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YouTube, worked by an AI employee

Not another app for your team to learn, and not a set of rules for you to build. You hire an AI employee, you give it access to your YouTube account, and you ask it for things in Slack or Teams the way you would ask anyone else on the team. There is nothing to map and nothing to maintain.

  • Video & Audio
  • Signs in to your account
  • 14 ready-made tools
  • Asked in Slack or Teams
At work

An illustration of how the conversation reads, not a transcript from a client account.

What YouTube is

YouTube is a video-sharing platform with user-generated content, live streaming, and monetization opportunities, widely used for marketing, education, and entertainment

You sign in with your own YouTube account, the same way you already do. We never see or hold your password.

It can also be told by YouTube when something happens, rather than only doing things when you ask.

How a run works

One message in, the work done in YouTube.

  1. 01

    You ask

    You message your AI employee in the chat your team already has open, in one sentence, in your own words.

  2. 02

    It works out the step

    It decides what the job needs in YouTube. You do not pick anything from a menu or wire anything together.

  3. 03

    It does the work

    Signed in to your own YouTube account, inside the access you granted it, doing the thing you asked for.

  4. 04

    It reports back

    It tells you what it did, in the same thread. If it could not do something, it says so rather than guessing.

14 tools it already has

What it can do in YouTube

These are the ready-made tools your AI employee already has in YouTube. It is not limited to them, but it never has to be taught these.

  • Download YouTube caption trackDownloads a specific youtube caption track, which must be owned by the authenticated user, and returns its content as text.
  • Get Channel ActivitiesGets recent activities from a youtube channel including video uploads, playlist additions, likes, and other channel events.
  • Get channel ID by handleRetrieves the youtube channel id for a specific youtube channel handle.
  • Get Channel StatisticsGets detailed statistics for youtube channels including subscriber counts, view counts, and video counts.
  • List captionsRetrieves a list of caption tracks for a youtube video, returning an empty list if no captions exist or failing if the video id is invalid or not found.
  • List channel videosLists videos from a specified youtube channel, ensuring results are of type: 'video'.
  • List user playlistsRetrieves playlists owned by the authenticated user, implicitly using mine=true.
  • List user subscriptionsRetrieves the authenticated user's youtube channel subscriptions, allowing specification of response parts and pagination.
  • Search YouTubeSearches youtube for videos, channels, or playlists using a query term, returning the raw api response.
  • Subscribe to channelSubscribes the authenticated user to a specified youtube channel, identified by its unique channelid which must be valid and existing.
  • Update thumbnailSets the custom thumbnail for a youtube video using an image from thumbnailurl; the authenticated user must have permission to edit the video.
  • Update videoUpdates metadata for a youtube video identified by videoid, which must exist; an empty list for tags removes all existing tags.
  • Upload videoUploads a video from a local file path to a youtube channel; the video file must be in a youtube-supported format.
  • Video detailsRetrieves specified information parts (e.g., snippet, contentdetails, statistics) for a youtube video, identified by its id.
4 things it can watch for

What YouTube can tell it about

It does not only wait to be asked. These are the things YouTube can tell your AI employee about the moment they happen, so it can act without anyone noticing first.

  • New Item in YouTube PlaylistA new item is added to a YouTube playlist.
  • New Playlist in YouTube ChannelA new playlist is added to a YouTube channel.
  • New YouTube ActivityA new activity is detected on a YouTube channel.
  • New YouTube Channel SubscriptionA new channel is subscribed.
Access, and who is in charge of it

You stay the boss of your YouTube account.

Nothing connects until you approve it. You grant access one app at a time, you can take it back the same way, and everything your AI employee does in there is written down where you can see it.

How we handle your data
  • It signs in to your own YouTube account. You are not moving anything into ours.
  • You grant access one app at a time, and you can take it back the same way.
  • Everything it does in YouTube is written down, with what it did and when.
  • Anything you tell it to check with you first, it checks with you first.
Other apps in the same corner of the business

It works in YouTube and the rest of your software in the same job

A real job rarely stays in one place. Reading a message in one app, checking a record in another and writing the result in a third is one request to your AI employee, not three.

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Questions people ask about YouTube

Can an AI employee really work inside YouTube?
Yes. It signs in to your own YouTube account and works in it the way a new hire would, from the chat your team already has open. Nobody installs anything, and nobody learns a new screen.
Do I have to move anything out of YouTube?
No. Nothing moves and nothing is replaced. Your records stay in YouTube, your team carries on in the same screens they used yesterday, and your AI employee works alongside them in there.
How does it get into my YouTube account?
You sign in with your own YouTube account, the same way you already do. We never see or hold your password. You approve it before anything connects, and you can take the access back the same way you gave it.
What can it actually do in YouTube?
It has 14 ready-made tools in YouTube today, among them Download YouTube caption track, Get Channel Activities and Get channel ID by handle. The full list is on this page. It is not limited to those, but it never has to be taught them.
Can it use YouTube and the rest of my software in the same job?
Yes, and that is usually the point. Reading a message in one app, checking a record in YouTube and writing the result somewhere else is one request to your AI employee, not three separate ones you stitch together.
Who decides what it is allowed to do in YouTube?
You do. You grant access one app at a time and can withdraw it at any time, anything you ask it to check with you first it checks with you first, and everything it does in YouTube is written down with what it did and when.