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Find Reddit threads for your new YouTube videos

When you publish a video, you get an email listing Reddit threads where it would help, with a suggested comment for each.

Runs
Daily
Apps
Reddit, YouTube
AI
Yes, uses the built-in AI allowance
Access
YouTube API key; Reddit read

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Create a ClickRuntime automation: every morning, check my YouTube channel for videos published yesterday, search Reddit for threads on the same topic, and email me the best threads with a suggested comment.

Paste it into your assistant. It tells you what it will send or change before it runs live.

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Why use it

Why teams use this automation

A new video needs viewers in its first days, and the most interested people are often asking about that exact topic on Reddit. Finding those threads by hand after every upload is a chore most creators skip.

Searching Reddit for each new video and drafting a helpful comment gives you a short list of places to share it, where it actually answers someone's question.

What you get out of it

  • Viewers when it matters

    You get the list the day after uploading, when early views help most.

  • Threads where it helps

    Threads are matched to the video's topic, so sharing answers a real question.

  • Comments that are welcome

    Suggested comments answer first and mention the video second, which suits community rules.

  • No searching after every upload

    The research happens automatically for every new video.

How it works

What happens, step by step

  1. Every morning ClickRuntime checks your YouTube channel for videos published in the last day.

  2. For each new video, it searches Reddit for recent threads on the same topic.

  3. AI picks the threads where the video would help and drafts a comment for each.

  4. You get an email with the threads, links and suggested comments.

Before it runs live

  • Connect Reddit
  • Connect YouTube

What you get

RunsDaily
Find Reddit threads for your new YouTube videostoday, 9:00Succeeded
Email · Reddit threads for your new videosFixing a leaky tap in 10 minutes • r/DIY "Kitchen tap drips even when fully closed" – Suggested: Usually a worn cartridge…

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.
  • Your own rules

    Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.

  • Any number of apps

    One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.

  • AI where it helps

    Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.

  • On a schedule or on each event

    Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

  • Run it at a different time, more or less often, or only on weekdays
  • Change what the AI looks for, or how it writes the result
  • Add another app, for example also send it to Slack
  • Combine it with other Reddit and YouTube steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.
find_reddit_threads_to_promote_my_new_youtube_videos.pyexample
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
from clickruntime import on_trigger, credentials, http, ai, notify

CHANNEL_ID = "UCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

def reddit(path, **params):
    headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + credentials.connection("reddit", "main"), "User-Agent": "clickruntime/1.0"}
    return [c["data"] for c in http.get(f"https://oauth.reddit.com{path}", headers=headers, params=params).json()["data"]["children"]]

@on_trigger
def run(event):
    since = (datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(days=1)).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
    videos = http.get("https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search", params={"key": credentials.secret("YOUTUBE_API_KEY"),
        "channelId": CHANNEL_ID, "part": "snippet", "type": "video", "order": "date", "publishedAfter": since}).json()["items"]
    if not videos:
        return {"videos": 0}
    sections = []
    for v in videos:
        title = v["snippet"]["title"]
        threads = reddit("/search", q=title, sort="relevance", t="month", limit=10)
        listing = "\n".join(f"- {t['title']} https://reddit.com{t['permalink']}" for t in threads)
        picks = ai.generate(f"Video: {title}\nhttps://youtu.be/{v['id']['videoId']}\nThreads:\n{listing}", max_output_tokens=700,
                            system="Pick up to 3 threads where this video genuinely helps. For each: link and a helpful comment that answers first.").text
        sections.append(f"{title}\n{picks}")
    notify.email_me("Reddit threads for your new videos", "\n\n".join(sections))
    return {"videos": len(videos)}

FAQ

Common questions

Does it post comments for me?
No. You review and post them yourself, following each subreddit's rules.
How does it find the right threads?
It searches Reddit using the video's title and keywords, and AI keeps the threads where the video is genuinely relevant.
What if I didn't upload anything?
No email is sent that day.
What permissions does it need?
YouTube API key; Reddit read. Nothing else in your accounts is used.
Does it need AI?
Yes. It uses ClickRuntime's built-in AI, so you don't need an OpenAI or Anthropic key. Every plan includes a monthly AI allowance.
How many runs does it use?
One run each time it runs (daily). Checks that find nothing to do and stop right away aren't counted.
Can I change how it works?
Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

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