YouTube Breakout Alerts in n8n: DeepSeek + Telegram Digest

YouTube Breakout Alerts—Automatic Trending + DeepSeek Scoring in n8n (Sent to Telegram)

Turn YouTube volatility into actionable insights. This n8n workflow runs daily, pulls trending and keyword-matched YouTube videos from the last 24 hours, scores their breakout potential using DeepSeek, and delivers alerts and a ranked digest directly to Telegram.

What this workflow does

• Runs on a daily schedule at 08:00.
• Fetches YouTube “most popular” for your configured region and performs keyword-based searches for your niche within the last 24 hours.
• Hydrates search results with video statistics via the YouTube Data API v3.
• Merges and deduplicates both result sets by video ID, then calculates momentum metrics (including views per hour and an engagement rate) plus a deterministic base score.
• Avoids repeat alerts by checking an n8n Data Table (skips already recorded videos) and upserts new videos as “seen”.
• Scores breakout potential with DeepSeek and generates an LLM breakout score + reason; if DeepSeek fails, it falls back to the deterministic score.
• Telegram delivery logic:
  • Immediately sends alert messages for videos at or above the alert threshold.
  • Aggregates mid-range videos into a ranked daily digest while ignoring anything below the digest threshold.

Use cases

• Monitor YouTube breakout opportunities for a content niche (marketing, product, creator research).
• Send your team daily Telegram alerts with LLM-assisted reasoning and ranked candidates.
• Track early momentum using views per hour and engagement to spot rising videos faster than manual browsing.

Technical details

• YouTube Data API v3 via n8n HTTP Query Auth credential (parameter name key)
• DeepSeek API for LLM breakout scoring (with deterministic fallback)
• n8n nodes/logic: set, code, no op, switch, telegram, aggregate
• Deduplication and state: n8n Data Table