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Daily YouTube Digest
Start your day with a personalized summary of new videos from your favorite YouTube channels — no more missing content from creators you actually want to follow.
Try This Prompt
Every morning at 8am, fetch the latest videos from these YouTube channels and give me a digest with key insights from each: - @TED - @Fireship - @ThePrimeTimeagen - @lexfridman For each new video (uploaded in the last 24-48 hours): 1. Get the transcript 2. Summarize the main points in 2-3 bullets 3. Include the video title, channel name, and link If a channel handle doesn't resolve, search for it and find the correct one. Save my channel list to memory so I can add/remove channels later.
Skills & Requirements
youtube-full
Installcron
Built-inEstimated setup time: ~5 min
Setup Guide
Pain Point
YouTube notifications are unreliable. You subscribe to channels, but their new videos never show up in your home feed. They're not in notifications. They just... disappear. This doesn't mean you don't want to see them — it means YouTube's algorithm buried them.
Plus: it's fun to start the day with curated content insights instead of doom-scrolling a recommendation feed.
What You Can Do
- Fetch the latest videos from a list of your favorite channels.
- Summarize or extract key insights from each video's transcript.
- Deliver a digest daily (or on demand) in your preferred format.
- Track videos by keyword to catch content across any channel.
- Deduplicate with
seen-videos.txtso you never waste credits re-fetching.
Skills You Need
Install the youtube-full skill:
npx clawhub@latest install youtube-fullOr just tell your OpenClaw:
"Install the youtube-full skill and set it up for me"The agent handles the rest — including account creation and API key setup. You get 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required.
After creating the account, the skill auto-stores the API key securely based on your OS, so the API works in all contexts.
Why TranscriptAPI.com over yt-dlp?
| CLI tools (yt-dlp, etc.) | TranscriptAPI |
|---|---|
| Verbose logs flood agent context | Clean JSON responses |
| Doesn't work on GCP/cloud OpenClaw | Works everywhere, fast |
| Gets blocked randomly by YouTube | Powers YouTubeToTranscript.com serving millions. Cached and reliable. |
| Requires binary installation | No binaries, just HTTP |
How to Set It Up
Option 1: Channel-based digest
Use the "Channel-Based" prompt above. Customize the channel list and schedule to your preference. The agent saves your channel list to memory so you can add/remove channels later.
Option 2: Keyword-based digest
Use the "Keyword-Based" prompt above. Track new videos about specific topics across any channel. The seen-videos.txt dedup pattern ensures you only pay for transcripts once.
Tips
channel/latestandchannel/resolveare free (0 credits) — checking for new uploads costs nothing.- Only transcripts cost 1 credit each.
- Ask for different digest styles: key takeaways, notable quotes, timestamps of interesting moments.
- Combine both modes: channel-based for creators you follow, keyword-based for topic discovery.
- This use case already exists as a product — see Recapio - Daily YouTube Recap for inspiration.
Deploy with ShipClaw
Skip the setup — get a fully managed OpenClaw instance ready to run this use case.
| Starter Plan | |
|---|---|
| Monthly | $49/mo |
| Infrastructure | 2 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 20 GB SSD |
| AI Credits | $10/mo included |
| Messaging | Telegram (Discord/Slack coming soon) |
Quick Start
- Sign up for Starter Plan ($49/month)
- Go to your Instances Dashboard and click Deploy New Instance
- Once deployed, use the sample prompt above to configure your agent
- Customize thresholds, schedules, and sources to fit your workflow
Starter's 2 GB RAM handles daily digest processing well. Upgrade to Pro if you track many channels or need parallel processing.
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