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The workflow JSON
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{
"name": "Faceless Shorts",
"nodes": [
{
"parameters": {
"model": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "gpt-4o-mini",
"mode": "list",
"cachedResultName": "gpt-4o-mini"
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi",
"typeVersion": 1.2,
"position": [
-1000,
1620
],
"id": "f660ea28-4469-47c9-9a8a-ca8dd480ac09",
"name": "OpenAI Chat Model",
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"sseEndpoint": "http://localhost:3123/mcp/sse",
"include": "selected",
"includeTools": [
"create-short-video"
]
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.mcpClientTool",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
-900,
1620
],
"id": "b6926158-1343-471d-b1db-397c1281bf65",
"name": "MCP Client"
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{
"parameters": {
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"options": {}
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"type": "n8n-nodes-base.aggregate",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
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"id": "c9d544cd-f3c1-439b-a6dc-83a5fc03b4f6",
"name": "Aggregate"
},
{
"parameters": {},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait",
"typeVersion": 1.1,
"position": [
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],
"id": "d63e39e8-b2d9-4e8f-a1d0-6f501d28e88a",
"name": "Wait"
},
{
"parameters": {
"conditions": {
"options": {
"caseSensitive": true,
"leftValue": "",
"typeValidation": "strict",
"version": 2
},
"conditions": [
{
"id": "6cc1bd80-2bb7-47b6-950e-be3d6a36a965",
"leftValue": "={{ $json.status }}",
"rightValue": "ready",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals",
"name": "filter.operator.equals"
}
}
],
"combinator": "and"
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"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"typeVersion": 2.2,
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],
"id": "d0a0b8b2-bd19-4353-9595-24a65ef457f0",
"name": "If"
},
{
"parameters": {
"schemaType": "manual",
"inputSchema": "{\n \"type\": \"object\",\n \"properties\": {\n \"videoId\": {\n \"type\": \"string\",\n \"description\": \"the id of the video\"\n },\n \"videoTitle\": {\n \"type\": \"string\",\n \"description\": \"the title of the video on Youtube\"\n }\n },\n \"required\": [\n \"videoId\",\n \"videoTitle\"\n ]\n}"
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured",
"typeVersion": 1.2,
"position": [
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],
"id": "c44d923f-3b89-4752-80cb-034bc5345d55",
"name": "Structured Output Parser"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "# n8n \u89c6\u9891\u5de5\u5382\n## Create short videos from r/Jokes\n\u672c\u5de5\u4f5c\u6d41\u4ece Agent A-Z \u9002\u914d\uff0c\u4fee\u6b63\u9ed8\u8ba4\u914d\u7f6e\u8dd1\u4e0d\u901a\u7684\u60c5\u51b5\n\n[\u82f1\u6587\u6559\u7a0b](https://youtu.be/jzsQpn-AciM)\n[Discord](https://discord.gg/G7FJVJQ6RE)\n[\u4e2d\u6587\u6559\u7a0b]()",
"height": 220,
"width": 1400
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
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900
],
"id": "477c641f-335c-47b8-ae99-3a9bfdfe744a",
"name": "Sticky Note"
},
{
"parameters": {
"url": "=http://localhost:3123/api/short-video/{{ $('Generate video').item.json.output.videoId }}",
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"typeVersion": 4.2,
"position": [
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1360
],
"id": "c281d32a-c97c-4a98-b26e-84ce2d5d8f79",
"name": "Download the video",
"alwaysOutputData": false,
"retryOnFail": false
},
{
"parameters": {
"resource": "video",
"operation": "upload",
"title": "={{ $('Generate video').item.json.output.videoTitle }}",
"regionCode": "HU",
"categoryId": "24",
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.youTube",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
240,
1360
],
"id": "f6c73d0d-9f46-4334-9a2e-9f1df530de30",
"name": "Share on YouTube",
"disabled": true
},
{
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"type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
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1160
],
"id": "0b5e6e27-679e-45fa-9a24-a570b7b1a0f7",
"name": "When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019"
},
{
"parameters": {
"promptType": "define",
"text": "=<Instruction>\nTurn the following joke into a video. Keep everything, but make slight tweaks so it's easy to understand it in a text-to-speech video format with subtitles.\n\nReturn the video ID and the title of the video for the Youtube upload.\n</Instruction>\n\n<Joke>\n{{ $json.data[8].title }}\n{{ $json.data[8].contentSnippet }}\n</Joke>",
"hasOutputParser": true,
"options": {}
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent",
"typeVersion": 1.8,
"position": [
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1380
],
"id": "503b2e67-14f2-4ed5-8514-136e27a1924c",
"name": "Generate video"
},
{
"parameters": {
"url": "=http://localhost:3123/api/short-video/{{ $('Generate video').item.json.output.videoId }}/status",
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"typeVersion": 4.2,
