Personal saves individual YouTube videos with their transcripts. It can also follow channels and save new uploads in the background.
Save a single video
Paste any YouTube URL into the Keep Web Clipper, the CLI, or the API. Keep saves the title, URL, video metadata, transcript, and available content as Markdown.
Follow a channel
Add a YouTube channel as a source to automatically save new uploads in the background. Keep checks for new videos every few hours and saves each one into your library.
- Open Source settings and add a new source.
- Choose YouTube channel and enter the channel URL or handle.
- Optionally enable a one-time backfill to import recent videos (up to 90 days).
- Keep checks for new uploads in the background and saves them automatically.
Accepted channel formats
You can provide the channel in several formats and Keep resolves it automatically:
handle: @Fireship or youtube.com/@Fireship
channel ID: UCsBjURrPoezykLs9EqgamOA
custom URL: youtube.com/c/channelname
video URL: any video URL from the channel (Keep looks up the channel from the video)
Backfill options
start from now (default): only captures videos published after you add the source. No historical import.
one-time backfill: imports videos from the past 1 to 90 days when you first add the channel. The source captures only new uploads after that import.
What Personal includes
Personal includes video saves, YouTube channel follows, and transcript processing. Duplicate videos already in your library are skipped.
Removing a channel
Open Source settings and remove the channel source. Existing videos stay in Saved. Only future syncs stop.