Youtube Shorts Pipeline

Verticals is an open source AI content engine that turns a topic into a published YouTube Short from the command line. A single command runs the whole chain: research with DuckDuckGo and optional source scraping, a script written by a language model, three AI generated b roll images cropped to vertical, a voiceover, word level captions, assembly with video and background music, a thumbnail, and upload to YouTube. The README estimates about 90 seconds of video, roughly three minutes of processing and about $0.11 in API costs per video. Its distinguishing feature is niche profiles, YAML files that shape the script tone, hook patterns, visual style, caption look, music mood and thumbnail style at every stage. Fifteen niches ship built in, including tech, gaming, finance, fitness, cooking, true crime and science, and users can write their own. Script providers include Claude, Gemini, GPT, Ollama, MiniMax and LiteLLM. Voice options include Edge TTS, ElevenLabs, MiniMax and macOS say, captions come from Whisper, and assembly uses ffmpeg. Uploads are private by default. The code is written in Python and released under the MIT license on GitHub, in the repository named youtube shorts pipeline under the rushindrasinha account, where the product is named Verticals v3. The software is free, and the user pays only for the model and voice services they connect. The project's verticals.gg site is a waitlist page for a hosted version that has not launched. Docker, a Gradio interface and TikTok, Reels and X upload are listed as roadmap items, not current features.