Summarize new YouTube videos and share approved posts to Reddit

It watches a YouTube channel, summarizes new videos with AI, and posts approved summaries to Reddit.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Every path runs; a person has to approve before it continues.

Pattern: Parallel Split (2)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceA personEvery pathResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsMessaging & NotificationsSpreadsheet & Database OpsReporting & Analytics
Connects
YouTubeOpenAISlackGoogle SheetsReddit

The problem it solves

You want to share interesting videos with your community, but writing a summary for every new upload takes time you don't have, and posting inconsistently means your audience loses interest. Keeping track of what's already been shared adds even more manual work.

Who it fits

Content curators and community managers who share video highlights with an online audience.

How it works

  1. A new video appears on the monitored YouTube channel
  2. AI reads the video details and writes a short summary
  3. The summary is logged to a spreadsheet and sent to Slack for review
  4. Once approved, the summary is posted to Reddit automatically
What you get

Summaries ready for your final approval

You get concise summaries of every new video from your channel, sent to you for a quick look before anything goes out to Reddit.

What you get

A published Reddit post summarizing the video, plus a logged record in a spreadsheet.

What you need

A YouTube Data API key, an OpenAI API key, a Slack workspace, a Google Sheets account, and a Reddit developer account.

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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