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YouTube Shorts and videos, described and published for you

Quetzal publishes to your YouTube channel through YouTube's own API: vertical reels go out as Shorts and longer videos as regular uploads of up to 12 hours. It writes a description of up to 4,800 characters with at most 5 hashtags, and publishes when you say so, on the same calendar as your other networks.

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What Quetzal makes for YouTube

Shorts from your reels

A vertical reel made in Quetzal (AI actor ads and motion graphics on Pro and Ultra) goes to YouTube as a Short, next to Instagram and TikTok.

Longer videos

Regular uploads of up to 12 hours. YouTube asks for a verified channel above 15 minutes; if yours is not, Quetzal tells you in plain words.

Descriptions

A description written for the video, not copied from another network, with links that are clickable on YouTube.

Published when you choose

YouTube is where you choose to put a video. The autopilot does not plan YouTube posts on its own today.

The limits Quetzal writes to

Longest caption
4,800
Hashtags
5
Longest video
12 hours
Stories
No
Image or video
Needed on every post
Links in the caption
Clickable
Video cover
Set by the network
How it publishes
Natively, through its own API

How often the autopilot posts on YouTube

Posts a week the autopilot plans on each plan, with the account connected. You can always publish more yourself.

StarterPosts a week: You choose
GrowthPosts a week: You choose
ProPosts a week: You choose
UltraPosts a week: You choose

The rules it follows there

  • Every YouTube upload is a video. Text and image ideas go to other networks.
  • Descriptions up to 4,800 characters with at most 5 hashtags.
  • A custom thumbnail applies to regular videos only: YouTube's API ignores one on Shorts.
  • Uploads go to the channel you authorized, and to no other.

How publishing works

  1. 01Connect onceYou connect YouTube with YouTube's own login, straight to its API. Quetzal never sees your password.
  2. 02Approve, or let it runQuetzal plans the week, writes and designs each post for this network, and either waits for your approval or publishes under your guidelines.
  3. 03It posts and reads the resultEach post goes out at its time. Its numbers are read 1, 6, 24 and 72 hours later, and the next week's plan uses them.

Questions about Quetzal on YouTube

Does Quetzal publish YouTube Shorts?

Yes. A vertical reel made or uploaded in Quetzal publishes to YouTube as a Short.

How long can a YouTube video from Quetzal be?

Up to 12 hours. Over 15 minutes, YouTube needs your channel to be verified; if it is not, Quetzal says so instead of failing quietly.

Does Quetzal publish to YouTube directly?

Yes. YouTube is one of the two networks Quetzal publishes to natively, through YouTube's own API, with no partner in between.

Does the autopilot post to YouTube on its own?

Not today. The autopilot plans Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X and, with AI video, TikTok. YouTube gets the videos you choose to publish there.

Can I set a custom thumbnail?

On regular videos, yes. On Shorts YouTube's own API ignores a custom thumbnail, so the Short keeps the frame YouTube picks.

Can Quetzal post an image or a text post to YouTube?

No. YouTube takes only video, so Quetzal never sends it a text or image post; the same idea goes to the networks that take it.

How does Quetzal connect to YouTube?

Quetzal publishes to YouTube through YouTube's official API, with its own integration. You connect your account once with YouTube's own login; the access is stored encrypted and Quetzal never sees your password.

Does anything go out on YouTube without me seeing it?

Only if you choose so. In review mode every post waits in a queue until you approve it; on full autopilot posts publish under your guidelines; switched off, nothing publishes on its own.

How does Quetzal learn what works on my YouTube?

It reads each post's numbers 1, 6, 24 and 72 hours after it goes out, then once a day for 30 days. The planner uses those readings to decide what to post next.

What happens if I delete a post directly on YouTube?

Quetzal notices when the post is missing from two checks at least 12 hours apart, marks it as removed and stops counting it. Its history stays.