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YOUTUBE SHORTS

Schedule YouTube Shorts from Claude,
with you approving every upload.

Your AI agent, such as Claude, Claude Code or Codex, brings the finished Short. ReelGenie plays the exact video YouTube will get and uploads nothing until you approve. Start free with 30 posts a month.

See how it works

Forever free: 30 posts a month · 1 brand · 3 connected accounts. Your agent’s plan is separate.

ReelGenie post details with a six-slide carousel in a phone frame, the approved caption and hashtags, and per-account delivery status for TikTok and Instagram
ReelGenie’s post details page, shown here with a carousel. A Short opens in the same phone frame, with a result for each channel. Select the image to view it full size.

The short answer

ReelGenie doesn’t make the video. You bring a finished vertical MP4 from your camera, an editor or a video tool, and your agent saves it to ReelGenie. If HeyGen, Canva or Higgsfield made the video, your agent can hand it over by its download link. ReelGenie keeps the post private, plays it in a phone preview with the title and description, and uploads it to your YouTube channel as public, unlisted or private, now or at a time you pick, only after you approve. The free plan covers 30 posts a month.

How to schedule YouTube Shorts with your agent

  1. Bring a finished Short to your agent

    Ask Claude, Claude Code or Codex for the script, the opening line and a title, then make the video with your camera, an editor or a video tool you use. YouTube treats a vertical or square video up to three minutes long as a Short. ReelGenie sends your MP4 as it is, up to 500 MB, so make it 9:16 (for example 1080 × 1920) or square before saving.

  2. Review the Short in ReelGenie

    Your agent saves the post as private and gives you a review link. Claude Code and Codex upload the MP4 straight from your computer. In the Claude app, upload it on ReelGenie’s Posts page, or let Claude hand over a HeyGen, Canva or Higgsfield link. Play the video in the phone frame and change the title or description in the chat or in ReelGenie.

  3. Approve the visibility, channel and time

    Choose public, unlisted or private, say whether it is made for kids, and pick the channel and whether it goes now or at a set time. Your agent asks you rather than choosing, and nothing is uploaded before approval. Before you approve, ReelGenie checks that the post is a video and that the description fits YouTube’s limit, and warns you if the title will be shortened, if the Google sign-in won’t last until the scheduled time, or if YouTube’s daily upload allowance, or your team’s share of it, is used up.

  4. Check it reached YouTube

    Scheduled isn’t posted. After the time passes, the channel shows its own result: Sending while ReelGenie uploads the video, Published when YouTube reports it uploaded with the visibility you chose, or Failed with YouTube’s reason in plain words.

Step-by-step guides for each agent: post YouTube Shorts from Claude and from Claude Code.

Claude makes the Short. Who posts it?

Most “Claude YouTube Shorts” tutorials show Claude writing scripts, building animations or cutting clips, and stop when the MP4 is on your computer. Uploading is left to you in YouTube Studio. ReelGenie picks up from there: your agent saves the finished video, you watch it and approve the channel, visibility and time, and ReelGenie uploads it and reports whether it actually posted. You don’t need a Google Cloud project, a YouTube API key or an upload script of your own.

If you want a tool that makes the video for you from a prompt, an AI Shorts generator may suit you better. See how ReelGenie compares with Blotato, Postiz and others.

Made a Short with a Claude skill? Here’s how it gets to YouTube

A Claude skill can write and render the Short, but the MP4 still has to reach your channel. Connect Claude to ReelGenie and it saves the finished video as a private post; you pick public, unlisted or private, approve it, and ReelGenie uploads it and shows the result. Follow how to upload a video to YouTube from Claude, or, if the file is on your computer, upload it from disk with Claude Code.

Can I schedule YouTube Shorts?

Yes. Pick a time when you approve and ReelGenie uploads the Short to your channel then, through YouTube’s own upload API. One post can also go to TikTok and Instagram Reels at the same time, and it still counts as one post on your plan.

