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Post to YouTube from ChatGPT with Wahlu

Connect ChatGPT to Wahlu once, then plan, draft and schedule posts for YouTube channels connected to Wahlu from a conversation. Every schedule can wait for your approval.

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What ChatGPT can prepare on YouTube

  • Video

    One video with a title and description.

  • Short

    One square or vertical video of up to three minutes.

Ask ChatGPT for YouTube posts

Example prompts and the steps to expect. These are illustrations, not recorded conversations.

Example prompt

“Upload the interview video from this link as an unlisted YouTube video. Write a title under 70 characters and a description with chapters, and hold it for my review.”

Example prompt

“Make a YouTube Short from the vertical clip in our media library, not made for kids, and don't notify subscribers.”

Example prompt

“What's scheduled on our YouTube channel this month? Draft a Short for the first empty week.”

What Wahlu does on YouTube

ChatGPT works through Wahlu's tools, so it can set the YouTube options Wahlu supports.

YouTube settings on a draft

Title
Required, up to 100 characters.
Privacy
Public, unlisted or private.
Made for kids
Required on every upload.
Tags
Up to 500 characters of tags in total.
Notify subscribers
Choose whether subscribers are told.

Wahlu doesn't set a YouTube category or playlist.

The tool calls, in order

  1. 01

    list_targetsFinds the brand's connected YouTube account and checks it's ready.

  2. 02

    import_media_from_url, upload_media or list_mediaBrings in the image or video, or picks one from your media library.

  3. 03

    create_draftCreates the draft with its caption and youtube_settings, such as the post type.

  4. 04

    preflight_draftChecks the draft against YouTube's rules without changing it.

  5. 05

    create_schedulePuts it on the calendar at pending_review, held for your approval.

YouTube limits to know

Wahlu checks these before a post is scheduled, so the agent finds out early.

Getting video to YouTube

The hosted connection can't open files on your computer. Give the agent a public link to import, pick from your brand's media library, or attach an image the agent can pass on as data. For video, a public link or your media library is usually easiest.

Connect ChatGPT to Wahlu

Set this up once and ChatGPT can work on every network you've connected, not just YouTube.

  1. 1

    On chatgpt.com, open Settings → Security and login and turn on Developer mode.

  2. 2

    Go to chatgpt.com/plugins and select the + button.

  3. 3

    Name it Wahlu, paste https://mcp.wahlu.com/mcp as the MCP server URL and choose OAuth if asked how to authenticate.

  4. 4

    Create the connection and sign in to Wahlu when asked.

  5. 5

    Start a new conversation and add Wahlu from the tools menu.

Checked against the OpenAI developer docs on 24 September 2026. Menus can change; if a step doesn't match what you see, follow the vendor's current instructions.

Set this up on the ChatGPT website; the desktop apps don't have developer mode. Whether developer mode is available depends on your ChatGPT plan and workspace settings, and a workspace admin may need to allow it.

You stay in control.

Every Wahlu plan includes agent access, through MCP and the API. You choose the workspace, brands and permissions each connection gets, and can disconnect it at any time.

Held until you approve

Agents create schedules at pending_review unless you've told them to publish. A held schedule can't publish until you approve it in the Wahlu calendar.

Publishing is its own permission

Publish to social accounts is separate from Manage your schedule. Leave it unticked and nothing your agent schedules can go out on its own.

Checked before it's scheduled

preflight_draft reports anything that would stop a post, such as media the network won't accept or a caption that's too long, without changing anything.

Some things stay in the app

Queues, general edits to existing drafts, approvals and connecting social accounts happen in the Wahlu app, not through your agent.

Keep going

Your next YouTube post, drafted by ChatGPT.

Connect your YouTube account in Wahlu, then give ChatGPT a specific brief.

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