Google Sheets to Gemini AI Missing Prompt/Topic

[Jorge_Chumaceiro]

Hello everyone,

I’m hoping to get some assistance with a scenario I’m building. I’m trying to create a workflow that uses Google Sheets to feed topics to the Google Gemini AI module, which will then generate a video script. The goal is to automate the creation of educational video scripts for YouTube and other platforms.

I’m running into two main issues:

Problem 1: The topic is not being passed to the Gemini module.

• My workflow starts with a “Watch New Rows” module from Google Sheets.

• I’ve correctly mapped the “Video Topic” column from my sheet to the Text field in the Google Gemini AI module.

• When I run the scenario, the Gemini AI module receives a blank input for the topic, and the prompt returns a “missing the topic” error.

• I can confirm the Google Sheets module is correctly outputting the topic data (e.g., “7 Patterns of AI”).

Problem 2: The Gemini AI output is not being recognized by the next module.

• After manually hardcoding the topic in the Gemini module (which works), the subsequent module (an “Update a Row” module for Google Sheets) does not recognize the generated script output from the Gemini module.

• When I try to map the Gemini AI output to the “Script” column in my sheet, the field appears blank in the test run.

I’m new to Make.com and am struggling to understand why the data isn’t being passed between these modules, especially when the initial modules appear to be receiving the correct data.

Has anyone encountered this issue before or have any suggestions on how to properly pass data from Google Sheets to Gemini, and then pass Gemini’s response to another Google Sheets module?

Thank you in advance for any help!

[samliew]

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[Jorge_Chumaceiro]

Hello Samliew,

Thank you for helping me on this. Since I am not able to export my scenario I will try to guide you with some screenshots:

1- Screenshot of the whole scenario.

2- A Screenshot of the first Google Sheets. This will display the table that I am using.

2b- The inside of the Google Sheet. You will see that I am adding the Topic: 7 patterns of AI.

3- Google Gemini AI (Set Up).

4- Google Gemini AI (Google Sheets Topic Field Mapped). You can see that I am calling (mapping) the Topic Field from the Google Sheets.

5- Gemini Input

5- Gemini Input.txt (860 Bytes)

6- Gemini Output

6- Gemini Output.txt (2.3 KB)

7- Google Gemini AI Missing Topic Field.

[samliew]

You cannot individually run a single module if you don’t have example values of the “Data”, which you must input into the prompt when you manually run a single module.

Try running the full scenario instead by clicking the “Run Once” button:

For more information, see these duplicate questions previously asked and answered by other community members:

• Missing Values While Processing Google Forms Data
• Not able to use webhook data
• Make not recognizing value of a variable

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew