AI YouTube Trend Explorer – n8n Automation Workflow with Gemini/ChatGPT

n8n template #5296

Summary

This n8n template helps you automatically discover, analyze, and track trending topics and videos on YouTube using an AI-powered agent. Use cases are many: This workflow is perfect for YouTube creators needing fresh video ideas, digital marketers scouting new campaign topics, social media managers who want to catch trends early, and researchers who want to analyze what’s viral. How It Works The workflow starts whenever a chat message is received (e.g., a trend question, a topic prompt, or a request for insights). Incoming chat is routed to the AI Agent – Trend Explorer node: First, the agent triggers the Workflow – YouTube Search tool to gather the latest trending topics and keywords from Yo

How to set it up

Open template #5296 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
Create a credential under Credentials → Add credential: OpenAI Chat Model. Then open each of those nodes and pick the credential.
Check the model in the AI Agent node. The template may point at a model your account can't use; swap it for one you have access to.
Click Execute workflow and step through each node's output to confirm the data looks right.
Toggle the workflow to Active so its trigger runs on its own.

Hand off to your agent

Prompt

Help me set up the n8n workflow "AI YouTube Trend Explorer – n8n Automation Workflow with Gemini/ChatGPT" (https://n8n.io/workflows/5296). It uses: AI Agent, OpenAI Chat Model, Simple Memory, Call n8n Workflow Tool. Import the template JSON into my n8n instance, list every credential I need to create, and walk me through testing it.

Paste into Claude Code and it will do the rest.

Apps and nodes

AI Agent OpenAI Chat Model Simple Memory Call n8n Workflow Tool

Questions

Yes. Agent Circle published it free on n8n.io as a verified creator, and it has 5,651 views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.

OpenAI Chat Model. The other 3 nodes are built into n8n.

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