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.”
Claude + Wahlu
Connect Claude 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.
Video
One video with a title and description.
Short
One square or vertical video of up to three minutes.
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.”
Claude works through Wahlu's tools, so it can set the YouTube options Wahlu supports.
Wahlu doesn't set a YouTube category or playlist.
list_targetsFinds the brand's connected YouTube account and checks it's ready.
import_media_from_url, upload_media or list_mediaBrings in the image or video, or picks one from your media library.
create_draftCreates the draft with its caption and youtube_settings, such as the post type.
preflight_draftChecks the draft against YouTube's rules without changing it.
create_schedulePuts it on the calendar at pending_review, held for your approval.
Wahlu checks these before a post is scheduled, so the agent finds out early.
Titles up to 100 characters and descriptions up to 5,000 bytes, with no < or > in either.
YouTube Data API: videos.insertShorts must be square or vertical and up to three minutes long.
YouTube Help: upload ShortsYouTube shows the first three hashtags above the title and ignores all of them if there are more than 60.
YouTube Help: hashtagsThe 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.
Set this up once and Claude can work on every network you've connected, not just YouTube.
Open Customize → Connectors.
Click +, then Add custom connector.
Name it Wahlu and paste https://mcp.wahlu.com/mcp as the remote MCP server URL. Leave Advanced settings empty.
Click Add, then Connect, and sign in to Wahlu.
In a chat, turn Wahlu on from the + button under Connectors.
Checked against the Claude Help Center on 24 September 2026. Menus can change; if a step doesn't match what you see, follow the vendor's current instructions.
The same steps work on claude.ai and in Claude Desktop. On Team and Enterprise plans, an organisation owner first adds the connector in Organization settings → Connectors (Add, then Custom → Web); members then click Connect next to it in Customize → Connectors. Free plans allow one custom connector.
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.
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.
Publish to social accounts is separate from Manage your schedule. Leave it unticked and nothing your agent schedules can go out on its own.
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.
Queues, general edits to existing drafts, approvals and connecting social accounts happen in the Wahlu app, not through your agent.
Connect your YouTube account in Wahlu, then give Claude a specific brief.