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Generate Twitter/X Captions from Google Drive Images using Cloudinary & GPT-4o-mini

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Created by: Rahul Joshi || rahul08

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Turn images into viral-ready Twitter/X captions in seconds!

This n8n automation watches a Google Drive folder for new images, uploads them to Cloudinary, and uses Azure OpenAI (GPT-4o-mini) to generate engaging, platform-optimized captions.
Each caption package includes:

  • Punchy headlines and primary tweets (≤280 characters)
  • Mini tweet threads with insights & actions
  • Hashtags, @mentions & posting time recommendations
  • HTML email delivery for quick publishing

Perfect for social media managers, creators, and marketing teams who want to speed up content creation while keeping posts high-quality and on-brand.

Step-by-Step Workflow:

📂 Google Drive Trigger (Google Drive Trigger Node)

  • Watches a specific folder for new or updated image files.
  • Instantly starts the workflow on detection.

📥 File Download (Google Drive Node)

  • Downloads the new file from Google Drive for processing.

☁️ Cloud Upload (HTTP Request Node → Cloudinary)

  • Uploads the image to Cloudinary.
  • Returns a publicly accessible URL for AI analysis.

🧠 AI Caption Generation (LangChain + Azure OpenAI GPT-4o-mini)
Analyzes the image and produces:

  • Short headline & primary tweet
  • A 3-part tweet thread (Hook → Insight → Action)
  • Alt text for accessibility
  • Suggested first-reply content
  • 10–12 optimized hashtags
  • Recommended @mentions
  • Ideal posting times (IST)

📧 Email Delivery (SMTP Node)
Sends a professionally formatted HTML email with:

  • The analyzed image
  • All generated Twitter/X content blocks
  • Key visual summary
  • Feature & user targeting notes

Perfect For:

  1. Social Media Managers – Automate caption creation for client accounts.
  2. Content Creators – Turn visuals into instantly postable Twitter/X threads.
  3. Marketing Teams – Maintain consistency & posting frequency without manual work.
  4. Built With:
  5. Google Drive API – File monitoring & download
  6. Cloudinary API – Image hosting & URL generation
  7. Azure OpenAI GPT-4o-mini – AI caption creation & formatting
  8. n8n LangChain Integration – Structured AI prompt execution
  9. SMTP Email – Automated content delivery

Key Benefits:

✅ Save hours on manual caption writing.
📈 Boost engagement with AI-optimized hashtags & post timing.
🧠 Get both short posts & full threads ready to publish.
⚡ Fully automated — runs whenever you upload a file.