# YouTube

Каналы, видео, плейлисты, комментарии и аналитика YouTube

## Scenarios

### Channel and video statistics
The agent collects views, subscribers and video count, goes through video metadata and stats and shows what is pulling the channel up.

### Comments and replies
The agent reads fresh comment threads under a video, separates real questions from spam and publishes top-level replies.

### Playlists and subscriptions
The agent creates a playlist, adds the videos you want to it and subscribes to the channel you decided to follow.

### Captions and video breakdown
The agent takes the caption list for a video, downloads the SRT file and breaks down what was said without watching the whole thing.

## How to connect

### Pick the Google Account that owns a channel
Check your channel list: profile picture on youtube.com → "Settings" → "Account" → "Add or manage channel(s)". An account with no channel can only watch, subscribe and like — uploads, playlists and comments need a channel.

### Check your role in YouTube Studio
Open studio.youtube.com → "Settings" → "Permissions". Only the owner and managers can see who has access: if the section will not open, your role is not enough — ask the channel owner.

### Move the channel from Brand Account to permissions
If the channel is still managed through a Brand Account, click "Move Permissions" in "Permissions". Existing Brand Account users are copied into the list, but the owner assigns each of them a role manually.

### Grant the "Manager" role to whoever will connect
"Permissions" → "Invite" → the Google Account email → role. "Manager" covers everything except deleting the channel; "Viewer" leaves read-only access, so the agent will not be able to touch videos, playlists or comments.

## FAQ

### How do I connect YouTube?
By signing in with Google: click the connect button, pick the account that owns the channel in the popup and approve access. Nothing to type in by hand, no keys or tokens needed.

### What does the agent see in YouTube?
Your channel and its statistics, videos with metadata and metrics, playlists, comment threads, subscriptions, captions and video categories by region.

### Does the agent write to YouTube?
It can: create playlists and add videos to them, publish replies in comments, like videos and subscribe to channels.

### What role do I need on the channel?
The Manager role in YouTube Studio, which covers everything except deleting the channel. With the Viewer role the agent can only read.

[Open YouTube](https://studio.youtube.com)