# Plan an n8n workflow that clips and captions new uploads

When to use it: You want new long videos to turn into captioned clip drafts automatically, and you want the agent to design the workflow before building it.

Works with: [n8n: Viral clips from YouTube with Gemini + FFmpeg](https://agentcut.dev/tools/n8n-viral-clips-gemini-ffmpeg/), [Zvid n8n video workflows](https://agentcut.dev/tools/zvid-n8n-workflows/), [VideoBGRemover n8n templates (official)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/videobgremover-n8n-templates-official/)

Save as: n8n-clip-pipeline.md

Download: https://agentcut.dev/prompts/md/agent-n8n-clip-pipeline.md

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Design an n8n workflow (I run [self hosted n8n with FFmpeg installed / n8n cloud]) that:

1. Triggers when a new video lands in [Google Drive folder / YouTube channel / S3 bucket].
2. Gets a transcript with word timestamps.
3. Picks [3] candidate clips of 20 to 45 seconds that work without context.
4. Cuts them with FFmpeg, reframes to 9:16 and burns one line captions.
5. Saves the clips to [folder] and sends me a message in [Slack or email] with the links and the first line of each clip.
6. Never posts anything publicly. A human approves every clip.

First give me the node list in order, what each node does, and which credentials I need. Point out which steps need self hosted n8n. Only after I approve, write the workflow JSON I can import.
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