Curate daily space videos from NASA and post to Slack for approval

Every morning it finds a matching video for NASA's daily space photo and lets you approve it in Slack before saving to YouTube.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4)

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Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Messaging & NotificationsEducation & Training
Connects
NASAOpenAIYouTubeSlack

The problem it solves

You want to share something interesting with your team or students each day, but finding a good, accurate space video takes time you don't have. Most days it just doesn't happen, so the habit fades.

Who it fits

Educators, community managers, and space enthusiasts who want a daily science discussion starter without the research.

How it works

  1. Every morning, the system pulls that day's featured photo and description from NASA
  2. AI figures out the core topic and searches YouTube for a matching, high-quality video
  3. A preview is sent to Slack with Approve and Skip buttons
  4. If you approve it, the video is saved to your YouTube playlist
  5. You get a growing, curated playlist without doing the research yourself
What you get

A curated space video ready for one-click approval

You get a matching video for each day's NASA photo, sent to Slack for a quick approve before it's saved to YouTube.

What you get

A daily preview in Slack and, once approved, a new video added to your YouTube playlist.

What you need

A NASA API key, an OpenAI API key, a YouTube account, and a Slack workspace.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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