Auto-post X videos with OpenRouter AI captions & Google Sheets deduplication
Streamline your content curation by automatically fetching videos from specific X accounts and generating unique, on-brand captions using OpenRouter AI. This robust workflow utilizes Google Sheets to prevent duplicate posts and maintain a detailed log of your social media activity. It offers a hands-off solution for marketers looking to maintain a consistent and engaging video presence on X with minimal manual effort.
Run this with your team's AIWhat This Recipe Does
Maintaining a consistent social media presence requires a constant stream of high-quality content, but manually monitoring sources and reformatting posts is time-consuming. This automation streamlines your content pipeline by automatically identifying, filtering, and republishing video content from specified sources to X (formerly Twitter). The workflow monitors targeted accounts, cross-references a database to ensure no duplicate content is posted, and uses AI to generate fresh, engaging captions tailored for your audience. By removing the manual burden of content curation and caption writing, this system ensures your social feeds remain active and relevant around the clock. It transforms a manual four-step process—discovery, verification, creative writing, and posting—into a single, hands-off operation. This allows marketing teams to scale their reach and maintain high engagement levels without increasing their daily workload or headcount.
What your team gets
Forms and dashboards, so it is not a script only one person understands
Runs on your schedule in the cloud, so it does not stop when a laptop closes
Endpoints, so the rest of your stack can trigger the same work
DaySchedule, Google Sheets connected for the team, not per person
How It Works
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Open the recipe and connect your accounts
Connect DaySchedule and Google Sheets once, in your team cloud, and nobody has to do it again on their own machine
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Tell your own agent what is different about your process
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, whichever your team already uses. It adapts the recipe to how you actually work
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Run it, then leave it running
It lives in your team cloud, so it keeps going after you close the laptop and every teammate's AI can use it
Who Uses This
- Content curators who need to aggregate and share industry-relevant videos while maintaining a unique brand voice through AI-generated commentary.
- Social media managers responsible for multi-account management who want to automate the distribution of verified video content without manual oversight.
- Digital marketers looking to repurpose high-performing video content from partner accounts to increase engagement and follower growth on X.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the system prevent posting the same video twice?
The automation integrates with Google Sheets to maintain a permanent log of previously processed videos, checking every new find against this database before proceeding.
Can I control the tone and style of the AI-generated captions?
Yes, the AI logic can be customized within the workflow to match your specific brand voice, whether you prefer professional, humorous, or analytical captions.
Do I need to manually trigger the automation every day?
No, the workflow includes a schedule trigger that allows you to set specific intervals for the automation to run, ensuring your feed is updated consistently without manual intervention.
Is it possible to track which videos were posted and when?
The connected Google Sheet acts as a comprehensive audit log, recording every video processed and the status of the post for easy reporting and performance tracking.
Coming from n8n?
This recipe uses nodes like ScheduleTrigger, HttpRequest, Code, GoogleSheets and 6 more. On Runwork, you don't need to learn n8n's workflow syntax. Describe what you want to your own AI agent in plain English.
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