Overview

Use the YouTube connector to streamline admin and creative tasks: follow up on video uploads, manage your audience, and delegate tasks to custom AI agents.

Build YouTube Automations

Using the YouTube connector as part of your automation flows allows you to optimize video management and enhance audience engagement.

💡 Note: Visit our Automation Guide to learn more.

Add YouTube as an Action

Go to the Automations tab in your workspace or folder.
Click ➕ Create automation.
Select the Add from scratch tile.

Click ➕ Add Step and choose one of the YouTube actions from the list.

Specify the conditions for the action (if applicable).

(Optional) Add more steps to the automation.
Click Save changes in the top-right corner.
Toggle the automation on in the top-right corner.

Add YouTube as a Trigger

Follow the steps from the first section to create an automation.
Click ➕ Add Trigger and choose one of the YouTube triggers from the list.

Specify the conditions for the trigger (if applicable).

(Optional) Add more steps to the automation.
Click Save changes in the top-right corner.
Toggle the automation on in the top-right corner.

YouTube Triggers

Trigger	Description
New Video	Triggers when new videos are detected. Monitors channel IDs, URLs, or handles.

YouTube Actions

Action	Description
Transcribe a YouTube video	Transcribe new YouTube videos and store the text for content creation or analysis.

YouTube Automation Settings

Connector options give you full control over the YouTube automation:

Field	Required?	Description
Channel ID, URL, or Handle	Yes	Choose sources to monitor: channel IDs, URLs, or handles.
YouTube URL	Yes	The YouTube video URL to extract transcriptions.

Use Cases

Not sure how to use the YouTube connector? Here are a few ideas:

Transcribe and analyze YouTube video	✅ Trigger: `New Video (YouTube)` ➡️ Action: `Transcribe YouTube Video` ➡️ Action: `Generate with AI` to extract key insights
Notify team on slack for new video upload	✅ Trigger: `New Video` ➡️ Action: `Create Task` to review engagement ➡️ Action: `Send Channel Message (Slack)`
Create a Google Docs summary for new videos	✅ Trigger: `New Video (YouTube)` ➡️ Action: `Transcribe YouTube Video` ➡️ Action: `Create Document (Google Docs)` ➡️ Action: `Append Text` to summarize video content
Post a video summary on WordPress	✅ Trigger: `New Video (YouTube)` ➡️ Action: `Transcribe YouTube Video` ➡️ Action: `Run Agent Command (Copywriter Agent)` ➡️ Action: `Create Post (WordPress)`
Send email notification for new video	✅ Trigger: `New Video (YouTube)` ➡️ Action: `Send Email (Gmail)` ➡️ Action: `Add Task` to follow up on viewer comments
Create social media posts for new video	✅ Trigger: `New Video (YouTube)` ➡️ Action: `Transcribe YouTube Video` ➡️ Action: `Run Agent Command (Copywriter Agent)` ➡️ Action: `Create Post (X/Twitter)` ➡️ Action: `Create Share Update (LinkedIn)` ➡️ Action: `Create Page Post (Facebook)`