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Automate YouTube with Hermes

Hand Hermes one brief and it plans the whole week: drafting YouTube videos, scheduling them at the right times and reporting back when the queue is full.

Quick start

Install the CLI where Hermes executes commands, then hand over the YouTube plan in plain language.

Terminal
npm install -g postqueen
export POSTQUEEN_API_KEY=your_api_key
 
# A task for Hermes:
# "Plan next week on YouTube: draft five
# videos, schedule them and list
# what you queued"

What Hermes can run on YouTube

One brief, a full YouTube plan

Hermes breaks a goal into steps on its own: draft the videos, upload media, schedule each one and report back with what it queued for YouTube.

Windows that fit YouTube

Tell Hermes when your subscribers are most active and it schedules videos into that window on YouTube, day after day, without reminders.

Native video, native timing

Video uploads travel through the same postqueen call, so Hermes ships YouTube videos with real media attached and the publish time already set.

Drafts until you are ready

Ask Hermes for drafts only. They sit on the postqueen calendar unscheduled, so you can edit them and pick the time yourself, and nothing reaches your subscribers on YouTube until you do.

Three steps to a full queue

Step 1

Discover YouTube

Hermes calls postqueen to list your connected channels and sees what YouTube supports, so drafts start from real capabilities, not guesses.

Step 2

Draft with Hermes

Give it the brief. The agent writes YouTube-shaped videos and proposes publish times that match when your subscribers are around.

Step 3

Check and publish

Look over the queue on the postqueen calendar and change anything you want. postqueen publishes each post at its time, and Hermes can pull the results after.

What YouTube allows

Hermes reads these limits from postqueen before it composes, so a draft that would be rejected never reaches the queue.

Title length
Up to 100 characters per video title
Description
Up to 5,000 characters per description
Tags
Up to 500 characters across all tags on a video
Video length
15 minutes until the channel is verified, then up to 12 hours
File size
Up to 256 GB per upload
Shorts
Vertical 9:16 video, up to 3 minutes
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Everything postqueen does on YouTube

Scheduling, AI drafts, analytics and team roles, in one guide.

Read the YouTube guide
F.A.Q.

Frequently asked questions

How does Hermes connect YouTube to postqueen?

Install the postqueen CLI where Hermes runs commands and export your API key. Every command returns JSON, so the agent can create, schedule and list YouTube videos reliably.

Can Hermes schedule YouTube videos at exact times?

Yes. Give it exact slots or a rule like mornings at nine and it sets publish times on the videos it creates, so your subscribers see them at the right moment.

Will Hermes publish to YouTube on its own?

Only if you ask it to. Tell it to save drafts and nothing is scheduled: the videos wait on the calendar until you set a time. Tell it to schedule, and they go out at the times you can see, which is the setup most people move to once they trust the output.

Can one brief cover YouTube and other channels too?

Yes. postqueen connects 30 channels, so Hermes can turn the same brief into YouTube videos plus adapted versions for every other channel you run.

Does Hermes access cost extra on postqueen?

No. The agent uses your regular API key and plan limits: unlimited posts on every plan, and channel counts from 5 on Creator up to uncapped on Ultimate.

Do I need to verify my YouTube channel?

For uploads over 15 minutes, yes. YouTube caps unverified channels at 15 minute videos, and verification is a free one time step in YouTube Studio. Shorts and shorter uploads work without it.

How is this different from YouTube's own scheduling?

YouTube can schedule a video you have already uploaded by hand. postqueen handles the upload itself and keeps the channel on the same calendar as everything that promotes it, so the Short, the X thread and the newsletter go out around the release instead of being chased separately.

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