Create AI news videos with HeyGen avatars and auto-post to social media

Automatically generate short AI avatar videos based on trending news, then post them across social media platforms—fully automated using n8n, HeyGen, ChatGPT, and Blotato.

Tools & Services Used:

- n8n (Self-hosted required due to Community Nodes) - HeyGen (for creating AI avatar videos) - OpenAI (for script and caption generation) - Blotato (for social media distribution) - Hacker News (for sourcing trending articles)

Workflow Overview:

This automation performs the following steps:

1. Fetches trending news from Hacker News 2. Generates a short script using ChatGPT 3. Creates an AI avatar video with HeyGen 4. Generates platform-specific captions 5. Posts the content across social media with Blotato

Prerequisites:

Make sure you have active accounts and API keys for: