YouTube Videos to Viral X Threads by Keywords (using Gemini & Claude)

Who is this for? Content creators, marketers, and social media managers who want to turn high-performing YouTube videos into viral X (Twitter) threads using keywords (without manual research). Perfect for anyone looking to systematically create engaging social content from proven video sources.

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What problem does it solve? Finding viral content ideas and writing engaging threads is time-consuming and hit-or-miss. This workflow automates the entire process: discovers high-performing YouTube videos based on your keywords, extracts key insights using AI, and generates multiple viral thread variations using proven patterns from 12.5M+ view threads.

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How it works

| | Node | Purpose | |---|------|---------| | 1 | Form Trigger | Captures your keyword, target audience, and content type preferences. | | 2 | YouTube Video Search | Finds recent videos (April 2025+) matching your keyword, sorted by view count. | | 3 | Get Video Statistics | Fetches detailed metrics (views, engagement) for discovered videos. | | 4 | Filter High-Performers | Keeps only videos with 100K+ views and excludes YouTube Shorts. | | 5 | Top 5 Selection | Limits to the best 2 videos to focus on proven winners. | | 6 | Save Video Candidates | Logs discovered videos to Google Sheets for manual approval. | | 7 | Wait & Check Approval | Pauses 30 seconds, then checks which videos you marked "Yes" for thread generation. | | 8 | Video Analysis (Gemini) | Uses Google's Gemini AI to extract key insights, tools, and strategies from approved videos. | | 9 | Thread Generation (Claude) | Applies viral thread database patterns to create 3 distinct thread variations using Claude Sonnet 4. | | 10 | Structure & Save Threads | Formats the generated threads and saves them back to Google Sheets for review and posting. |

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Setup steps