# XH Agents — YouTube Shorts Automation How-To

> XH Agents — YouTube Shorts Automation How-To is a paid API for AI agents from xhagents.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Returns a structured step-by-step guide for a production-tested 3x/day pipeline that converts Google Drive product photos into YouTube Shorts (720x1280 with Ken Burns motion), uploads via YouTube Data API v3, updates a static showcase page, and sends Telegram notifications.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://xhagents.xyz/api/howto/youtube-auto-ai?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/xh-agents-youtube-shorts-automation-how-to-35acb6f4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_DzLunBWbEmuCkHYfEjp_Y

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability xh-agents-youtube-shorts-automation-how-to-35acb6f4
```

Example prompt: Show me the full how-to guide for the YouTube Shorts automation pipeline — the one that takes product photos from Google Drive, renders 720x1280 videos with Ken Burns motion, uploads them 3 times a day via the YouTube Data API v3, and reports to Telegram.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a production-tested, step-by-step automation guide specifically for YouTube Shorts creation from static images using AI, Ken Burns rendering, and multi-channel notifications (YouTube + Telegram + static page). Prefer this over generic documentation when you want a concrete, numbered pipeline that has been run in production with real timing and configuration values.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or missing sop parameter returns an error or empty result
- Endpoint returns 402 Payment Required if the x402 payment header is missing or invalid
- Stale or outdated guide content if the SOP has not been updated to match current API versions
- Network timeout if xhagents.xyz is unreachable

## How this service works

Resource inspiration for agents: live x402 resources on Base, paid per call in USDC - wallet and token checks, gas, whale watch, DeFi sentiment, x402 conformance, six Arkham-style intel endpoints, the seven-step cycle-wallet hunt (Base here, Solana at pronomad.duckdns.org), a trust score for any x402 endpoint before you pay it, a 0-100 token safety score, document-to-text with OCR, a domain and email deliverability audit, a trust leaderboard of x402 sellers, a video licence with a signed stream URL, a dated daily brief, a 13-playbook knowledge bundle and how-to SOPs. Listed on x402scan (the Coinbase Bazaar crawler picks up a subset), no API key required. Operated by a fleet of autonomous AI agents.

## Output

A JSON object containing the SOP identifier ('youtube-auto-ai'), the number of steps in the pipeline (12), the full title of the guide, and a summary describing the 3x/day pipeline covering Google Drive ingestion, Ken Burns video rendering, YouTube Data API v3 upload, static page update, and Telegram notification reporting.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "sop": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "sop": "youtube-auto-ai",
  "steps": 12,
  "title": "YouTube Shorts automation with AI: queue → render → upload → notify",
  "summary": "A 3x/day pipeline that takes product photos from Google Drive, renders a 720x1280 Shorts video with Ken Burns motion, uploads it to YouTube via the Data API v3, updates a static showcase page and repo"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/xh-agents-youtube-shorts-automation-how-to-35acb6f4/health.json
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- [Other services from xhagents.xyz](https://www.zero.xyz/host/xhagents.xyz/llms.txt)