turn that into a short, engaging script suitable for a 30 to 60-second video. Write in a natural, conversational tone that sounds like someone talking to a general audience. Keep it simple, clear, and focused on the most interesting or important angle based on the topic I provide. Avoid technical jargon. The goal is to grab attention and make the message easy to understand and relatable. Very important: Output the final script as a single line only \u2014 no new lines, no paragraph breaks, no titles or formatting. Just plain text in one continuous sentence."
},
"promptType": "define"
},
"typeVersion": 1.9
},
{
"id": "b5bc7652-ba15-4d8d-a3ab-08e65f7ea54f",
"name": " GPT-4o Model",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi",
"position": [
568,
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],
"parameters": {
"model": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gpt-4o-mini"
},
"options": {}
},
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "c60ba871-f5a9-4ec2-b3d9-5aa4583c8f43",
"name": " HeyGen: Generate Avatar Video",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
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-95
],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://api.heygen.com/v2/video/generate",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"jsonBody": "={\n \"video_inputs\": [\n {\n \"character\": {\n \"type\": \"avatar\",\n \"avatar_id\": \"\",\n \"avatar_style\": \"normal\"\n },\n \"voice\": {\n \"type\": \"text\",\n \"input_text\": \"{{ $json.output }}\",\n \"voice_id\": \"\",\n \"speed\": 1.1\n }\n }\n ],\n \"dimension\": {\n \"width\": 1280,\n \"height\": 720\n }\n}",
"sendBody": true,
"sendHeaders": true,
"specifyBody": "json",
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "accept",
"value": "application/json"
}
]
}
},
"credentials": {
"httpHeaderAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "97b7db8d-2233-4bb5-b615-a93885ddfcfa",
"name": "Wait: For HeyGen to Process",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "33b34d1e-4674-44fe-937e-ad907a6ff6ca",
"name": "HeyGen: Check Video Status",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
1296,
-95
],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://api.heygen.com/v1/video_status.get",
"options": {},
"sendQuery": true,
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
"queryParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "video_id",
"value": "={{ $json.data.video_id }}"
}
]
}
},
"credentials": {
"httpHeaderAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "27a6d57c-f518-43fd-93f0-2a237ccf0a99",
"name": "IF: Video Completed?",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
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"operator": {
"name": "filter.operator.equals",
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.data.status }}",
"rightValue": "completed"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "99219ffb-7d15-4393-877a-a9cb592c025b",
"name": " Wait: Retry if Not Complete",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"amount": 20
},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "6761efd6-79c8-4a79-970e-a30d26a18336",
"name": "Google Sheets: Log Video URL",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"columns": {
"value": {
"Video link": "={{ $json.data.video_url }}"
},
"schema": [
{
"id": "Video link",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "Video link",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
}
],
"mappingMode": "defineBelow",
"matchingColumns": [
"Video link"
],
"attemptToConvertTypes": false,
"convertFieldsToString": false
},
"options": {},
"operation": "append",
"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gid=0",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AUADRf5MafbEazIZKuEBuDb7ETBEpCI0WSEnxFDJqn4/edit#gid=0",
"cachedResultName": "Sheet1"
},
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AUADRf5MafbEazIZKuEBuDb7ETBEpCI0WSEnxFDJqn4/edit?usp=drivesdk",
"cachedResultName": "Videos"
}
},
"credentials": {
"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.6
},
{
"id": "294f5c10-e0fa-42c2-8a7a-f823ae4ed477",
"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"width": 800,
"height": 660,
"content": "### \ud83c\udfa5 Workflow Overview: Auto-Generate AI News Avatar Videos\n\nThis workflow runs every hour and creates an avatar-style video summarizing \nthe latest AI-related news.\n\n**Here\u2019s what it does:**\n- Searches for recent AI Agent news using Dumpling AI\n- Scrapes the content from the top 4 articles\n- Merges article content into one body of text\n- Uses GPT-4o to generate a short, casual video script\n- Sends the script to HeyGen to create an avatar video\n- Waits for the video to finish rendering\n- Logs the video link in a Google Sheet\n\n\ud83d\udee0 Tools Used:\n- Dumpling AI (News search + scraping)\n- OpenAI GPT-4o (Script writing)\n- HeyGen (Video generation)\n- Google Sheets (Tracking links)\n\n\ud83d\udccc Credentials Required:\n- Dumpling AI API (via HTTP Header credentials)\n- HeyGen API key (via Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE credential)\n- Google Sheets + OpenAI account\n\nCustomize the topic (e.g., change \"AI Agent\" to something else), avatar, voice, \nor video style to suit your brand.\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
"active": false,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
},
"versionId": "3339c6da-749b-481d-85d4-e90f923c83c9",
"connections": {
" GPT-4o Model": {
"ai_languageModel": [
[
{
"node": "GPT-4o Agent: Write Video Script",
"type": "ai_languageModel",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Schedule Trigger": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Dumpling AI: Search AI News",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"IF: Video Completed?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Google Sheets: Log Video URL",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": " Wait: Retry if Not Complete",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Limit: Top 4 News Results": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Dumpling AI: Scrape Article Content",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"HeyGen: Check Video Status": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "IF: Video Completed?",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Dumpling AI: Search AI News": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Split: Individual News Items",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Wait: For HeyGen to Process": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "HeyGen: Check Video Status",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
" Wait: Retry if Not Complete": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "HeyGen: Check Video Status",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Split: Individual News Items": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Limit: Top 4 News Results",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
" HeyGen: Generate Avatar Video": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Wait: For HeyGen to Process",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"GPT-4o Agent: Write Video Script": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": " HeyGen: Generate Avatar Video",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Dumpling AI: Scrape Article Content": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": " Combine: Merge Scraped News Content",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
" Combine: Merge Scraped News Content": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "GPT-4o Agent: Write Video Script",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
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About this workflow
This workflow automatically generates avatar-style videos from the latest AI-related news using Dumpling AI and HeyGen. It runs every hour, scrapes trending articles, turns them into 30–60 second spoken scripts with GPT-4o, and produces short avatar videos with HeyGen. Finally,…
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