Upload to YouTube from Paperclip

Paperclip agents can upload and schedule YouTube videos through Postiz. Install the Postiz skill where the agent runs, connect your YouTube channel in Postiz, and the agent can upload a video file, write the title and description, set public, unlisted, or private visibility, add tags, and attach a custom thumbnail.

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Last updated: September 2026

Post to YouTube in Seconds

Setup, then just ask

# One-time setup
npx skills add gitroomhq/postiz-agent
export POSTIZ_API_KEY=your_api_key

# Then just ask Paperclip:
> Upload demo.mp4 to YouTube as public
  with a title and tags, tomorrow at noon

Paperclip: Done! Your YouTube post is scheduled.

YouTube-Specific Features

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Video Uploads

Hand Paperclip a video file and it uploads it. Supports all major formats including MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, and WEBM.

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Visibility Control

Set videos to public, unlisted, or private. Control who can discover and watch your content from the start.

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Kids Content

Declare whether your content is made for kids to comply with YouTube's COPPA requirements. Set per video.

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Custom Thumbnails

Upload and attach custom thumbnail images to your videos. First impressions matter — control your click-through rate.

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Tags & Metadata

Add tags to improve discoverability. Each tag has a value and label for flexible categorization and SEO.

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Scheduled Publishing

Schedule video uploads with precise timestamps. Videos are uploaded and set to publish at your chosen time.

How does Paperclip post to YouTube?

You describe what you want in plain language and Paperclip handles the Postiz calls for you. Here is how a typical conversation goes.

Find Your YouTube Integration

Ask Paperclip whether your YouTube account is connected. It also checks which options the platform supports.

Example conversation

> Is my YouTube account connected to Postiz?

Paperclip: Yes — your YouTube account is connected
  and ready. Want me to post something?

Upload Your Video & Thumbnail

Upload your video file and optionally a custom thumbnail. YouTube requires media to be accessible via HTTPS. Supports MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, WEBM, and more.

Example conversation

> Draft a YouTube post about our new
  feature launch

Paperclip: Here's a draft for YouTube:
  "We just shipped something big..."
  Want me to add media and schedule it?

Create Your Post

Schedule a YouTube upload with your video, description, title, visibility settings, tags, and optional thumbnail.

Example conversation

> Yes — add screenshot.png and schedule
  it for tomorrow at 9am

Paperclip: Done! Scheduled on YouTube for
  tomorrow at 9:00 AM.

YouTube Settings Reference

Mention any of these in plain language and Paperclip sets them for you. These are the YouTube options it can apply to any post.

Field	Type	Required	Description
`__type`	string	Yes	Must be "youtube"
`title`	string	Yes	Video title (2-100 characters)
`type`	string	Yes	Visibility: "public", "unlisted", or "private"
`selfDeclaredMadeForKids`	string	No	Kids content declaration: "yes" or "no"
`thumbnail`	object	No	Custom thumbnail: {id: string, path: string}
`thumbnail.id`	string	No	Uploaded thumbnail file ID
`thumbnail.path`	string	No	Public URL of the thumbnail image
`tags`	array	No	Video tags: [{value: string, label: string}]
`tags[].value`	string	No	Tag value used internally
`tags[].label`	string	No	Tag display label

Common Configurations

Ask Paperclip for any of these common YouTube uploading scenarios and it applies the matching settings.

Public Video with Tags

Just ask

> Post it with: Public Video with Tags

Paperclip: Got it. Applying:
  title: How to Build a REST API in 10 Minutes
  type: public
  selfDeclaredMadeForKids: no
  tags: Tutorial, API, Coding

Unlisted Video with Custom Thumbnail

Just ask

> Post it with: Unlisted Video with Custom Thumbnail

Paperclip: Got it. Applying:
  title: Team Meeting Recording - March 2025
  type: unlisted
  selfDeclaredMadeForKids: no
  thumbnail: id=thumb-abc123, path=https://uploads.postiz.com/thumb.jpg

Kids Content Video

Just ask

> Post it with: Kids Content Video

Paperclip: Got it. Applying:
  title: Learn Colors with Fun Animations
  type: public
  selfDeclaredMadeForKids: yes
  tags: Kids, Educational, Colors

Private Draft Video

Just ask

> Post it with: Private Draft Video

Paperclip: Got it. Applying:
  title: Draft - Upcoming Product Launch
  type: private
  selfDeclaredMadeForKids: no

What is Paperclip?

