YouTube
Connect your YouTube channel so Robylon can collect comments on your videos and answer them with AI or from your team, using workflow triggers for new comments and videos.
Connecting YouTube lets Robylon collect the comments on your videos and reply to them. AI agents can answer common questions in the comments, and your team can pick up the rest.
Open it from Settings → Channels → YouTube.
How do I connect a YouTube channel?
Click Connect YouTube channel and sign in with the Google account that manages the channel.
Start the connection
Go to Settings → Channels → YouTube and click Connect YouTube channel.
Choose permissions
In Connect YouTube Channel, tick the permissions Robylon may use (see below), or use Select all, and click Continue.
Sign in with Google
Sign in with a Google account that owns or manages the channel, and approve access.
Check the channel
The channel appears under Connected YouTube Channels with its Subscribers, Status, Quota Used and Last Sync.
If Connect YouTube channel is greyed out, email support@robylon.ai to turn on the YouTube channel for your workspace.
You can connect more than one YouTube channel. To change a channel’s permissions later, update them and sign in again to approve.
Which permissions can I give?
Permissions come in groups. You can add more later.
| Group | Permissions |
|---|---|
| Channel & Videos | Read YouTube account, Manage YouTube account (Write), Upload videos (Write) |
| Comments & Interactions | Manage comments & interactions (Write) |
| Analytics | Read YouTube Analytics, Read monetary analytics |
To collect and answer comments, select Read YouTube account and Manage comments & interactions. Robylon reads your channel, videos and comments and posts replies to comments. It does not upload videos, change your channel or moderate comments.
How does Robylon collect comments?
Robylon checks connected channels for new activity every 10 minutes. Each check collects:
- new comments on your videos
- replies to comments
- comments held for review
- comments YouTube marks as likely spam
- newly published videos
Each of these can start a workflow, using triggers such as When a new comment is received, When a reply is received on a comment, When a comment needs moderation, When a comment is marked as spam and When a new video is published. See Triggers.
Quota Used shows how much of the YouTube API quota the channel has used. YouTube limits how many requests each app can make per day.
How are comments answered?
Replies are posted in the comment’s thread, as plain text. Buttons, carousels and other rich content from an AI agent are left out, because YouTube comments cannot show them.
To answer comments automatically, build a workflow with a YouTube comment trigger and an AI agent step. See Workflows.