Integration · Marketing, SEO, and social

YouTube AI agents for your channel

Brainwrite connects YouTube to your AI agents so they can read captions, channel and video statistics, and comment threads, and update titles, descriptions, playlists, and thumbnails. A bot can turn a video's captions into a blog post or show notes. Replying to comments and uploading videos wait for an approval card unless you've allowed them.

Brainwrite · YouTube

Download the captions for my latest YouTube video, write show notes with five timestamps, and suggest a clearer title. Don't change anything on YouTube yet.

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You connect YouTube once. Your Chief of Staff puts a bot on it.

  • Search YouTube and read video details in batches
  • Read caption tracks and download captions
  • Read channel statistics and recent activity
  • List comment threads and reply to comments (waits for an approval card unless you've allowed it)Waits for you
  • Update a video's title, description, and thumbnailWaits for you
An illustrated example. Actions that change something wait for your approval in Ask mode.

In YouTube

What your bots can do in YouTube.

  • Search YouTube and read video details in batches
  • Read caption tracks and download captions
  • Read channel statistics and recent activity
  • List comment threads and reply to comments (waits for an approval card unless you've allowed it)
  • Update a video's title, description, and thumbnail
  • Create playlists and add videos to them
  • Upload a video (waits for an approval card unless you've allowed it)
Ask your team · YouTube
Download the captions for my latest YouTube video, write show notes with five timestamps, and suggest a clearer title. Don't change anything on YouTube yet.

Chief of Staff

  • Video to article
  • Comment triage
  • Channel report

Changes in YouTube wait for your approval in Ask mode

Jobs

Jobs your team does with YouTube.

Video to article

A bot downloads a video's captions and drafts a blog post or show notes with timestamps.

Comment triage

A routine reads new comments, groups questions, and drafts replies for the ones worth answering.

Channel report

A bot reads channel and video statistics and lists which uploads drew the most views and comments this month.

Set up

How to connect YouTube.

  1. 01

    Open Connected apps

    In Brainwrite, choose Connected apps in the sidebar. The official app sets up the connection service for you; there's no key to paste.

  2. 02

    Search for YouTube

    Find YouTube and choose Connect. You can add more than one account later and label each, such as work or a client.

  3. 03

    Sign in in your browser

    Finish YouTube's own sign-in in your normal browser. The access token stays with the connection service and never enters a bot's prompt.

  4. 04

    Choose which bots get it

    In each bot's settings, give it all tools, an exact list, or none. Imported bots start with none, so nothing reaches your account by surprise.

The Apps catalog: Slack, GitHub, Gmail, Google Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Drive, Notion, Linear, Sentry, PostHog and Discord, each with Connect.

FAQ

Brainwrite and YouTube: questions

How do I connect YouTube to Brainwrite?

Open Connected apps, search for YouTube, and choose Connect. Google's sign-in opens in your browser; choose the account that owns the channel and approve. If you run several channels, connect each with its own label. The token stays with Composio, never in a prompt.

Can I stop a bot from deleting or uploading YouTube videos?

Yes. In the bot's settings under Connected apps, set YouTube to an exact list such as video details, captions, comment threads, and statistics. Leave out upload, delete, and update tools. Ungranted tools are never offered to that bot's model.

Can a bot research other channels on YouTube?

Yes. The search and video details tools work on public videos, so a bot can list what competitors published this month and read their view counts. Captions for videos you don't own may not be downloadable through the API, so the bot will say when it can't get them.

Give your AI team YouTube.

Download the app, connect the AI you already pay for, and tell your Chief of Staff what needs doing.

macOS today. Windows and Linux are coming soon.