Connect YouTube with Hookshot™ and your stack

YouTube is a video-sharing platform with user-generated content, live streaming, and monetization opportunities, widely used for marketing, education, and entertainment

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Tools and triggers

What Agents can do in YouTube

Available tools and events after YouTube is connected.

  • Add Video to Playlist

    Tool to add a video to a playlist by inserting a playlist item. Use when organizing videos into playlists or building curated collections.

  • Create Playlist

    Tool to create a new YouTube playlist on the authenticated user's channel. Use when organizing videos into collections or building curated playlists.

  • Delete Channel Section

    Tool to delete a YouTube channel section. Use when you need to remove a channel section from a channel. The channel section must exist and the authenticated user must have permission to delete it.

  • Delete Comment

    Tool to delete a YouTube comment owned by the authenticated user or channel. Use when you need to remove a comment from a video. The comment must exist and be owned by the authenticated channel.

  • Delete Playlist

    Tool to delete a YouTube playlist owned by the authenticated user/channel. Use when you need to permanently remove a playlist from YouTube. Requires explicit confirmation via `confirmDelete: true` to prevent accidental…

  • Delete Playlist Item

    Tool to delete a playlist item (remove a video from a playlist). Use when removing specific videos from playlists.

  • Delete Video

    Tool to delete a YouTube video owned by the authenticated user/channel. Use when you need to permanently remove a video from YouTube. Requires explicit confirmation via `confirmDelete: true` to prevent accidental…

  • Download YouTube Caption Track

    Downloads a specific YouTube caption track, which must be owned by the authenticated user, and returns its content as text. Note: This action requires you to own the video (YouTube Data API v3 restriction). Non-owned…

  • Get Channel Activities

    Gets recent activities from a YouTube channel including video uploads, playlist additions, likes, and other channel events.

  • Get Channel ID by Handle

    Retrieves the YouTube Channel ID for a specific YouTube channel handle.

  • Get Channel Statistics

    Gets detailed statistics for YouTube channels including subscriber counts, view counts, and video counts. Channels can be identified using their ID, handle (e.g., @Google), or username.

  • Get Video Rating

    Retrieves the ratings that the authorized user gave to a list of specified videos. Use when you need to check if a user has liked or disliked specific videos.

  • Insert Channel Section

    Tool to create a new channel section for the authenticated user's YouTube channel. Use when organizing channel content into sections like featured playlists, recent uploads, or featured channels.

  • Insert Comment Reply

    Tool to create a reply to an existing YouTube comment. Use when responding to user comments or engaging in conversations on videos.

  • List Captions

    Retrieves a list of caption tracks for a YouTube video. Returns an empty items list if no captions are available. Raises ExecutionFailed if the video ID is invalid or not found.

  • List Channel Sections

    Tool to retrieve channel sections from YouTube. Use when you need to get the layout sections of a channel's homepage. Channel sections organize content into categories like playlists, uploads, or featured channels.

  • List Channel Videos

    Lists videos from a specified YouTube channel. This action primarily uses the playlistItems.list endpoint with the channel's uploads playlist, which is the recommended approach by YouTube. The uploads playlist ID is…

  • List Channels

    Lists YouTube channels by ID, handle, username, or ownership status, returning detailed channel information including metadata, statistics, and content details. Use this action when you need to retrieve comprehensive…

  • List Comment Threads

    Tool to retrieve comment threads from YouTube videos or channels matching API request parameters. Use when you need to fetch comments with filtering by video, channel, or specific thread IDs.

  • List Comments

    List individual comments from YouTube videos. Returns comment details including author, text, timestamps, and engagement metrics. Use 'id' parameter to retrieve specific comments or 'parentId' to retrieve all replies…

  • List I18n Languages

    Returns a list of application languages that the YouTube website supports. Use this when you need to retrieve all available language options for YouTube's interface or to localize content.

  • List I18n Regions

    Tool to retrieve a list of content regions that the YouTube website supports. Returns region codes (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) and localized region names. Use when you need to identify available geographic regions for content…

  • List Live Chat Messages

    Tool to list live chat messages for a specific chat. Use for monitoring live chat during broadcasts or retrieving chat history. Returns messages with author details, timestamps, and message types (text, Super Chat…

  • List Playlist Images

    Tool to retrieve playlist images associated with a specific playlist. Use when fetching custom thumbnail images for playlists.

Setup

Connect YouTube in Hookshot™

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What a Protege can do after it starts.

Connection scope

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Team

Shared credential for production and unattended runs.

Personal

Tied to one user—only when the workflow needs their account.

Chat

Team-scoped for supported chat surfaces.

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