Weekly YouTube Creator Digest in Slack | Monday Morning Recap

Build me a Monday-morning creator digest that helps me decide what content to lean into next on YouTube.

Trigger: cron, every Monday at 9am in my local timezone.

Steps the agent should run:

1. Use YouTube List Channels with mine=true to get my channel and grab the uploads playlist ID from contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.uploads.

2. Use YouTube List Playlist Items on that uploads playlist to fetch the most recent videos, then keep only the ones published in the last 7 days.

3. For each of those videos, use YouTube Get Video (requesting snippet, contentDetails, and statistics) to pull title, description, tags, duration, thumbnail URLs, view count, like count, and comment count. Batch the IDs in a single Get Video call when possible. Avoid Search Videos because it costs 100 quota units; List Playlist Items plus Get Video each cost 1 unit.

4. Rank the videos by overall performance. Weigh views most heavily, then likes and comments as engagement signals. If there is only one new video, treat it as the winner and compare it to the prior week's videos from the same playlist for context.

5. Look at the top performer and identify what stood out: the topic (from title, description, tags), the format (tutorial, vlog, review, short, long-form based on duration), the length, and the thumbnail style I can infer from the snippet metadata and thumbnail filename. Then look at the worst performer and note one likely reason it underperformed.

6. Write two specific follow-up video ideas that build on the winner. Same topic family, slightly different angle. Concrete enough that I can decide yes or no to filming them.

7. Send the digest with Slack Send a Message. Default target is a DM to myself; let me set a channel ID at setup time. Tone: direct, useful, producer-to-creator. No stats dump. Use Slack mrkdwn formatting. Structure: one line naming the winner with a one-line reason, one line on the underperformer with a one-line reason, then the two follow-up ideas as a short list. Keep the whole message under 12 lines.

Edge cases: if I published zero videos in the last 7 days, send a one-line message saying so and skip the ranking. If the YouTube account has no channel, send an error note to the same Slack target and stop.

Additional information

What does this prompt do?

Every Monday at 9am, pulls the videos you published on your YouTube channel in the last seven days.
Ranks them by views, likes, and comments, then identifies what the top performer had in common (topic, format, length, thumbnail style).
Sends a short Slack message that names the winner, calls out one underperformer, and recommends two follow-up video ideas in the same lane.
Reads as a direct, useful note from a smart producer, not a stats dump.

What do I need to use this?

A YouTube account for the channel you publish to.
A Slack workspace and the channel or DM where the digest should land.
A regular upload cadence helps. The digest still runs on quiet weeks, it just has less to say.

How can I customize it?

Change the day or time. Friday afternoon for a week-in-review, or daily if you ship a lot.
Point it at a different Slack channel, a private DM to yourself, or a shared creator team room.
Adjust the lookback window. Seven days is the default, but bump it to fourteen or thirty for slower release schedules.
Tune the tone. Ask for more candor, more encouragement, or a tighter format like three bullets and out.

Frequently asked questions

Does this work if I publish less than once a week?

Yes. On weeks with no new uploads, the digest will say so and skip the ranking. You can also widen the lookback to two or four weeks if your cadence is slower.

Will it analyze my thumbnails?

It reads the title, description, tags, length, and the thumbnail URL that YouTube returns. It can describe patterns like style, color, or whether faces appear in titles, but it does not run computer vision on the image itself.

Can I have it post to a team channel instead of a DM?

Yes. Point it at any Slack channel or DM you have access to. A team channel is a good fit if you have an editor or thumbnail designer who should see the same recap.

What if I run multiple channels?

The default looks at the channel attached to the connected YouTube account. To cover more channels, you can connect each one and run a copy of the digest per channel.

How accurate are the view counts on Monday morning?

View counts update continuously. The numbers in the digest are a snapshot at 9am Monday, which is plenty for ranking last week's videos against each other but will keep moving after the message is sent.