Turn Three Articles into a Narrated News Bulletin

Paste three article URLs and get one narrated bulletin, a clip for each story, a digest pin, link cards and post copy

Extract Article
Voiceover
Narrated Slideshow
Story Title
Concat Videos

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What Does This Workflow Do?

This workflow turns three news articles into a complete bulletin. You give it three article links, a bulletin name and the date. It reads each article, writes a short script, records a voiceover, adds captions and music, and joins an opening and the three stories into one vertical video. It also makes the cards and the text to share.

  • One narrated bulletin (9:16, 1080x1920) with an opening rundown, three stories, captions and music, for Reels, Shorts and TikTok.
  • Three story clips (9:16, 1080x1920), one for each story, with captions and music.
  • A digest pin (2:3, 1000x1500) for Pinterest with the bulletin name, the date and three headlines.
  • Three link cards (1.91:1, 1200x630) with a photo, a headline and the source.
  • Post copy: a newsletter intro, an Instagram caption and a YouTube Shorts title.

You choose the three articles, the name of the bulletin and the date.

Customize Your Templates

Every template in this workflow is yours to edit. Add your own logo, change the colors and fonts, move the layers or change the dimensions. Your next run uses the new design.

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Multiple Ways to Run

Run this workflow yourself in the app, or start it from your own code, your other apps or an AI assistant.

In the App

Install the workflow, fill in its inputs in your dashboard and run it. You can also share a form so that other people can run it.

By API

Send the workflow uid and its inputs to one endpoint. The run continues in the background and returns the finished files.

From Zapier

Start a run when something happens in another app, such as a new row in a sheet or a new form entry.

From an AI Assistant

Connect Claude or Cursor to the Bannerbear MCP server, and then ask it to run the workflow with your data.

Add / Edit Steps

This workflow is a starting point. Add, remove or reorder steps to make it do more. Each Bannerbear tool can be a step, with over 25 tools on offer.

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  • Generate AI Video
  • Generate AI Image
  • Generate Voiceover
  • Generate Music
  • Auto Subtitles
  • Find Moments
  • Remove Background
  • Generate Text
  • Extract Article
  • Trim Video
  • Join Videos
  • Resize Video
  • Crop Video
  • Overlay Video
  • Add Image Overlay
  • Add or Replace Audio
  • Add Cover Art
  • Create Video Slideshow
  • Create Narrated Slideshow
  • Apply Color Filter
  • Soften Video
  • Create GIF Preview
  • Video Thumbnails
  • Create Multi-Page PDF
  • Flatten PDF for Print
  • PDF to Image
  • Render Spreadsheet
  • Lay Out Print Sheet

Questions About This Workflow

The common questions about this workflow, and their answers

Which parts of this workflow use AI?

AI writes the scripts, the opening text, the three headlines of the rundown and the post copy. AI also records the voiceovers and makes the music. The layouts, the titles and the cards come from templates.

In which order do the stories play?

The bulletin plays the opening first. Then it plays the stories in the order of your links, with a badge that shows Story 1 of 3, Story 2 of 3 and Story 3 of 3.

Can I use one story on its own?

Yes. The workflow makes a separate clip for each story, with its own title, captions and music. The clip is the same story as in the bulletin.

Does the script only use facts from my articles?

The prompts ask for only facts from the article, and for no opinion. AI can still make a mistake, so check each number and name before you publish.

How much does one run cost?

The example run on this page used 124 API credits and 18.8 AI credits. The cost of a run can change with your input, for example the length of a video or the number of rows in a spreadsheet. There is no charge for the workflow itself.

Can this workflow run without me?

Yes. You do not have to open the app to run it. You can start it from your own code with the API, from a Zap in Zapier, or from an AI assistant that is connected to the Bannerbear MCP server. Each run takes your data and gives you the finished files.

Can I change the workflow after I install it?

Yes. The install gives you your own copy of the workflow and of its templates. You can change the templates, such as the colors, fonts and logo, and you can change the steps of the workflow.

How do I know when a run is finished?

A run is not instant, so the API answers at once, and the run continues in the background. Ask for the run to see its status. The status is queued, running, completed or failed. When the run is completed, it lists its outputs.

What is a workflow?

A sequence of steps that runs as one thing. Each step is an image render, an animation render, or a tool — and a step can use the output of an earlier step as its input.

How do I pass data into a workflow?

Define its inputs, then supply them when you run it. Steps reference those inputs the same way they reference each other’s outputs.

How do I run a workflow from the API?

POST to the workflow’s run endpoint with its inputs. The run is queued and reports progress as each step completes.

Can I run the same workflow with different data?

That is the point of inputs. Define the parts that change — a headline, an image URL, a name — and supply them per run.

Can I see what a run is doing?

Yes. Each run records every step, its inputs, its outputs and how long it took, so a failure points at the step that caused it rather than the whole workflow.

What happens if a step fails?

The run stops there and the failure is recorded against that step, with the outputs of the steps that already succeeded still available.

How long can a workflow take?

As long as its steps need — video work is not instant, and a workflow with several video steps takes minutes rather than seconds. Use the run’s progress or a webhook rather than holding a request open.

What happens when I install a published workflow?

The workflow and its bundled templates are copied into your workspace, and the steps are rewritten to point at your copies rather than the originals.

How many workflows can I have?

Three on a trial. They are counted per workspace.

How is a workflow different from an integration?

A workflow decides what gets made. An integration decides what triggers it and where the result goes. They are often used together.

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