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YouTube

Automates your video distribution, tracks channel growth metrics, and manages metadata updates across your entire library without leaving your workflow.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native YouTube integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right YouTube calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your YouTube data, across all 47 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke YouTube access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in YouTube, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when YouTube is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach YouTube.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every YouTube action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on YouTube, and when to use it.

Get Channel Activities
Pull recent uploads, playlist additions, and likes from a specific channel to track activity.
Get channel ID by handle
Convert a public handle into a unique channel ID for use in other API calls.
Get Channel Statistics
Pull subscriber counts, total view counts, and video counts for a channel.
List captions
Retrieve available caption tracks for a specific video ID to check for translations.
List channel videos
Pull a list of all videos from a channel, filtered by video type.
List user playlists
Retrieve all playlists owned by the authenticated user account.
List user subscriptions
Pull a list of channels the authenticated user is currently subscribed to.
Download caption track
Pull the raw text content of a caption track owned by the authenticated user.
Search YouTube
Find videos, channels, or playlists using specific search terms.
Subscribe to channel
Use this to make the authenticated user subscribe to a specific channel ID.
Update thumbnail
Set a new custom thumbnail image for a video using a public URL.
Update video
Modify video metadata, including titles, descriptions, and tags.
Upload video
Push a video file from a path to a YouTube channel with initial metadata.
Video details
Pull specific snippet, content, or statistics data for a single video.
Download YouTube caption track
Downloads a specific youtube caption track, which must be owned by the authenticated user, and returns its content as text.

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven uses OAuth 2.0 to connect to your YouTube account. When you start the integration, you are redirected to the Google consent screen where you choose which account to use and approve the specific scopes required for video and channel management. We never see or store your Google password. Instead, we receive an encrypted refresh token that allows the agent to perform actions on your behalf. You can revoke this access at any time through your Google account security settings under Third party apps with account access, which immediately kills the connection and stops all active workflows.
Yes. You can build a workflow where a trigger in an app like Dropbox or Google Drive tells Ceven to pull the file and use the Upload video action. You can also map metadata from a spreadsheet or a project management tool so that the title, description, and privacy settings are set automatically during the upload process. The agent handles the file transfer to YouTube servers and can then notify you in Slack once the upload is complete and the video is processed by YouTube for public viewing.
Yes. Ceven is subject to the YouTube Data API v3 quota system. Each account is given a daily quota of units, and uploading a video is one of the most expensive operations in terms of quota cost. If you have a very high volume of uploads, you may hit the daily limit set by Google. If this happens, the agent will pause the workflow and notify you. For most creators, the default quota is sufficient, but enterprise users can request a quota increase directly from the Google Cloud Console to scale their operations.
The current integration focuses on channel management, video uploads, and metadata. While the agent can pull channel activities and video statistics, it does not currently have direct write access to post comments or replies. It can, however, be used to monitor channel activity so that you are alerted when new videos are posted or when statistics shift significantly. We are constantly expanding the toolset to include more community engagement features as we refine the permission models for social media agents.
No. Due to YouTube security and privacy restrictions, the Download caption track action only works for videos owned by the authenticated user. You cannot programmatically download captions from a video you do not own if the owner has restricted that access. This is a hard limitation of the YouTube API to prevent mass scraping of intellectual property. For your own videos, the agent can pull the text and send it to a LLM for summarization or repurposing into a blog post or social thread.
The agent uses the Update thumbnail action to change the cover image of a video. You must provide a direct URL to an image file. A common workflow is to have an image generation tool create a thumbnail, save it to a public bucket, and then pass that URL to Ceven. The agent then tells YouTube to replace the current thumbnail with the new one. This allows you to A B test thumbnails by scheduling changes and monitoring the view statistics for each version over a set period.
Yes. By combining the List user playlists action with the video management tools, you can automate how your content is categorized. For example, you can create a workflow that identifies all videos with a specific tag and ensures they are added to a corresponding playlist. This keeps your channel organized for viewers without you having to manually move videos one by one in the Studio dashboard. The agent can also pull lists of existing playlists to audit for outdated content or missing videos.
Currently, the integration is optimized for uploaded video content and channel statistics. While you can pull statistics for a live stream after it has ended and become a VOD, the agent cannot start a live stream or manage the live chat in real time. Most of the write actions are designed for the video library and channel metadata. If you need to update the title or description of a past stream to improve SEO, the Update video action works perfectly for those archived live broadcasts.

Alternatives to YouTube

Other tools that solve a similar problem. Ceven supports these too, so you can switch or run more than one at once.

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