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.”
Grok + Wahlu
Post to YouTube from Grok with Wahlu
Connect Grok 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.
Ask Grok for YouTube posts
Example prompts and the steps to expect. These are illustrations, not recorded conversations.
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
Grok 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
- 01
list_targetsFinds the brand's connected YouTube account and checks it's ready. - 02
import_media_from_url,upload_mediaorlist_mediaBrings in the image or video, or picks one from your media library. - 03
create_draftCreates the draft with its caption andyoutube_settings, such as the post type. - 04
preflight_draftChecks the draft against YouTube's rules without changing it. - 05
create_schedulePuts it on the calendar atpending_review, held for your approval.
YouTube limits to know
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: hashtags
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 Grok to Wahlu
Set this up once and Grok can work on every network you've connected, not just YouTube.
- 1
Go to grok.com/connectors.
- 2
Click New Connector, then select Custom.
- 3
Paste
https://mcp.wahlu.com/mcpas the MCP server URL. - 4
Sign in to Wahlu when asked, then choose the workspace, brands and permissions Grok can use.
Checked against the xAI docs: Connectors on 3 November 2026. Menus can change; if a step doesn't match what you see, follow the vendor's current instructions.
xAI's documentation describes this on grok.com. On Grok Business and Enterprise plans, a team admin first adds the connector in the xAI console (console.x.ai, Grok Business → Connectors → + Add Connector → Other); members then connect it on grok.com/connectors. Grok signs in with dynamic client registration, which Wahlu accepts for Grok.
You stay in control.
Every Wahlu plan and the $1 trial include 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 Wahlu or ask an agent with Publishing permission to approve it.
Publishing is its own permission
Publishing 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. Autopilot's lines to check reach your agent too, and approving past them takes an explicit acknowledgement.
Some things stay in the app
Use the app for queues, draft media and platform settings, and connecting social accounts. Agents can change the name or caption of an unused draft and approve held schedules with the right permissions.
Keep going
Other networks from Grok
Your next YouTube post, drafted by Grok.
Connect your YouTube account in Wahlu, then give Grok a specific brief.