Short ShortsSHORTSHORTS
Always-On Automation

New video published. Shorts generated automatically.

Connect any YouTube playlist and Short Shorts AI watches it around the clock. The moment a new video is published, processing kicks off automatically — clips, captions, thumbnails, scheduling. You do nothing.

How Monitoring Works
New video detected — processing…

Set up once. Run forever.

Add a playlist URL, activate monitoring, and never manually submit a video again.

Monitoring: Active ✓

Use cases

The ultimate set-and-forget for busy creators

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Regular YouTubers

Every long-form upload instantly spawns a batch of Shorts — without adding a step to your workflow.

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Podcast networks

Monitor multiple show feeds and turn every episode into Shorts automatically.

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News channels

Breaking videos hit Shorts in minutes — before competitors even notice a new upload.

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Corporate channels

Auto-clip every product launch, webinar, and event replay without involving the video team.

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EdTech channels

Continuously grow a Shorts audience from an ever-growing library of course content.

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Fitness channels

Weekly workout uploads automatically become daily Shorts tips that drive channel subscriptions.

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Tech channels

Every product review or deep-dive becomes Shorts highlight clips that reach the algorithm.

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Multi-creator networks

Monitor dozens of channels and auto-clip all of them from a single dashboard.

What you get

Zero-latency automation powered by webhooks

PubSubHubbub webhooks

We subscribe to YouTube's PubSubHubbub (WebSub) feed for each monitored channel. YouTube pushes a notification the moment a video is published — no polling delay, no missed videos.

Instant trigger on publish

Processing kicks off within seconds of a new video appearing on YouTube — not on a polling schedule, but on the live webhook event.

Infinite loop prevention

When we publish Shorts to your channel, YouTube would normally trigger our own webhook again. We check if the incoming video ID is one we uploaded — and skip it automatically.

Back catalogue processing

Activate a playlist and choose to process the last N videos of existing content — catch up on your back catalogue in one click.

Monitor health dashboard

See every monitored playlist, its webhook subscription status, last sync time, and number of videos processed — all from the Playlist Monitor page.

Any public YouTube channel

You can monitor any public YouTube channel or playlist — not just your own. Perfect for agencies managing client channels or curating content from multiple sources.

How it works

How playlist monitoring works

01

Webhook subscription

When you activate a playlist, we call the PubSubHubbub hub and subscribe to the YouTube Atom feed for that channel. YouTube immediately starts pushing notifications for every new video published to that channel.

Webhook subscribed ✓
02

Webhook received → job created

When YouTube pushes a new video notification, our webhook endpoint validates the request, checks it's not a video we uploaded ourselves, creates a processing job, and adds the video to the playlist_videos table.

Job created: auto_triggered: true
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Full pipeline runs automatically

The worker claims the job, runs the full processing pipeline (transcript → AI analysis → clip cutting → captions → thumbnails), and queues all clips for scheduled publishing — completely without any user action.

8 clips queued from new episode

Flexible workflow

Monitor every video or hand-pick what gets processed

Full auto-monitoring for every upload, or selective processing for specific videos.

Always On

Auto Mode

Every new video on the monitored playlist is automatically processed into Shorts.

  1. 1Add a YouTube playlist or channel URL to the monitor
  2. 2Activate monitoring — webhook is registered with YouTube automatically
  3. 3Every new video triggers processing without any manual action
  4. 4Clips are generated, scheduled, and published continuously
Selective Processing

Custom Mode

Browse monitored playlist videos and choose which ones to process.

  1. 1Add a playlist to monitor — new videos are detected but not auto-processed
  2. 2Browse the video library and select specific videos to process
  3. 3Use batch-process to handle multiple videos at a set rate (10/25/50/all)
  4. 4Process the back catalogue on demand without committing to full automation

Why Short Shorts

Short Shorts vs Opus Clip

Usage-based pricing means you pay $0.20 per published Short — nothing more. No subscriptions, no caps, no surprises.

Feature
Short Shorts
Opus Clip
Pricing model
Pay per published Short ($0.20)
Monthly subscription ($19–$199/mo)
Clips per $1
5 clips per dollar
0.25–2 clips per dollar
Monthly cap
None — pay only for what publishes
Hard cap based on plan tier
Auto-publish to X
Yes — full X/Twitter pipeline
Not supported
Auto-recharge
Configurable balance top-up
No
Scheduled publishing
Prime-time slots per platform
Manual only
Playlist monitoring
Auto-process every new upload
Manual trigger
Custom overlays
Full branding designer
Template-only on lower tiers
API access
Yes — programmatic clip generation
Enterprise only

FAQ

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The most hands-off Shorts strategy possible.

Add your channel. Activate monitoring. Let Short Shorts AI handle everything from the next video, forever.

$0.20 per published Short · No subscription · Cancel anytime