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youtube-automation-agent – Run a 24/7 AI‑driven YouTube channel (4.4k+ GitHub stars)

Automate video creation, SEO, thumbnails and publishing with AI agents—no coding needed. Ideal for founders who want constant YouTube growth without manual effort.

From the repo · “🎬 Fully automated YouTube channel management with AI agents. Creates, optimizes & publishes videos 24/7. Works with FREE Gemini API or OpenAI. No coding required!”

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4,513 stars+184★ this week1,440 forksJavaScriptGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Oct 18Updated 10/20/2026100% free · open source
What it is

Use the YouTube automation agent to automate tasks on your YouTube channel, such as creating and publishing videos 24/7.

Real use case example

"A founder with a growing YouTube channel can use this skill to automate video publishing, setting it to post a video every hour with a customized title, description, and tags. Every morning, they simply upload a new video to their desktop, and this skill takes care of publishing it automatically. The founder can track their results and adjust their strategy as needed."

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When to use it
  • •You need to consistently publish high-quality YouTube videos without manual intervention
  • •Your startup relies on YouTube as a primary marketing channel and needs automated content creation
  • •You want to optimize your YouTube video titles, descriptions, and tags for better discoverability without manual effort
Ready-to-paste prompt
Edit the `config.json` file to include a prompt like `{"title": "My Automated Video", "description": "This is a test video", "tags": ["automation", "youtube"]}` to create a new video with the specified title, description, and tags
Heads up: Make sure you have a Gemini API or OpenAI account and have replaced the placeholder API keys in the `config.json` file with your actual API credentials to avoid authentication errors
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🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

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Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/youtube-automation-agent && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/youtube-automation-agent/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/youtube-automation-agent/SKILL.md
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How youtube-automation-agent – Run a 24/7 AI‑driven YouTube channel (4.4k+ GitHub stars) works
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Free to inspect

Youtube-automation-agent – Run a 24/7 AI‑driven YouTube channel (4.4k+ GitHub stars) is a large JavaScript project (~28k lines across 42 code files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size
Large codebase
~28k lines · 42 code files · ~4 h to skim
Setup
Developer setup
A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.
Runs on
Node.js
Needs API keys (.env)
JavaScript 92%CSS 6%HTML 3%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    index.js
    Where the program starts running
  3. 3
    package.json
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  4. 4
    .env.example
    The API keys and settings you must provide
  5. 5
    agents/analytics-optimization-agent.js
    Inside agents/ — an example of what the AI is told to do
What's in each folder
agents/Prompts, skills & agent definitions7 files
docs/Documentation2 files
examples/Examples you can copy1 files
utils/Helper scripts23 files
reports/Folder5 files
dashboard/Folder4 files
config/Configuration1 files
database/Folder1 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksExamples includedMIT licenseUpdated this month
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Creator
darkzOGx
Language
JavaScript
Category
marketing
Published
8/14/2025

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