Follows
Monitor YouTube channels and TikTok creators
Follow a creator, say in plain words what you care about, and ask one question. Each new video that matches is analyzed, and the answer lands in your inbox, in Slack or at your webhook.
How a follow works
- 01
Pick a creator
A YouTube channel or a TikTok profile. Paste its link on the website, or ask Claude to follow it.
- 02
Say what you care about
Describe it in your own words, such as "AI related videos", add exact hashtags or keywords if you like, and write the one question every match should answer.
- 03
Get the answer where you work
Each matching video is analyzed and its answer sent by email, to Slack or to your webhook, with a daily digest of everything that came in.
What a follow can do
- Rules in plain words
- AI reads each new video's title and description to find the ones that match what you described.
- Exact filters
- Hashtags, mentions and keywords, and whether the video discloses an ad or a paid partnership. Use them alone or with a description.
- One question per follow
- Asked of every match, such as "Who sponsored the video?". The answer opens as a chat on the video, so you can ask more.
- Free to check
- Watching a creator costs nothing. Only the videos that match, and get analyzed, are charged.
- Where answers go
- Up to 5 channels per follow: email to people in your workspace, a Slack channel, or any https webhook, signed.
For developers: a follow from an assistant
Follows are made on the website or through the MCP server. This is a real follow, as an assistant would create it, and three of the checks it made.
follow_creator
{
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/@betterstack",
"rule_description": "AI related videos",
"question": "The key takeaways, in a few bullets",
"notify": [
{
"type": "slack",
"target": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/…"
}
]
}get_follow_activity returns (trimmed)
{
"data": [
{
"video_title": "Anthropic Barely Reads Claude's Code Anymore",
"video_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8QpDbBKbAU",
"verdict": "matched",
"reason": "Covers Anthropic's Claude writing its own code and AI-driven code review flows, clearly AI-related.",
"job_status": "completed",
"credits_charged": 1
},
{
"video_title": "The Software Behind Voyager 1",
"video_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFZhsSbpN8U",
"verdict": "rejected",
"reason": "Title concerns Voyager 1 spacecraft software; no indication of artificial intelligence and description is empty.",
"job_status": null,
"credits_charged": null
},
{
"video_title": "AMD Just Brought an AI Company (World Labs)",
"video_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j4VHHQd_kg",
"verdict": "matched",
"reason": "Title concerns AMD acquiring an AI company, World Labs, so it is AI-related news.",
"job_status": "completed",
"credits_charged": 1
}
]
}Plans
- Free
- 2 follows, up to 3 analyses per follow in any 7 days, with answers by email.
- Starter
- 5 follows, up to 5 analyses per follow in any 7 days.
- Pro
- 20 follows, up to 20 analyses per follow in any 7 days.
- Scale
- As many as Pro, or more if we agree it.
Questions about following creators
Which creators can I follow?
YouTube channels and TikTok profiles. Instagram accounts cannot be followed yet.
How quickly does a new video come through?
New uploads are picked up on a schedule, not the moment they are posted. The answer follows once the video is analyzed.
What about videos from before I followed?
The first check also looks at the creator's few most recent videos. Matches among them are offered to you, never run by themselves.
Can I only hear about sponsored posts?
Yes. Turn on the disclosure filter and only videos that disclose an ad or a paid partnership get through: a hashtag such as #ad, a line such as "sponsored by", or YouTube's paid promotion label.
Can I set it up from Claude?
Yes. The MCP server has tools to follow a creator, change or pause a follow, and read what it checked.
Follow your first creator
Pick a channel, describe what you care about, and choose where the answers go. Your free account includes two follows. New accounts get 50 free credits. No card needed.