What I Found
A practical Apple Shortcut workflow that uses a selected YouTube comment, the video URL, and Gemini to draft a.
Replying to YouTube comments sounds simple until the comments start piling up. Some deserve more than a quick "thanks," but by the time you are done recording, editing, posting, and answering people, it can be hard to keep the same level of energy for every thoughtful response.
The shortcut I built uses Apple Shortcuts, AppleScript, Safari, and Gemini to create AI-assisted YouTube comment replies. I select a comment on the YouTube page, run the shortcut with a keyboard shortcut, and it sends the selected comment plus the video URL into Gemini with a prompt that asks for a personal two- or three-sentence reply.
What this video covers
- What The Shortcut Does
- Why I Do Not Fully Automate Replies
- What The Prompt Handles
- How I Built It
- Free Tools Versus Paid APIs
The short version
The shortcut I built uses Apple Shortcuts, AppleScript, Safari, and Gemini to create AI-assisted YouTube comment replies. I select a comment on the YouTube page, run the shortcut with a keyboard shortcut, and it sends the selected comment plus the video URL into Gemini with a prompt that asks for a personal two- or three-sentence reply.
