YouTube Alerts
Alerts for every channel you follow — New video, New Short, Goes live. New uploads and live streams typically show up within a few minutes.
Arclo watches a channel and posts an announcement when something new appears. The engine, the message editor, the filters and the behaviour options are the same on every platform — see Social Alerts for those. This page covers what is specific to YouTube.
Adding a channel
- YouTube channel
- Handles (@name), channel URLs and UC… channel ids all work. For example:
@mkbhd or a channel URL. - Channel
- Where the alert is posted. A forum channel makes each alert its own thread.
What it announces
| Event | On by default |
|---|---|
| New video | Yes |
| New Short | Yes |
| Goes live | Yes |
How fast
New uploads and live streams typically show up within a few minutes.
Placeholders
| Placeholder | Becomes |
|---|---|
{creator} | The creator's display name |
{title} | The video title |
{description} | A short excerpt of the content |
{url} | Link to the video |
{avatar} | Creator avatar URL |
{thumbnail} | Preview image URL |
{platform} | The platform's name |
Filter fields
The fields a filter rule on this platform can match against:
- Title or description —
text - Title —
title - Description —
description
See also
Still stuck? Ask in the support server — somebody there has almost certainly configured this before.