YouTube Pipeline (HNO)
Manage Joseph's YouTube channel (@JosephVoelbel) — metadata edits, playlists, thumbnails, and safe batch operations. Use when Joseph says: "update titles", "retitle videos", "playlist audit", "upload thumbnails", "thumbnail batch", "YouTube Studio", "metadata overhaul", "pillar", or anything about channel organization.
Channel Facts
- Channel: @JosephVoelbel | ID:
UCS2dBXOeR6ANEJG2UfmOYLA
- API Key:
~/.openclaw/credentials/youtube-api.json
- Stats (as of 2026-03-06): ~1,700 subscribers, 81 videos, 368K total views
- YouTube API impressions/CTR/watch time: requires OAuth — not worth setting up at current scale
Five Public Playlists (Locked 2026-03-06)
| Playlist |
Content |
| Pay Attention |
Bitcoin, AI, HNO, Installing OpenClaw, Plastic Jesus, Mandela Effect, 108 |
| NINETEEN STORIES |
All 19 stories by Joseph Voelbel |
| Ficciones |
Complete Borges Ficciones narrations (20 videos) |
| Philosophical Literary Excerpts |
All other literary narrations |
| Essays, First Series — Emerson |
Emerson essays (10 of 12 complete) |
All curation playlists, Aged Quill intro, MIND MOJO, and Borges Appearances are privated.
Title Format Convention (Locked)
- Literature:
Title by Author | Reading type
- 19 Stories:
Story Title | Joseph Voelbel
- HNO/Bitcoin/AI:
Title | Joseph Voelbel
- No series numbering. Always include Joseph Voelbel name on own work.
Thumbnail System
Three pillars with distinct visual languages:
- System A (Literature): Borges/Ficciones aesthetic
- System B (Fiction): Near-black/indigo ground, warm accent, figure as silhouette, vast negative space, flat graphic handmade quality — woodblock/ink feel
- System C (HNO/Signal): TBD
Hard rules:
- Master dimensions: 1280×720 (16:9). YouTube crops to square in list view — design for 16:9, accept the crop.
- No text in FLUX prompts — all OST (over-screen text) added in post via Python/Pillow compositor
- Font stack: Times Bold (series name), STIXGeneralBolIta (story title), STIXTwoText-Italic (byline)
- Always verify source image dimensions before batch:
python3 -c "from PIL import Image; print(Image.open('file.jpg').size)"
- FLUX requires
"aspect_ratio":"custom" for non-square dims
Tools: tools/ficciones-ost.py — compositor for System A thumbnails (locked, only story title changes per video)
Core Rules
- Consistency beats micro-optimization. No A/B thumbnail testing unless Joseph explicitly asks.
- For mass metadata edits: small sample first, confirm, then continue.
- YouTube Studio throttles thumbnail uploads — upload one at a time, slow down on failures.
- YouTube API playlist views ≠ sum of video views (Studio metric not in public API).
Typical Requests
- "Retitle all videos in playlist X to format Y" — use YouTube Data API PATCH on each video
- "Upload thumbnails for [series]" — one at a time via YouTube API or Studio
- "Audit what's public vs private" — list all videos/playlists via API, compare
- "Generate thumbnail system for [series]" — FLUX for image, Pillow for text overlay
1---2name: youtube-pipeline3description: YouTube Pipeline (HNO)4---56# YouTube Pipeline (HNO)78Manage Joseph's YouTube channel (@JosephVoelbel) — metadata edits, playlists, thumbnails, and safe batch operations. Use when Joseph says: "update titles", "retitle videos", "playlist audit", "upload thumbnails", "thumbnail batch", "YouTube Studio", "metadata overhaul", "pillar", or anything about channel organization.910---1112## Channel Facts1314- **Channel:** @JosephVoelbel | ID: `UCS2dBXOeR6ANEJG2UfmOYLA`15- **API Key:** `~/.openclaw/credentials/youtube-api.json`16- **Stats (as of 2026-03-06):** ~1,700 subscribers, 81 videos, 368K total views17- **YouTube API impressions/CTR/watch time:** requires OAuth — not worth setting up at current scale1819---2021## Five Public Playlists (Locked 2026-03-06)2223| Playlist | Content |24|----------|---------|25| **Pay Attention** | Bitcoin, AI, HNO, Installing OpenClaw, Plastic Jesus, Mandela Effect, 108 |26| **NINETEEN STORIES** | All 19 stories by Joseph Voelbel |27| **Ficciones** | Complete Borges Ficciones narrations (20 videos) |28| **Philosophical Literary Excerpts** | All other literary narrations |29| **Essays, First Series — Emerson** | Emerson essays (10 of 12 complete) |3031All curation playlists, Aged Quill intro, MIND MOJO, and Borges Appearances are privated.3233---3435## Title Format Convention (Locked)3637- **Literature:** `Title by Author | Reading type`38- **19 Stories:** `Story Title | Joseph Voelbel`39- **HNO/Bitcoin/AI:** `Title | Joseph Voelbel`40- No series numbering. Always include Joseph Voelbel name on own work.4142---4344## Thumbnail System4546Three pillars with distinct visual languages:47- **System A (Literature):** Borges/Ficciones aesthetic48- **System B (Fiction):** Near-black/indigo ground, warm accent, figure as silhouette, vast negative space, flat graphic handmade quality — woodblock/ink feel49- **System C (HNO/Signal):** TBD5051**Hard rules:**52- Master dimensions: **1280×720** (16:9). YouTube crops to square in list view — design for 16:9, accept the crop.53- No text in FLUX prompts — all OST (over-screen text) added in post via Python/Pillow compositor54- Font stack: Times Bold (series name), STIXGeneralBolIta (story title), STIXTwoText-Italic (byline)55- Always verify source image dimensions before batch: `python3 -c "from PIL import Image; print(Image.open('file.jpg').size)"`56- FLUX requires `"aspect_ratio":"custom"` for non-square dims5758**Tools:** `tools/ficciones-ost.py` — compositor for System A thumbnails (locked, only story title changes per video)5960---6162## Core Rules6364- Consistency beats micro-optimization. No A/B thumbnail testing unless Joseph explicitly asks.65- For mass metadata edits: small sample first, confirm, then continue.66- YouTube Studio throttles thumbnail uploads — upload one at a time, slow down on failures.67- YouTube API playlist views ≠ sum of video views (Studio metric not in public API).6869---7071## Typical Requests7273- "Retitle all videos in playlist X to format Y" — use YouTube Data API PATCH on each video74- "Upload thumbnails for [series]" — one at a time via YouTube API or Studio75- "Audit what's public vs private" — list all videos/playlists via API, compare76- "Generate thumbnail system for [series]" — FLUX for image, Pillow for text overlay
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