Summarize new YouTube videos in Japanese and post them to Slack

Automatically summarizes new YouTube uploads into short Japanese summaries posted straight to Slack.

How the work actually flows

A straight line.

Pattern: Sequence (1)

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Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Messaging & NotificationsReporting & AnalyticsEducation & Training
Connects
YouTubeOpenAISlack

The problem it solves

Your team follows several creators or training channels, but nobody has time to watch every new video to catch the key points. If your team primarily works in Japanese, English summaries just add another translation step.

Who it fits

Teams following training channels, webinars, or multiple creators who want quick Japanese summaries.

How it works

  1. When a tracked YouTube channel uploads a new video, the system detects it
  2. It fetches the video transcript
  3. The transcript is cleaned and merged into one block of text
  4. GPT-4o-mini generates a short, natural Japanese summary
  5. The title, link, and summary are posted to a Slack channel
What you get

Video updates in Japanese without watching every upload

You get a short Japanese summary of every new video from the channels you follow, posted straight to Slack.

What you get

A Slack post with the video title, link, and a short Japanese summary.

What you need

A RapidAPI account for transcripts, an OpenAI API key, 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.

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