Post an AI summary in Slack every time a YouTube channel uploads

Checks your favorite YouTube channels for new videos and posts a short AI-written summary straight to Slack.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per one per tracked channel.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

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Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsMessaging & NotificationsSpreadsheet & Database OpsResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
YouTubeGoogle SheetsSlackOpenAIRapidAPI

The problem it solves

You or your team don't have time to watch every video from the channels you follow for industry news or competitor updates. Important announcements get missed, or someone has to manually watch and recap them for the rest of the team.

Who it fits

Marketing, content, or sales teams that need to stay on top of competitor or industry YouTube channels.

How it works

  1. Checks your list of tracked YouTube channels every few minutes
  2. Spots any brand-new videos since the last check
  3. Pulls the video's subtitles and details
  4. AI writes a short summary of the key points
  5. Posts the summary directly into a Slack channel
What you get

Summaries waiting when a channel posts

You get a short summary posted straight to Slack whenever a channel you track uploads a new video.

What you get

A formatted Slack message summarizing each new video, with no duplicates.

What you need

A Google account for tracking channels, a Slack workspace, an OpenAI account, and a subtitle API subscription.

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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