Turn YouTube channels into a weekly EPUB magazine
Every week, pulls new videos from a list of YouTube channels, rewrites their transcripts as magazine articles, and emails them to you as a newsletter plus an EPUB file.
- Level Intermediate
- Setup1–3 hrs (estimated)
- Evidence Strong evidence
- CostNot stated in source
- No-codeNo
What this is
A real workflow someone ran with an AI agent. Copy the prompt into your agent, connect the listed tools, and it runs for you.
- Copy the prompt below.
- Paste it into your agent (we recommend Grok Bot) and connect the tools listed: YouTube, Email.
- Run it once, check the result, then put it on a schedule if it repeats.
What you get
A weekly newsletter email plus an EPUB of transcripts rewritten as articles.
The prompt
Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.
Every week: fetch new videos from these YouTube channels [list]. Pull each transcript and rewrite it as a polished magazine article. Combine the articles into one newsletter email plus an EPUB file, and deliver both to [email].
Recommended
Try it in Grok Bot
- Copy the prompt (button below).
- Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
- Connect the listed tools (YouTube, Email) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
- If the task repeats, ask: “Make this a daily routine.”
Alternatives: the same prompt works in Claude Code, Claude, ChatGPT Agent, OpenClaw.
Set it up
Tools: YouTube, Email · Stack: Claude Code (published as a Claude skill)
- Read the original source for full context.
- Connect the tools listed above to your agent.
- Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
- Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.
Generic suggested steps, not from the source.
Pitfalls & reliability
- No result metrics in the source.
Evidence
About 1.5K likes (Jan 2026). The author published the skill, so it can be reproduced. No numbers on results.
Source: X · 2026-01-21 · Verified by us: not yet · Report broken or outdated