Paperclip is an open-source orchestration framework for building “zero-human companies” by hiring and managing teams of AI agents. It handles content, social media distribution, marketing, dev, QA, and more from a single dashboard.

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Agent Teams

Paperclip manages teams of AI agents that work together. Assign a content agent, a scheduling agent, and a review agent to your social media workflow.

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Single Dashboard

Monitor all your AI agents and their social media tasks from one unified dashboard. Track posts, schedules, and performance in real time.

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Orchestration

Schedule recurring tasks with cron jobs. Paperclip can upload your YouTube videos on a schedule without you having to ask each time.

How Postiz Works with Paperclip

When you install Postiz Agent globally, Paperclip automatically discovers it by reading the bundled SKILL.md file. This file tells Paperclip what commands are available, what environment variables are needed, and how to compose YouTube uploads with the right settings.

✓Install Postiz Agent and set your POSTIZ_API_KEY
✓Paperclip discovers Postiz through tool integration
✓Assign Postiz commands to specialized agents in your team
✓Orchestrate multi-step workflows with approval chains
✓Monitor everything from the Paperclip dashboard

Install Postiz

# Install the Postiz skill
npx skills add gitroomhq/postiz-agent

# Set your API key
export POSTIZ_API_KEY=your_api_key

# Paperclip discovers Postiz through
# its tool integration system
# and assigns it to agent teams

YouTube Uploading with Paperclip

Message Paperclip from any platform — it reads the Postiz skill, discovers your YouTube integration, and handles the entire upload workflow autonomously.

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From Any Chat App

Paperclip assigns specialized agents to ...

Assign a task to Paperclip from its dashboard. It runs as a long-lived service on your own infrastructure, so it picks up the task, discovers your YouTube account via Postiz, uploads the video with thumbnail, and schedules the publish — all while you go about your day.

Paperclip

Content Agent: Drafted a post about
  the feature launch for YouTube.

Review Agent: Approved with minor
  edits. Ready to publish.

Scheduling Agent: Found YouTube
  integration via Postiz.
  Scheduled for tomorrow 9:00 AM.

  Post ID: abc-123
  Status: Scheduled

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Scheduled & Proactive

Paperclip orchestrates recurring co...

Paperclip supports scheduled heartbeats. Set up a recurring job that checks a folder for new videos and uploads them to YouTube automatically — no manual trigger needed.

paperclip.yaml (pipeline)

pipelines:
  daily_social:
    schedule: "0 9 * * 1-5"
    agents:
      - role: content_creator
        task: "Draft a YouTube post
          about trending industry topics"
      - role: reviewer
        task: "Review and polish the
          draft for engagement"
      - role: publisher
        task: "Schedule via Postiz
          for today at noon"

Why Paperclip + Postiz for YouTube

Paperclip makes Postiz a natural fit for your YouTube workflow. The agent discovers all available commands and autonomously chains them together.

✓Multi-agent teams for quality YouTube content — draft, review, publish
✓Single dashboard to monitor all social media automation
✓Orchestrated pipelines from content creation to publishing
✓Scheduled pipelines for hands-free daily posting
✓Cross-post to YouTube + other platforms in a single pipeline
✓Open-source — fully customizable agent workflows

SKILL.md (auto-discovered)

---
name: postiz
description: Social media automation
  CLI for scheduling posts across
  30+ platforms including YouTube
metadata:
  paperclip:
    requirements:
      env:
        - POSTIZ_API_KEY
      binaries:
        - postiz
---

# Available Commands
- postiz integrations:list
- postiz integrations:settings <id>
- postiz posts:create
- postiz upload <file>
- postiz analytics:platform <id>

# YouTube Settings
title (2-100 chars), type
(public/unlisted/private),
selfDeclaredMadeForKids,
thumbnail, tags

Also Works with Claude Code

Postiz works with any AI agent that can run commands or call MCP tools — you ask, the agent does the work. That includes Anthropic's Claude Code.

