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YouTube ShortsAvailableBYOA

Cross-post short-form video to YouTube Shorts

YouTube Shorts is a distinct discovery surface with its own recommendation engine and caption conventions. The agent takes your TikTok or Reels cut, re-encodes it for the YouTube Shorts aspect and title-card style, rewrites the description and hashtags for YouTube's hook pattern, and publishes natively from the iPhone — no watermark, no third-party scheduler, no detection signatures.

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What the agent does

Five to seven steps. No JSON. No prompt-eng homework.

  1. Agent pulls the latest TikTok or Reels post from your linked account.
  2. Re-encodes to YouTube Shorts native aspect and cover frame.
  3. Rewrites title, description, and hashtags for the YouTube Shorts hook pattern.
  4. Publishes natively from the YouTube iOS app on the iPhone.
  5. Pulls cross-channel performance into one dashboard (Shorts views vs. TikTok vs. Reels).
What you need

The shopping list.

  • An iPhone (self-hosted) or BoostLayer cloud device.
  • Your AI agent.
  • A YouTube channel that has Shorts enabled, plus a linked Google account.
  • Source short-form content from TikTok, Reels, or your own pipeline.
Pricing line

Included in $99/mo self-hosted or $199/mo cloud-hosted. ~8 hrs of the 40-hour monthly quota for typical usage.

Honest limits

What this scenario won’t do.

  • Will not edit content — only re-format and re-caption.
  • YouTube may detect re-encoded content uploaded from another platform; the agent strips watermarks but cannot influence YouTube's own AIGC labeling.
  • Will not run YouTube Ads or paid Shorts promotion — separate workflow.
Scenario FAQ

Common questions about this scenario.

Does YouTube penalise cross-posted Shorts?

YouTube detects watermarked uploads (e.g. TikTok-stamped exports). The agent strips watermarks and re-encodes natively before uploading via the YouTube iOS app. We don't promise zero penalty — we minimise the substrate-level signals YouTube uses to detect cross-platform reuploads.

Can I post originals only, not cross-posts?

Yes. Drop original short-form content into the agent and it'll publish to Shorts directly — same iPhone, same scheduling logic.
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Get started

Ready to run this on your iPhone?

Self-hosted or cloud. No credits.