Video content is invisible to search — until you index it. Connect YouTube and BeforeQuery indexes video transcripts (falling back to video descriptions when no transcript exists), so a walkthrough you recorded once can answer questions forever, with citations linking to the video.

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Prerequisites

  • The videos must be public (or unlisted with direct URLs) and ideally have captions/transcripts available.
  • A BeforeQuery workspace owner role.

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Data ingested

One video, one document:
  • Video URL and title
  • The transcript, under a ## Transcript heading
Only the transcript is read. A video with captions disabled yields nothing, and there is no audio transcription step — check the source’s skipped list to see which videos were reached but had no transcript.

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Set up the connector

1

Decide what to index

You can point the source at any one of:
  • A whole channel — paste the channel ID (UC…).
  • A playlist — paste the playlist URL. Great for curating only tutorial content.
  • Specific videos — paste a list of video URLs.
2

Add the source

In the dashboard, open Knowledge Base → Sources → Add source and choose YouTube. Fill in the channel ID, playlist URL, or video URLs, then click Add. The first sync fetches transcripts, normalizes them, and embeds them.
3

Verify

Ask something covered only in a video in the Playground — the answer should cite the video.

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Connection settings

Provide exactly one of:

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Keeping content in sync

YouTube re-syncs every 24 hours — there is no schedule to configure, and Sync on the source’s page runs one now if you cannot wait. Only changed content is re-embedded. See Sources Overview.

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Troubleshooting

  • A video contributes nothing to answers? It likely has no transcript — YouTube auto-captions most videos, but disabled captions mean only the description gets indexed. Add captions and re-sync.
  • Too much unrelated channel content? Switch from a channel ID to a curated playlist so only relevant videos are indexed.