Onboarding
Sign in, then claim a channel
Google sign-in uses Supabase Auth. YouTube is a second connection, with upload and branding scopes. The API cannot create a channel.
1. Account
No Supabase keys on this machine. Use the local session and keep going.
Open sign-in2. YouTube
Dry-run is using a sample channel. Nothing is sent to Google.
3. Pick a channel, or build one
Build me a channel
YouTube does not let apps create channels. Open their page, make the channel, come back, and connect it. Then the app can set the title, description, keywords, and banner. The profile photo stays a manual upload.
Create a channel on YouTube