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YouTube

Interact with YouTube videos, channels, and playlists

YouTube is a Communicationintegration for Sim, the AI workspace where teams build and deploy AI agents. Sim's YouTube integration provides 9 YouTube tools that AI agents can use inside Sim's visual workflow builder. YouTube connects with an API key. Free to start at sim.ai.

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Last updated June 12, 2026

Overview

Integrate YouTube into the workflow. Can search for videos, get trending videos, get video details, get video categories, get channel information, get all videos from a channel, get channel playlists, get playlist items, and get video comments.

How to automate YouTube with Sim

  1. 01

    Create a free account

    Sign up at sim.ai in seconds. No credit card required. Your workspace is ready immediately.

  2. 02

    Add a YouTube block

    Open your workspace, drag a YouTube block onto the workflow builder, and paste in your YouTube API key.

  3. 03

    Configure, connect, and run

    Pick the tool you need, wire in an AI agent for reasoning or data transformation, and run. Your YouTube automation is live.

Agent templates

Ready-to-use templates featuring YouTube. Click any to build it instantly.

Supported tools

9 YouTube tools available in Sim

Search Videos

Search for videos on YouTube using the YouTube Data API. Supports advanced filtering by channel, date range, duration, category, quality, captions, live streams, and more.

Get Trending Videos

Get the most popular/trending videos on YouTube. Can filter by region and video category.

Get Video Details

Get detailed information about a specific YouTube video including statistics, content details, live streaming info, and metadata.

Get Video Categories

Get a list of video categories available on YouTube. Use this to discover valid category IDs for filtering search and trending results.

Get Channel Info

Get detailed information about a YouTube channel including statistics, branding, and content details.

Get Channel Videos

Search for videos from a specific YouTube channel with sorting options. For complete channel video list, use channel_info to get uploadsPlaylistId, then use playlist_items.

Get Channel Playlists

Get all public playlists from a specific YouTube channel.

Get Playlist Items

Get videos from a YouTube playlist. Can be used with a channel uploads playlist to get all channel videos.

Get Video Comments

Get top-level comments from a YouTube video with author details and engagement.

Frequently asked questions

Sim's YouTube integration adds 9 YouTube tools to the AI agents you build in Sim's visual workflow builder — no code required. Interact with YouTube videos, channels, and playlists. Teams often pair YouTube with Enrich and GitHub in the same agent.

You can search Videos, get Trending Videos, get Video Details, get Video Categories, and get Channel Info with YouTube in Sim, plus 4 more YouTube tools listed on this page. Each runs as a tool inside an AI agent block, so an agent can chain YouTube with services like Enrich and GitHub and apply LLM reasoning between steps.

Connecting YouTube takes about five minutes: (1) Create a free account at sim.ai. (2) Create an agent in your workspace. (3) Drag a YouTube block onto the workflow builder. (4) Paste your YouTube API key to authenticate — you can find it in your YouTube account settings. (5) Pick a tool such as "Search Videos", wire up its inputs, and click Run — your agent is live.

Add a YouTube block to your agent and select "Search Videos" as the tool. Search for videos on YouTube using the YouTube Data API. Supports advanced filtering by channel, date range, duration, category, quality, captions, live streams, and more. Fill in the required fields — inputs can reference outputs from earlier steps, such as text generated by an AI block or data fetched from another integration. No code is required.

Enrich

B2B data enrichment and LinkedIn intelligence with Enrich.so

GitHub

Interact with GitHub or trigger workflows from GitHub events

Slack

Send, update, delete messages, manage views and modals, add or remove reactions, manage canvases, get channel info and user presence in Slack

Reddit

Access Reddit data and content

Sim

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