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Post to YouTube from Cursor with Wahlu

Connect Cursor to Wahlu once, then plan, draft and schedule posts for YouTube channels connected to Wahlu from the Cursor editor. Every schedule can wait for your approval.

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What Cursor can prepare on YouTube

  • Video

    One video with a title and description.

  • Short

    One square or vertical video of up to three minutes.

Ask Cursor for YouTube posts

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

Example prompt

“Write a YouTube title, description and tags for the demo video linked in the feature summary in this chat, then create a private draft so I can check it.”

Example prompt

“Write a YouTube Short caption about the feature summary in this chat, attach the vertical clip at its public link and hold the schedule for review.”

Example prompt

“Run a readiness check on the YouTube draft you made for the feature summary in this chat and explain anything that would stop it publishing.”

What Wahlu does on YouTube

Cursor 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

    upload_media_from_file, import_media_from_url 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 local server can upload a file straight from your computer with upload_media_from_file, so screenshots and videos in your project don't need a public link.

Connect Cursor to Wahlu

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

  1. 1

    In the Wahlu app, create an API key under Settings → API Keys in your workspace, with only the permissions and brands you need.

  2. 2

    Add the Wahlu configuration to ~/.cursor/mcp.json and paste the key into it yourself.

  3. 3

    Restart Cursor, or refresh its MCP servers, so it starts the Wahlu server.

Checked against the Cursor docs on 27 September 2026. Menus can change; if a step doesn't match what you see, follow the vendor's current instructions.

~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wahlu": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@wahlu/mcp-server@latest"],
      "env": {
        "WAHLU_API_KEY": "paste-your-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor can't sign in to the hosted URL yet, because it doesn't support Client ID Metadata Documents. The local server runs on your computer with Node.js and has the same tools, plus upload_media_from_file for files on that computer. Keep the key out of project files that are committed.

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 Cursor.

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

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