Monitor YouTube channels and publish VideoDB AI summaries to Notion

Description

This n8n template demonstrates how to monitor YouTube channels and create AI-generated summaries in Notion.
It helps you build a searchable video knowledge base without watching every new upload manually.

Who’s it for

Research teams tracking industry content
PR professionals monitoring brand mentions, product reviews, and industry news for daily press briefings
Content teams building internal learning libraries

Good to know

The workflow uses RSS, so it triggers when new feed items appear.
Long videos may take more time to process and summarize.
Make sure your VideoDB account has enough balance before running this workflow. Track usage rates at console.videodb.io/dashboard/usage.

How it works

An RSS trigger watches a YouTube channel feed.
New video links are sent to VideoDB for upload and transcription.
VideoDB summarizes the transcript into key points.
n8n creates a Notion database entry with title, link, and summary.
Your Notion workspace becomes a continuously updated content archive.

How to use

Add credentials for VideoDB and Notion.
Set your target YouTube RSS URL in the trigger node.
Configure the Notion database ID and field mapping.
Test with a sample feed item, then activate the workflow.

Requirements

VideoDB API key (Get one here)
Notion workspace with API access
YouTube channel RSS feed URL ( You can checkout websites such as https://tubepilot.ai/tools/youtube-rss-feed-generator/ for getting the RSS Feed for any YT Channel )
n8n instance (cloud or self-hosted)

Customising this workflow

Track multiple channels by adding more RSS triggers.
Change the AI prompt for shorter or more detailed summaries.
Add topic tags or sentiment fields in Notion.
Send Slack updates when a new summary is created.

Disclaimer:
This workflow uses VideoDB's Verified Community Node and will only work on self-hosted n8n instances.