AI News Videos with HeyGen Avatars & Auto-Social Posting
Automates generating short AI avatar videos from trending Hacker News using HeyGen and OpenAI, then posts to social media via Blotato.
This n8n workflow fully automates content creation by fetching trending articles from Hacker News, generating concise news scripts with ChatGPT (OpenAI), producing professional AI avatar videos via HeyGen, creating tailored captions for different platforms, and distributing everything across social media using Blotato.
Key benefits include massive time savings for content creators, marketers, and news aggregators—turning hours of manual work into a hands-off process. It ensures consistent, high-quality output with customizable avatars and voices, boosting engagement on platforms like Twitter, LinkedIn, and more.
Ideal use cases: Social media managers scaling news content, influencers automating daily videos, businesses monitoring trends for branded posts. Requires self-hosted n8n, HeyGen/OpenAI/Blotato API keys. Setup is simple: import JSON, configure two nodes for keys/IDs, and activate.
Advanced features: Optional Pinterest/Bluesky support (disabled by default), platform-specific optimizations, and easy customization of avatars/voices from HeyGen dashboard.
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How to import this workflow into n8n
- 1Purchase or download the workflow to get the n8n workflow JSON file.
- 2In your n8n instance, open Workflows and choose "Import from File" (or paste the JSON with Ctrl+V on the canvas).
- 3Open each node marked with a credential warning and connect your own accounts and API keys.
- 4Run the workflow once manually to verify the data flow, then toggle it to Active.
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