---
title: "Connect YouTube to Attentive - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Item in YouTube Playlist\" fires in YouTube, your agent runs \"Custom Events\" in Attentive."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-attentive"
---

# Connect YouTube to Attentive

When **New Item in YouTube Playlist** fires in [YouTube](https://apiant.ai/connections/youtube-2), your agent runs **Custom Events** in [Attentive](https://apiant.ai/connections/attentive). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

YouTube **5** triggers YouTube **18** actions Attentive **13** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want YouTube and Attentive to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.

### Set it up in your client

### Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

`claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai`

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

[Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code)

### Claude, web and desktop

Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Any other MCP client

Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

Example flows

## What YouTube can start in Attentive

- When **New Item in YouTube Playlist** in YouTube then **Custom Events** in Attentive
- When **New Playlist in YouTube Channel** in YouTube then **Subscribe User** in Attentive

Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships.

Everything your agent can do with YouTube and Attentive

## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 31 actions

- Trigger

**New Item in YouTube Playlist**

Triggers when a video is added to a playlist.

- Trigger

**New Playlist in YouTube Channel**

Triggers when a new playlist is created on a channel.

- Trigger

**New Video**

Triggers when a new video is published on a channel.

- Trigger

**New YouTube Activity**

Triggers when a channel has a new activity, such as an upload, like or playlist addition.

- Trigger

**New YouTube Channel Subscription**

Triggers when the connected account subscribes to a new channel.

- Action

**Delete Video**

Deletes a video from the connected YouTube channel.

- Action

**Get Channel Activities**

Returns recent activities (uploads, likes, playlist additions) for a channel.

- Action

**Get Channel Analytics Report**

Returns YouTube Analytics metrics (views, watch time, subscribers) for the connected channel over a date range.

- Action

**Get Channel Id By Handle**

Returns the channel ID for a YouTube @handle.

- Action

**Get Channel Statistics**

Returns subscriber, view and video counts for a channel.

- Action

**Get Video Analytics Report**

Returns YouTube Analytics metrics for one video over a date range.

- Action

**Get Video Fields**

Returns selected details of a video.

- Action

**List Caption Track**

Returns the caption tracks available on a video.

- Action

**List Channel Videos**

Returns the videos uploaded to a channel.

- Action

**List User Playlists**

Returns the playlists of the connected channel.

- Action

**List User Subscriptions**

Returns the channels the connected account subscribes to.

- Action

**Load Captions**

Downloads the text of a caption track.

- Action

**Search You Tube**

Searches YouTube for videos, channels or playlists matching a query.

- Action

**Subscribe Channel**

Subscribes the connected account to a channel.

- Action

**Update Thumbnail**

Sets a custom thumbnail image on a video.

- Action

**Update Video**

Updates a video's title, description, tags, category or privacy.

- Action

**Upload Video**

Uploads a video file to the connected channel.

- Action

**Video Details**

Returns the full details of a video.

- Action

**Add to Cart**

Records that a shopper added a product to their cart in Attentive, so cart-abandonment journeys can fire.

- Action

**Custom Attributes**

Sets custom attributes (such as age, birthday or favorite team) on an Attentive user identified by phone, email, or external identifier.

- Action

**Custom Events**

Sends a custom event (such as "Order Shipped") for a user to Attentive, which can trigger Journeys.

- Action

**Delete Request**

Creates a privacy (CCPA) deletion request that deletes a subscriber within thirty days, identified by email, phone or client user id.

- Action

**Get Custom Attributes for a User**

Returns all custom attributes (name and value) stored on an Attentive user, looked up by phone number or email.

- Action

**Get Subscription Eligibility for a User**

Returns the subscription types and channels (SMS or email) a subscriber is eligible to receive messages on, looked up by phone number or email.

- Action

**Identity**

Associates a client user identifier or custom identifiers with an Attentive subscriber identified by phone, email, Shopify ID or Klaviyo ID.

- Action

**Lookup Product Catalog Ingestion**

Returns the status, validation errors and product counts of a product catalog upload.

- Action

**Product View**

Records that a shopper viewed one or more products in Attentive, so product-view journeys can fire.

- Action

**Purchase**

Records a purchase (order) event for a shopper in Attentive so it can trigger purchase-based journeys.

- Action

**Subscribe User**

Opts a person in to Attentive text or email subscriptions by phone or email, using a sign-up unit or a locale and subscription type.

- Action

**Unsubscribe Subscriptions for a User**

Unsubscribes a user (by phone or email) from specific Attentive subscription types and channels, or from all subscriptions when none are given.

- Action

**View Recent Catalog Uploads**

Returns your recent product catalog uploads with their ingestion status, product counts and validation errors, newest first.

## Each app on its own

- [ **YouTube** YouTube is Google's video platform. Upload and manage videos, playlists, captions and subscriptions, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/youtube-2)
- [ **Attentive** Attentive® is the leader in conversational commerce, reinventing business to consumer communication.](https://apiant.ai/connections/attentive)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from YouTube

- [ **YouTube to Makeup** Makeup API is a free catalog of cosmetic products drawn from a range of consumer beauty brands.](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-makeup)
- [ **YouTube to Resemble** Resemble is a platform for creating realistic AI voices and audio content with powerful customization tools.](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-resemble)
- [ **YouTube to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-zoom)
- [ **YouTube to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-linkedin)
- [ **YouTube to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-facebook)
- [ **YouTube to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-anthropic)

## More into Attentive

- [ **HubSpot to Attentive** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-attentive)
- [ **Salesforce to Attentive** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-attentive)
- [ **Slack to Attentive** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-attentive)
- [ **Google Sheets to Attentive** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-attentive)
- [ **Gmail to Attentive** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-attentive)
- [ **Google Calendar to Attentive** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-attentive)

Questions

## YouTube and Attentive, answered

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### What can start an automation from YouTube?

Any of YouTube's 5 triggers in the catalog, including New Item in YouTube Playlist, New Playlist in YouTube Channel, New Video and New YouTube Activity. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Attentive when something happens in YouTube?

Any of Attentive's 13 actions, including Add to Cart, Custom Attributes, Custom Events and Get Custom Attributes for a User. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Attentive to YouTube?

Attentive has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in YouTube. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Attentive's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for YouTube or Attentive?

No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running.

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### Can my AI client use YouTube and Attentive without building an automation?

Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both.

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### What happens when something fails?

Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
