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Who's it for This template is perfect for YouTube creators, content marketers, and social media managers who want to turn existing videos into fresh, high-performing content ideas—automatically. It’s ideal if you want to save time brainstorming and focus on publishing videos that your audience actually wants. What it does This workflow watches a Google Sheet for new YouTube video links. For each new video, it fetches the transcript and top comments using Dumpling AI, then sends that data along with the original search topic to GPT-4o. GPT-4o returns 3–5 new content ideas based on: What was discussed in the video What people are searching for What viewers are saying in the comments Each idea is saved to another Google Sheet and also sent to your email. How it works Trigger: Watches for new rows in the "YouTube Finds" sheet Transcript & Comments: Sends video URL to Dumpling AI to fetch transcript and comments Merge & Format: Cleans and aggregates comments into one input AI Prompting: GPT-4o analyzes transcript, topic, and comments to suggest ideas Output: Splits and saves the results to a "YouTube Content Idea" sheet and emails them Requirements 🧠 OpenAI API Key stored securely in credentials 🤖 Dumpling AI API Key stored as HTTP header credentials 📄 Google Sheets with the following setup: Input Sheet ("YouTube Finds") Video Link search topic Output Sheet ("YouTube Content Idea") title whyGoodIdea engagementPotential How to customize You can: Change the number of ideas returned by GPT-4o Adjust the AI prompt to reflect your niche (e.g. education, tech, travel) Add an approval step before sending the email Extend it to post ideas directly into Trello, Notion, or Airtable > This workflow gives you an automated content strategist working 24/7—turning every YouTube upload into a launching pad for future content.
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