If you have one finished video and want to post it once, YouTube Studio is enough: upload it and set a date and time there. ReelGenie is for when your agent prepares the Shorts and you want to check each one before it goes out.

What ReelGenie checks for YouTube

  • Video only. YouTube posts in ReelGenie take one finished MP4; images and carousels are blocked.
  • MP4 files up to 500 MB. ReelGenie checks the file before the post is ready, so the preview is the exact video YouTube receives.
  • Titles over 100 characters are shortened by YouTube, so ReelGenie warns you first. Descriptions can be up to 5,000 characters.
  • Visibility: public, unlisted or private. Made for kids: yes, no, or your channel’s default setting.
  • A warning when the Google sign-in won’t last until the scheduled time, or YouTube’s daily upload allowance, or your team’s share of it, is used up for that day.

ReelGenie doesn’t check the length or shape of the video. YouTube decides whether a video is a Short: vertical or square, up to three minutes.

Questions about YouTube Shorts

Does ReelGenie make the video?
No. You, your editor or a video tool make the Short, and your agent (Claude, Claude Code or Codex) saves it to ReelGenie. ReelGenie doesn’t generate or edit video. Your agent can write the script and the title.
Can Claude make YouTube Shorts?
Claude can write the script, the hook and the title, and Claude Code can drive video tools on your computer. Claude can’t upload to YouTube on its own; connected to ReelGenie, it saves the finished Short for your review and it is uploaded after approval. See how to post YouTube Shorts from Claude.
Can my agent send a video it made in HeyGen, Canva or Higgsfield?
Yes. Your agent can pass ReelGenie the video’s download link from HeyGen, Canva or Higgsfield. ReelGenie downloads it, checks it and saves a private post for review. Saving it never uploads it to YouTube.
Does every Short need my approval?
Yes. Each delivery waits for approval: yours in ReelGenie, or your agent’s after it has confirmed the channel, visibility and time with you.
Can I upload a Short as unlisted or private?
Yes. Choose public, unlisted or private before you approve. You can also say whether the video is made for kids, or leave it to your channel’s default setting.
Can it add Shorts to a playlist?
Not yet. ReelGenie uploads the video with its title, description and visibility. Add it to a playlist in YouTube Studio.
Is it free?
ReelGenie’s free plan includes 30 posts a month, 1 brand and 3 connected accounts, with no time limit. A Short sent to YouTube, TikTok and Instagram counts as one post. Your agent’s plan and any video tool are separate.
Can I try it before signing up?
Yes. Try ReelGenie without signing up to see the review and approval steps.
FREE FOREVER

Free forever. Paid plans when you need more.

ReelGenie's forever-free plan includes 30 posts a month, 1 brand and 3 connected accounts. Bring the finished Short, review it, and send it to your connected YouTube channel.

Forever free · $0/month

30 posts a month across your team, 1 brand and 3 connected accounts. A place to review finished media, adjust publishing details and follow delivery.

Solo, Team or Agency · from US$19/month

Unlimited posts. Solo: 2 brands and 10 connected accounts for US$19/month. Team: 5 brands, 30 accounts and 5 people for US$49/month. Agency: 20 brands, 100 accounts and unlimited people for US$129/month. Annual billing gives two months free.

The free allowance resets on the 1st of each month (UTC). One post counts once across its destinations; retries do not count again. Contact us for more than 20 brands or 100 connected accounts. Your agent’s plan and any video tool are separate from ReelGenie. Platform permissions still apply. Read the Pricing Policy.

Using Codex?
One instruction to start.

Paste it into Codex. It installs the skill and guides you from account setup to your first delivery. Using Claude? Start with the Claude setup.

Set up ReelGenie and help me publish my first post.

You handle sign-in, account consent and final approval.

Read the full instruction

Codex, install and read the ReelGenie skill from https://reelgenie.app/reelgenie-codex-skill.md. Use your in-app browser to guide my ReelGenie setup, create and review my first post, then publish it and verify delivery. Keep my token private and confirm the exact account and delivery mode before sending.

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