CH 01
Personal Story
First-person narrative essays — voice-driven storytelling formats.
formatessay
Open template // Autonomous production
Eight agents. Five channels. Zero crew.
yt-empire is an open-source template for autonomous, multi-channel YouTube production. A pipeline of eight specialist agents handles research, scripting, voice, editing, SEO, publishing and analytics — config-driven, local-first, with zero credentials in the tree. Runs under Hermes Agent or as standalone Python.
$ git clone https://github.com/aegntic/yt-empire.git
Cloning into 'yt-empire'…
✓ template ready
$ cd yt-empire && ./setup.sh
git clone https://github.com/aegntic/yt-empire.git
SEC 01 // PIPELINE
One assembly line,
eight specialists
each stage is a skill
the next stage consumes
the next stage consumes
01
Research
researcher
Mines the niche for raw material — sources, references, prior art.
02
Trend
trend-analyst
Scores what's rising before it peaks. Feeds topic selection.
03
Script
scriptwriter
Turns research into a spoken-word script with a hook and arc.
04
Voice
voice-producer
Local TTS renders the narration. No cloud voice required.
05
Edit
video-editor
Assembles cuts, captions and music beds into the final render.
06
SEO
seo-optimizer
Titles, tags, description and thumbnail brief, tuned per channel.
07
Publish
publisher
OAuth2 resumable upload to YouTube. Tokens stay on your machine.
08
Analyze
analytics
Reads performance back into research. The loop closes.
SIGNAL PATH: research → analyze → research
LOOP: continuous
HUMANS REQUIRED: 0
SEC 02 // FLEET
Five archetypes,
ready to broadcast
channels are config,
not code
not code
CH 02
Faceless Tech
Technology explainers with no on-camera host. Screen-led narration.
formatexplainer
CH 03
Comedy
Sketch and format comedy built on recurring bits and structures.
formatsketch
CH 04
Niche News
Beat reporting for a tight niche. Consistent cadence, tight scope.
formatreport
CH 05
Character
A recurring character universe — serialized personality content.
formatserial
SEC 03 // SPEC SHEET
Built boring on purpose
boring = it runs
while you sleep
while you sleep
AUTH
OAuth2 uploads
Resumable YouTube upload pipeline. Credentials live on your machine only.
COMPUTE
Local-first
TTS and editing run locally. No mandatory cloud services in the path.
CONFIG
Channels are YAML
Every channel is a config file. Fork an archetype, change values, ship.
SECURITY
Zero secrets in tree
No credentials ever land in the repository. Secrets stay external.
RUNTIME
Hermes or plain Python
Operated by Hermes Agent, or run standalone with plain Python scripts.
SEC 04 // ACQUISITION
Go live
fork it, rename it,
make it yours
make it yours
Take the
template
template
The whole system — eight agent skills, five channel archetypes, pipeline code and config examples — is open on GitHub. Clone it, fork it, strip it down to one channel or scale it to a fleet.
01
Clone
Pull the template down. git clone https://github.com/aegntic/yt-empire.git
02
Setup
Run the installer. ./setup.sh — dependencies and structure, ready.
03
Configure
Start from config.example.yaml, pick a channel archetype, add your OAuth2 credentials — broadcast.