Repurpose YouTube content
Turn one video or a monitored channel into article inputs without creating a separate writing workflow.
Content Repurposing brings YouTube material into the same article workflow as the rest of Surpasso. Use Single video for one URL or transcript. Use Channel library when you want to import a channel, review its history, and keep watching new uploads.
Source videos provide information for the article. They do not have to become the visible subject unless you choose to embed or mention them.
Option 1: Create an article from one video
- Open Content Repurposing → Single video.
- Paste one public YouTube video URL, or switch to Transcript and paste the complete text.
- Choose the content type before Article Details are prepared.
- Select any article-specific enhancements:
- Embed the source video.
- Mention the original source.
- Generate useful visual content.
- Research and cite additional external sources.
- Choose Publish when ready or Schedule for tomorrow.
- Select Create article.
The source then enters the existing workflow. Surpasso prepares Article Details and continues through Content Calendar, article generation, the editor, and publishing. A publishing destination must be ready before Publish when ready can be selected.
Use one public video URL, not a channel or playlist. When pasting a transcript, keep it within the length shown on the page.
Option 2: Build a Channel library
- Open Content Repurposing → Channel library.
- Select Add channel and paste the channel URL.
- Choose how many historical videos to import.
- Decide whether to:
- Automatically recommend videos worth writing about.
- Monitor future uploads.
- Check every 6, 12, 24, or 48 hours.
- Renew monitoring every 30 days.
- Choose the default article options and scheduling preference.
- Import the channel.
The channel history appears in the library in the background. Monitoring adds new uploads later; it does not create articles by itself.
Understand the Channel library
Each video keeps two different states:
- AI recommendation: Recommended, Not recommended, or Not reviewed. The explanation describes relevance to the brand and audience.
- Content status: In library, Scheduled, or Published. This describes what has happened in the Surpasso content workflow.
A video can be recommended but still remain only in the library. A not-recommended video stays visible and can still be selected manually.
Use search, filters, video date, views, and the recommendation explanation to decide what to use. Select one or more available videos, choose Now, Tomorrow, End of queue, or a custom date, then add them to Content Calendar.
Monitoring and Automation are separate
Channel monitoring and AI recommendations only maintain the video library. Automation separately decides whether eligible videos should be selected, written, reviewed, and published automatically. Turning off article automation does not remove the channel or its saved videos.
How to know the task is complete
For a single video, confirm that the new item appears in Content Calendar or moves into the selected publishing flow. For a channel, confirm that its history appears in the library and that scheduled videos change from In library to Scheduled.