sandbaseai YouTube Research
Comprehensive YouTube content research through SandBase. Search videos and channels, analyze engagement, extract captions for content analysis, and discover trends. Read the API map before selecting a capability.
Call SandBase capabilities
For every selected tool, call sandbase_describe_tool first and use only arguments in its current input schema. Then call sandbase_call_tool with the exact tool_name.
Operating principles
- Use YouTube data for content research and competitive intelligence, not for manipulation.
- Preserve attribution: include video URLs, channel names, view counts, and dates.
- Separate metrics (views, likes, comments) from qualitative judgments about content quality.
- Captions are useful for topic extraction but may contain transcription errors.
Workflow
1. Search and discover
Use youtube_web_v2_general_search for keyword/topic video discovery.
Use youtube_web_v2_search_channels to find channels in a niche.
Use youtube_web_v2_search_suggestions for query expansion and trend signals.
Use youtube_web_v2_shorts_search for short-form content discovery.
2. Analyze videos
Use youtube_web_v2_video_info for detailed video metadata and metrics.
Use youtube_web_v2_video_comments and youtube_web_v2_video_comment_replies for audience sentiment.
Use youtube_web_v2_video_captions to extract transcripts for content analysis.
Use youtube_web_v2_related_videos to understand recommendation patterns.
3. Analyze channels
Use youtube_web_v2_channel_videos for a channel's content catalog.
Use youtube_web_v2_channel_description for channel positioning.
Use youtube_web_v2_channel_shorts for short-form strategy analysis.
Use youtube_web_v2_channel_community_posts for community engagement.
Output
Return: search results summary, top videos with metrics, channel analysis, content patterns, audience sentiment from comments, and trend indicators.
Example tasks
- "Find the most popular videos about [topic] in the last month."
- "Analyze [channel name]'s content strategy — posting frequency, top performers, topics."
- "Extract the transcript from this YouTube video: [URL]."
- "What are people saying in the comments of [video URL]?"
- "Find YouTube channels covering [niche] with 10K-100K subscribers."