🎬 Create AI screencast videos with Claude, VEED, OpenAI and automated slides

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Description

Create AI screencast videos with VEED and automated slides

Overview

This n8n workflow automatically generates presentation-style “screen recording” videos with AI-generated slides and a talking head avatar overlay. You provide a topic and intention, and the workflow handles everything: scriptwriting, slide generation, avatar creation, voiceover, and video composition.

Output: Horizontal (16:9) AI-generated videos with animated slides as the main content and a lip-synced avatar in picture-in-picture, ready for YouTube, LinkedIn, or professional presentations.

What It Does

Topic + Intention → Claude writes script → Parallel processing:
                                            ├── OpenAI generates avatar → ElevenLabs voiceover → VEED lip-sync
                                            └── FAL Flux Pro generates slides
                                          → Creatomate composites everything → Saved to Google Drive + logged to Sheets

Pipeline Breakdown

Required Connections

API Keys (entered in Configuration node)

> ⚠️ OpenAI Note: gpt-image-1 requires organization verification. Go to https://platform.openai.com/settings/organization/general to verify.

n8n Credentials (connect in n8n)

Configuration Options

Edit the ⚙️ Workflow Configuration node to customize:

{
  // 📝 CONTENT SETTINGS
  topic: "How AI is transforming content creation",
  intention: "informative",                    // informative, lead_generation, disruption
  brand_name: "YOUR_BRAND_NAME",
  target_audience: "sales teams and marketers",
  trending_hashtags: "#AIvideo #ContentCreation #VideoMarketing",
  
  // 🎨 SLIDE STYLE
  slide_style: "vibrant_colorful",            // See slide styles below
  
  // 🎥 VIDEO SETTINGS
  video_resolution: "720p",                   // VEED only supports 720p
  seconds_per_slide: 6,                       // How long each slide shows
  
  // 🖼️ BACKGROUND (Optional)
  background: "",                             // URL, gradient array, or empty
  
  // 🔑 API KEYS (Required)
  anthropic_api_key: "YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
  openai_api_key: "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY",
  elevenlabs_api_key: "YOUR_ELEVENLABS_API_KEY",
  creatomate_api_key: "YOUR_CREATOMATE_API_KEY",
  fal_api_key: "YOUR_FAL_API_KEY",
  
  // 🎤 VOICE SELECTION
  voice_selection: "susie",                   // cristina, enrique, susie, jeff, custom
  
  // 🎨 AVATAR OPTIONS (Optional)
  custom_avatar_description: "",              // Leave empty for AI-generated
  custom_avatar_image_url: "",                // Direct URL to use existing image
  
  // 📝 CUSTOM SCRIPT (Optional)
  custom_script: ""                           // Leave empty for AI-generated
}

Slide Style Options

Background Options

Voice Options

Intention Types

Custom Avatar & Script Options

Custom Avatar Description

Leave custom_avatar_description empty to let Claude decide, or provide your own:

custom_avatar_description: "female marketing influencer, cool, working in tech"

Examples:

• "a woman in her 20s with gym clothes"
• "a bearded man in his 30s wearing a hoodie"
• "a professional woman with glasses in business casual"

Custom Avatar Image URL

Skip avatar generation entirely by providing a direct URL:

custom_avatar_image_url: "https://example.com/my-avatar.png"

> Image should be portrait orientation, high quality, with the subject looking at camera.

Custom Script

Leave custom_script empty to let Claude write it, or provide your own:

custom_script: "This is my custom script. AI is changing how we create content..."