Claude Code

by Anthropic

Claude reads the Postiz skill so it knows what it can do, then autonomously discovers your YouTube integration, uploads your video and thumbnail, applies tags and visibility settings, and schedules the upload.

Claude Code

> Upload my tutorial video to YouTube
  as public with tags "coding" and
  "tutorial", schedule for tomorrow

Claude: Done! Scheduled on YouTube for
  tomorrow at 9:00 AM.

YouTube + Other Platforms

Schedule the same video to YouTube and other platforms in a single request. Each platform gets its own settings.

Example

> Post "Excited to announce our new feature!" to
  YouTube and LinkedIn tomorrow at 9am, then schedule
  a daily tip on YouTube every weekday at 10am

Paperclip: Done! Scheduled:
  - YouTube + LinkedIn: tomorrow 9:00 AM
  - Daily tips on YouTube: Mon-Fri 10:00 AM

What can you ask Paperclip to do on YouTube?

You assign a task in plain language and the agent translates it into Postiz calls with the right YouTube settings. These are prompts people actually give a Paperclip agent for YouTube.

Scheduled public upload

Ask Paperclip

> Upload demo-v2.mp4 to YouTube titled "Postiz
  in 5 minutes", public, tags: postiz, automation,
  publish Wednesday at 3pm

Paperclip: Uploaded 212 MB video. type: public, 2 tags.
  Scheduled on YouTube for Wed 3:00 PM.

Unlisted review copy

Ask Paperclip

> Upload the cut in ./exports as unlisted so the
  team can review it before we go public

Paperclip: type: unlisted. Uploaded and published,
  link posted in the Paperclip ticket.

Thumbnail and description

Ask Paperclip

> Use thumb.png as the thumbnail and write a
  description with chapters from transcript.txt

Paperclip: thumbnail attached, description drafted
  with 6 chapter timestamps. Ready to schedule.

What YouTube rules should the agent follow?

YouTube rejects posts that break its limits, so the agent needs these constraints up front. Put them in the task or in your Paperclip agent's instructions.

✓Title is required and must be 2 to 100 characters. Descriptions can run up to 5,000 characters.
✓type is required: public, unlisted, or private. Scheduling a public video means Postiz publishes at the scheduled time.
✓Custom thumbnails require a YouTube channel that has completed phone verification; otherwise the upload succeeds but the thumbnail is ignored.
✓Set selfDeclaredMadeForKids to yes or no when the audience matters; YouTube treats made-for-kids content differently for comments and ads.

Paperclip and YouTube: frequently asked questions

Short answers to the questions teams ask before letting a Paperclip agent post to YouTube through Postiz.

How do I upload to YouTube from Paperclip?

Install the Postiz skill in your agent's environment with npx skills add gitroomhq/postiz-agent, set POSTIZ_API_KEY, and connect your YouTube channel in Postiz. Then assign a task such as "upload demo.mp4 to YouTube as public on Wednesday at 3pm" and the agent uploads and schedules it.

Can a Paperclip agent set a custom YouTube thumbnail?

Yes. Give the agent an image and ask for it as the thumbnail. It uploads the image with postiz upload and sets the thumbnail object with the file ID and path. Your channel needs phone verification enabled in YouTube for custom thumbnails to apply.

Can Paperclip upload a YouTube video as unlisted or private?

Yes. The type setting accepts public, unlisted, or private. Teams often upload unlisted first so a reviewer agent or a person checks the video in Paperclip's approval flow, then a follow-up task switches it to public at launch time without re-uploading the file.

How large a video can Paperclip upload through Postiz?

Postiz uploads the file with postiz upload and passes it to YouTube, so YouTube's own limits apply to your channel. Large files take time to upload, so give the agent a scheduled time well after the upload rather than "now", and keep the source file on the agent's machine.

Does Paperclip need Google API credentials for YouTube?

No. You connect the YouTube channel to Postiz once through Google OAuth in the Postiz dashboard. Paperclip agents authenticate only to Postiz, with an API key or postiz auth:login. Google credentials never live in the agent's environment or in the Paperclip database.