Creating a Channel from a Reference (Wizard)

What the «Create channel» wizard does

The app has a wizard tab, 🎯 Создать канал (Create channel). You give it a link to a reference channel on YouTube — one whose format you like — and the wizard collects its data, analyzes the niche and style, builds the new channel's knowledge base (KB) together with you, and connects it to the pipeline. The result is a ready channel that starts churning out videos.

A reference is not a channel you copy word for word. It's a sample of a niche and style that the wizard uses to build the rules for your own channel.

If you haven't installed the app yet, start on the download page.

What to prepare in advance

Before launching the wizard, get two things ready:

The reference channel's YouTube URL — a link to the channel whose format you're using as a model.
Browser cookies — an export of your YouTube cookies. Without them, some channel data is unavailable and the collection will be incomplete.

Cookies are needed because YouTube only serves part of its data to signed-in users. Export them from the browser where you're logged into YouTube.

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Choose the channel type

The wizard creates three types of channels — pick the one that fits your goal:

rewrite — takes other people's scripts and rewrites them in the same language. Good when you work in a single-language niche and want your own unique text based on someone else's ideas.
translate — translates scripts into another language. Good for reaching a new language audience.
clone — clones an existing Mutant channel into another language. Good when you already have a working channel and want to scale it to a new language.

Creation settings: auto or manual

At the start, the wizard shows a Настройки создания (Creation settings) panel. Here you set how the channel will be created and run:

Auto mode — the whole pipeline runs by itself, with no stops. Handy when you trust the settings and want a turnkey result.
Manual mode — the wizard pauses after each step so you can check the result and fix it if needed. Handy for your first channels, while you're still getting a feel for things.
AI providers — which models are used at the pipeline stages.
Voiceover voices — which voice reads the text.
Video cadence — how often the picture changes in the video.

Tip: make your first channel in manual mode. That way you'll see what happens at each step and learn which settings work for you.

The wizard steps

The wizard walks you through in order:

Data collection. The wizard collects the reference channel's data from YouTube (via yt-dlp). This is where cookies are needed.
AI analysis. The AI breaks down the reference's niche and style.
Dialog and knowledge base (KB). In a dialog with the AI, the channel's knowledge base is built: rewrite or translation rules, branding, and thumbnails. This is the core of the channel — it's the rules it runs on afterward.
Pipeline integration. The finished channel is connected to the pipeline and appears in the app.

What's next

Once created, the channel is ready to churn out videos. From here it's driven by the pipeline — the chain of steps from script to finished clip.

For how the pipeline works and how to run releases, see the pipeline guide.