Importing Videos from YouTube
Browse your YouTube channel inside PreachKit and import individual videos as sermons through the Analyze flow.
Once your YouTube channel is connected, you can browse your videos directly inside PreachKit and import any of them as a sermon — all from the Analyze Sermon flow. Each import uses one token from your balance and creates a sermon record with the video's title, date, and thumbnail.
What You'll Learn
- How to start a YouTube import from the Analyze flow
- How to search and browse your uploaded videos
- How to choose what to generate after importing
Step-by-Step
Open Analyze Sermon
Click Analyze Sermon in the sidebar. Step 1 lets you choose between an uploaded file or a YouTube import — switch the toggle to YouTube.
With your channel connected, your videos appear as a browsable list with thumbnails and dates Browse and search your videos
If your channel is connected, the My Videos view loads your uploads automatically. Each card shows the video thumbnail, title, publish date, and duration.
Use the Search bar to filter by title or description. Search filters your already-loaded videos without making additional requests — type to narrow down, clear the field to see all loaded videos.
If you have many videos, click Load More Videos at the bottom to fetch the next page of results. Prefer to paste a URL? Switch to Paste URL mode and drop a
youtube.com/watch?v=...link in.Select a video
Click the video card you want to import (it will highlight in orange). Step 1's metadata fields will pre-fill with the YouTube title and publish date — adjust as needed, then continue to Step 2.
Selected videos are highlighted in orange — the button shows the chosen video's title Pick what to generate
Step 3 of the Analyze flow is the standard output picker. Choose any combination of blog post, carousel, video clip, and the rest. PreachKit will fetch the video's transcript, then run the generators you selected. One token is consumed per import.
Common Questions
Why are some videos missing from the list? Only public and unlisted videos are visible. Private videos on your YouTube channel are not accessible. Also, if you just uploaded a video, click Load More Videos or wait a few minutes for YouTube to make it available via its API.
How long does the import take? Individual imports are quick — usually under a minute to fetch the transcript. After that, the rest of the time depends on which outputs you asked for.
What information carries over from YouTube? The sermon record gets the video's title, publish date, thumbnail, duration, and transcript (if available). You can edit the title and all other fields after importing.
What if I run out of tokens? The import will stop before it consumes a token. Add tokens to your balance and try again — nothing is charged for an aborted import.