Guidelines for custom scripts:

• Keep it 25-40 seconds when read aloud (60-100 words)
• Avoid special characters for TTS compatibility
• Write naturally, as if speaking

Behavior Matrix

Video Layout

The final video uses a picture-in-picture (PiP) layout:

Without Background (Full Bleed)

┌─────────────────────────────────┬──────┐
│                                 │      │
│                                 │      │
│         SLIDES (78%)            │AVATAR│
│                                 │(22%) │
│                                 │      │
│                                 │      │
└─────────────────────────────────┴──────┘

With Background (Margins + Rounded Corners)

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ BG ┌───────────────────────────┐ ┌────┐ │
│    │                           │ │    │ │
│    │       SLIDES (74%)        │ │AVA │ │
│    │                           │ │TAR │ │
│    │                           │ │20% │ │
│    └───────────────────────────┘ └────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Output

Per Video Generated

Google Sheets Columns

Estimated Costs Per Video

> Costs vary based on script length and current API pricing.

Setup Checklist

Step 1: Import Workflow

• Import create-ai-screencast-videos-with-veed-and-automated-slides.json into n8n

Step 2: Configure API Keys

• Open the ⚙️ Workflow Configuration node
• Replace all YOUR_*_API_KEY placeholders with your actual API keys
• Verify your OpenAI organization at https://platform.openai.com/settings/organization/general

Step 3: Connect n8n Credentials

• Click on 🎬 Generate Talking Head (VEED) node → Add FAL.ai credential
• Click on 📤 Upload to Drive node → Add Google Drive OAuth2 credential
• Click on 📝 Log to Sheets node → Add Google Sheets OAuth2 credential

Step 4: Configure Storage

• Update the 📤 Upload to Drive node with your Google Drive folder URL
• Update the 📝 Log to Sheets node with your Google Sheets URL
• Create column headers in your Google Sheet (see Output section)

Step 5: Customize Content

• Update topic, brand_name, target_audience, and trending_hashtags
• Choose your preferred slide_style and voice_selection
• Optionally configure background, custom_avatar_description, and/or custom_script

Step 6: Test

• Execute the workflow
• Check Google Drive for the output video
• Verify metadata was logged to Google Sheets

MCP Integration (Optional)

This workflow can be exposed to Claude Desktop via n8n’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration.

To enable MCP:

1. Add a Webhook Trigger node to the workflow (in addition to the Manual Trigger)
2. Connect it to the ⚙️ Workflow Configuration node
3. Go to Settings → Instance-level MCP → Enable the workflow
4. Configure Claude Desktop with your n8n MCP server URL

Claude Desktop Configuration (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "n8n-mcp": {
      "command": "supergateway",
      "args": [
        "--streamableHttp",
        "https://YOUR_N8N_INSTANCE.app.n8n.cloud/mcp-server/http",
        "--header",
        "authorization:Bearer YOUR_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN"
      ]
    }
  }
}

> Note: Install supergateway globally first: npm install -g supergateway

Limitations & Notes

Technical Limitations

• tmpfiles.org: Temporary file URLs expire after ~1 hour. Final videos are safe in Google Drive.
• VEED processing: Takes 1-3 minutes for the talking head.
• Creatomate processing: Takes 30-60 seconds for composition.
• Total workflow time: ~3-5 minutes per video.

Content Considerations

• Scripts are optimized for 25-40 seconds (TTS-friendly)
• Avatar images are AI-generated (not real people)
• Slides are dynamically generated based on script length
• Slide count: 5-7 slides depending on script duration

Best Practices

1. Start simple: Test with default settings before customizing
2. Review scripts: Claude generates good content but review before posting
3. Monitor costs: Check API usage dashboards weekly
4. Use backgrounds: Adding a background image creates a more polished look
5. Match voice to content: Use Spanish voices for Spanish content

Troubleshooting

Version History

Credits

Built with:

• n8n - Workflow automation
• Anthropic Claude - Script & slide prompt generation
• OpenAI - Avatar image generation
• FAL.ai - Slide image generation (Flux Pro)
• ElevenLabs - Voice synthesis
• VEED Fabric - AI lip-sync video rendering
• Creatomate - Video composition
• Google Workspace - Storage & logging

🔗 Nodes Used

Google Sheets, HTTP Request, Google Drive

📥 Import

Download workflow.json and import into n8n: Workflow menu → Import from File

📖 Importing guide · 🔑 Credential setup