"position": [
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1380
],
"id": "5debfcf3-2a0d-4afd-9334-be81a63a29ff",
"name": "Check video status",
"alwaysOutputData": false,
"retryOnFail": false
},
{
"parameters": {
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "220a5d64-eea7-47fb-9557-682ed4ac2670",
"name": "title",
"value": "={{ $json.title }}",
"type": "string"
},
{
"id": "667fc922-3cb8-41cf-b86e-e635cf75bdc2",
"name": "contentSnippet",
"value": "={{ $json.contentSnippet.split('submitted')[0].trim() }}",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"typeVersion": 3.4,
"position": [
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1160
],
"id": "0a45c2de-acd8-4849-95d0-d3b5c0b36dba",
"name": "Map fields"
},
{
"parameters": {
"url": "=https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/top/.rss?t=week",
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.rssFeedRead",
"typeVersion": 1.1,
"position": [
-420,
1160
],
"id": "d6931bb4-ffda-4fdb-a586-266e7784c734",
"name": "Get top weekly posts"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "# Create short videos from r/Stories",
"width": 2760
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
-720,
2820
],
"id": "06683fd3-cca9-4d67-9d08-7efa0e3d2836",
"name": "Sticky Note2"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "# Troubleshooting Youtube\n\n1. If you are running n8n locally, set the \n\n```N8N_DEFAULT_BINARY_DATA_MODE=filesystem```\n\nenvironment variable if you are getting 400 HTTP errors\n\n2. Youtube has a daily upload limitations on uploading videos using the API - you can only upload up to 6 videos\n",
"height": 300,
"width": 700,
"color": 2
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
2280,
1020
],
"id": "c486dd94-d119-43d1-b190-b44fb63d3cc9",
"name": "Sticky Note4"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "# \u5982\u4f55\u8fd0\u884c MCP Server\n\n## \u5efa\u8bae\n\n### CPU image\n```bash\ndocker run -it --rm --name short-video-maker -p 3123:3123 -e LOG_LEVEL=debug -e PEXELS_API_KEY=563492ad6f91700001000001458XXX gyoridavid/short-video-maker:latest-tiny\n```\n\n### NVIDIA GPUs\n```bash\ndocker run -it --rm --name shorts-video-maker -p 3123:3123 \\\n -e PEXELS_API_KEY= --gpus=all \\\n gyoridavid/short-video-maker:latest-cuda\n```\n\n### Using npm (\u4e0d\u5efa\u8bae\uff0c\u6211\u6ca1\u8dd1\u901a)\n\n```bash\nLOG_LEVEL=debug PEXELS_API_KEY= npx short-video-creator\n```\n\n## Resources\n\n- [Github](https://github.com/gyoridavid/short-video-maker)\n- [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/short-video-maker)\n- [Docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/gyoridavid/short-video-maker)",
"height": 880,
"width": 1140,
"color": 3
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
600,
900
],
"id": "29776b17-8deb-4d45-96c7-9a49d6e1e92c",
"name": "Sticky Note6"
}
],
"connections": {
"OpenAI Chat Model": {
"ai_languageModel": [
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{
"node": "Generate video",
"type": "ai_languageModel",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"MCP Client": {
"ai_tool": [
[
{
"node": "Generate video",
"type": "ai_tool",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Aggregate": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Generate video",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Wait": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Check video status",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"If": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Download the video",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Wait",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Structured Output Parser": {
"ai_outputParser": [
[
{
"node": "Generate video",
"type": "ai_outputParser",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Download the video": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Share on YouTube",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get top weekly posts",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Generate video": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Wait",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Check video status": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "If",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Map fields": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Aggregate",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get top weekly posts": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Map fields",
"type": "main",
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}
]
]
}
},
"active": false,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
},
"versionId": "b2bea02b-a176-4da5-8497-2473ac2e6d05",
"id": "hCoOFTKHSHeiRgkI",
"tags": []
}
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About this workflow
Faceless Shorts. Uses lmChatOpenAi, mcpClientTool, outputParserStructured, httpRequest. Event-driven trigger; 17 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/hylarucoder/n8n-labs/blob/f3c6cd0211552c71491200c3e8709f74aa03d99e/Faceless_Shorts.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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