Discover

The Discover panel is a YouTube research tool powered by yt-dlp. Search for videos, analyze channels, estimate earnings, and save inspiring content as ideas.

Searching

Enter a search query and press Enter. Results show video cards with thumbnails, view counts, duration, and channel info. Results load progressively — scroll down to automatically fetch more.

No API Key Needed

Basic search works without a YouTube API key (uses yt-dlp). Adding a key enables subscriber cap/outlier filters and channel comparison.

Filters

All filters trigger a re-search immediately:

Filter	Options	What It Does
Sort	Relevance, Most viewed, Newest	Result ordering
Duration	Any, Short (<4m), Medium (4-20m), Long (20m+)	Video length filter
Channel Size	Any, <1M, <100K, <10K, <1K subs	Subscriber cap — requires API key
Outliers	All, 5x+, 10x+, 50x+	Videos with views far above the channel's average — requires API key

Progressive Loading

Results load in batches as you scroll. With tight filters (e.g. 10x outliers + <10K subs), the backend searches progressively wider — up to 6000 raw results — to find matches.

Channel Deep Dive

Click a channel name (teal link) on any video card to open the deep dive:

Multi-creator videos (collabs) show each creator as a separate link once expanded. The primary channel links to the deep dive, others link to YouTube search.

Analytics

• Subscribers, Total Views, Video Count
• Avg Views, Upload Frequency, Engagement Rate
• Subs/Day, Shorts Ratio, Videos in Last 30 Days
• Monetization badge

Estimated Earnings

Based on your channel's RPM setting (configurable in Settings):

• Monthly Revenue — estimated monthly views x RPM
• Per Video — average views x RPM
• 30-Day Views — projected monthly view count

Channel Comparison

Inside the deep dive, click + Add this channel to add it to the comparison table. Compare up to 3 channels side-by-side: subscribers, total views, average views, and estimated earnings per video.

Recent Videos

Scrollable list of the channel's latest videos. Click any to view full metadata.

Video Detail

Click a video card to see full metadata:

• Views, likes, comments, duration, upload date
• Full description
• Tags and categories
• Chapters (if available)
• View Transcript — fetches and displays captions
• Save as Idea — creates an idea with all enrichment data

Save as Idea

Every video card and detail view has a Save as Idea button. This creates an idea with:

• Video title as the idea title
• Channel name in the hook
• Enrichment data: views, duration, description, transcript (if fetched)
• Source tracking: discover with the original URL