YouTube

YouTube enables Lyzr agents to search for videos, retrieve channel and video metadata, manage playlists and subscriptions, upload and update video content, and interact with the YouTube Data API for both content discovery and channel management.

Setup

1. In Agent Studio, go to Tools → YouTube → Connect
2. Sign in with your Google account and authorize access
3. Review the requested permissions and click Allow

Composio vs ACI: Which provider to use?

This tool is available through two providers. Both connect to the same underlying service but differ in action coverage and auth handling.

	Composio	ACI
Provider source	Composio	ACI
Auth type	oauth2	oauth2
Best for	Broad action coverage, workflow automation	Targeted integrations, API-level operations

Choose Composio when you need the widest selection of actions and deep workflow automation. Choose ACI when you need direct API-level control or a specific action not covered by Composio.

Available actions: Composio

Action	Description
YOUTUBE_GET_CHANNEL_ACTIVITIES	Gets recent activities from a YouTube channel including video uploads, playlist additions, likes, and other channel events.
YOUTUBE_GET_CHANNEL_ID_BY_HANDLE	Retrieves the YouTube channel ID for a specific YouTube channel handle.
YOUTUBE_GET_CHANNEL_STATISTICS	Gets detailed statistics for YouTube channels including subscriber counts, view counts, and video counts.
YOUTUBE_LIST_CAPTION_TRACK	Retrieves a list of caption tracks for a YouTube video, returning an empty list if no captions exist.
YOUTUBE_LIST_CHANNEL_VIDEOS	Lists videos from a specified YouTube channel, ensuring results are of type video.
YOUTUBE_LIST_USER_PLAYLISTS	Retrieves playlists owned by the authenticated user.
YOUTUBE_LIST_USER_SUBSCRIPTIONS	Retrieves the authenticated user’s YouTube channel subscriptions with support for pagination.
YOUTUBE_LOAD_CAPTIONS	Downloads a specific YouTube caption track owned by the authenticated user and returns its content as text.
YOUTUBE_SEARCH_YOU_TUBE	Searches YouTube for videos, channels, or playlists using a query term and returns the raw API response.
YOUTUBE_SUBSCRIBE_CHANNEL	Subscribes the authenticated user to a specified YouTube channel identified by its unique channel ID.
YOUTUBE_UPDATE_THUMBNAIL	Sets the custom thumbnail for a YouTube video using an image from a provided URL.
YOUTUBE_UPDATE_VIDEO	Updates metadata for a YouTube video including title, description, tags, category, and privacy status.
YOUTUBE_UPLOAD_VIDEO	Uploads a video from a local file path to a YouTube channel with specified title, description, tags, and privacy settings.
YOUTUBE_VIDEO_DETAILS	Retrieves specified information parts such as snippet, content details, and statistics for a YouTube video by its ID.

Available actions: ACI

Action	Description
YOUTUBE__RATE_VIDEO	Adds a like or dislike rating to a video, or removes an existing rating from a video.
YOUTUBE__GET_VIDEO_CATEGORIES	Retrieves a list of video categories that can be associated with YouTube videos.
YOUTUBE__SEARCH	Searches for YouTube resources including videos, channels, and playlists using various filter criteria.
YOUTUBE__GET_VIDEO_DETAILS	Gets detailed information about specific YouTube videos by ID, including snippet, statistics, and content details.

Adding to an agent

1. Open your agent in Agent Studio → Agent Builder
2. Go to Tools and enable YouTube
3. Select only the actions your agent needs
4. Set auth mode: Shared (agent acts on one account) or Per-user (each end-user connects their own account)

Example use cases

Content research assistant: An agent searches YouTube for videos on a given topic, retrieves their statistics and captions, and compiles a summary report, useful for market research, competitive analysis, or learning content curation.

Channel management automation: An agent monitors a YouTube channel’s recent activities and statistics, then automatically updates video metadata such as titles, descriptions, and tags based on performance data or editorial guidelines.

Audience engagement bot: An agent subscribes to relevant channels on behalf of users, retrieves their latest uploads, and surfaces new video recommendations based on the user’s interests, ideal for personalized content discovery workflows.