Late Night AI News - Automated Youtube Show Template

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Launch your own automated YouTube channel that creates and uploads comedy news videos 3x per week - completely hands-free.

🤖 WHAT IT DOES

• AI writes comedy scripts from real news headlines (Claude)

• AI generates professional voice-over (ElevenLabs)

• Auto-creates videos with news images and scrolling ticker

• Auto-uploads to your YouTube channel

• Runs on schedule: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at 6 PM

📦 WHAT YOU GET

✅ Ready-to-import n8n workflow

✅ Custom video creator service (Python/Flask)

✅ Docker deployment files

✅ Comprehensive setup guide

✅ Quick-start checklist

✅ No coding required

🎬 WHAT EACH VIDEO INCLUDES

• 3-4 minute comedy monologue about top news

• News images cycling through the video

• Scrolling headline ticker at bottom

• Professional audio quality

• Automatic YouTube upload with optimized titles

⚙️ REQUIREMENTS

Accounts needed (all have free tiers):

• n8n (cloud or self-hosted)

• Claude API (anthropic.com)

• ElevenLabs API (elevenlabs.io)

• News API (newsapi.org)

• YouTube/Google account

Hosting:

• DigitalOcean droplet ($6/month) OR

• Any VPS that can run Docker OR

• Your local computer (for testing)

💰 MONTHLY COSTS

• Server hosting: $6/month

• Claude API: ~$1.20/month

• ElevenLabs: ~$3.60/month

• News API: Free

• YouTube: Free

Total: ~$11/month to run

⏱️ SETUP TIME

1-2 hours for complete setup, then runs automatically forever

🎨 CUSTOMIZATION

Easily change:

• Schedule (when videos publish)

• Voice (100+ options)

• Tone and style

• Video length

• News topics

• Visual design

📧 SUPPORT

Email support with 48-hour response: scott@kickervida.com

✅ PERFECT FOR

• Content creators building a YouTube channel

• Digital marketers testing AI automation

• Entrepreneurs exploring passive content

• Anyone wanting to learn n8n + AI integration

🔧 TECHNICAL DETAILS

Built with:

• n8n (workflow automation)

• Claude Sonnet 4 (AI script writing)

• ElevenLabs (text-to-speech)

• FFmpeg (video creation)

• Python/Flask (custom API)

• Docker (easy deployment)

📜 LICENSE

For personal and commercial use. You may run unlimited instances, modify the workflow, and use for client work. You may NOT resell or redistribute this template.