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Turn Every New YouTube Video Into Clips

Connect your channel once. When you publish a new video, StoryCut starts an AI Clips run by itself, with your clip length, caption style and edit style, and lets you know when the clips are ready.

Set up auto import How It Works

From Starter ($7/mo billed yearly)
Starter 1 channel, Pro 3 channels, Business 10 channels

Updated November 4, 2026

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Best moments picked

Your edit style added

Clips ready

Email + notification

Your saved settings

Clip lengthAuto

CaptionsOffer Stack

Edit styleStandard

Skips videos under3 min

Auto import in StoryCut: key facts

Short answer: In Settings → Auto import, paste your channel’s link or @handle and turn it on. From then on, each new public video on that channel that is longer than your minimum (3 minutes by default) starts an AI Clips run with the settings you saved in the AI Clips window. You get the usual email, and a notification if you allow them, when the clips are ready.
How fast it starts: Usually within minutes of publishing: StoryCut subscribes to YouTube’s update feed for your channel (WebSub) and also checks it every 30 minutes, in case a notification is missed. The run then takes about 10 to 15 minutes for an hour of video.
Which videos: Videos published after you turn it on, on that channel, public and at least as long as your minimum: 1, 3, 5 or 10 minutes (never under AI Clips’ 2 minutes), so most Shorts are skipped. Each video is imported once.
Premieres and live streams: They wait until YouTube has finished processing them, checked every hour for up to 2 days. An upload YouTube is still processing is checked every 15 minutes.
Settings it uses: The defaults you saved in the AI Clips window: clip length, face tracking, language, the caption style new videos start with and, on Pro and up, your edit style on every clip.
Plans and channels: 1 YouTube channel on Starter, 3 on Pro and 10 on Business. Not on Free. Each imported video counts toward your plan’s AI Clips allowance for the month: Starter 3 hours (up to 10 videos), Pro 10 hours (up to 30 videos), Business 30 hours (up to 60 videos).
When your month is used up: The video is skipped and you get one notice (in the app, by push and by email) with a Make clips button, so you can run it later. Auto import never spends a video you bought on its own.

How It Works

How to clip your channel automatically

Set it up once, in a minute.

1
Connect your channel
Open Settings → Auto import, paste your channel link or @handle, then Find and Turn on. Pick the shortest video to import (3 minutes by default).
2
Save your clip settings
In the AI Clips window, choose the clip length, caption style and whether your edit style goes on every clip, then tick “Save these settings as my default”.
3
Publish on YouTube
Your next video starts a run by itself. It shows on your dashboard with an “Auto import” tag, and you are told when the clips are ready.

Pricing

Auto import and AI clips on each plan

What each StoryCut plan includes for AI clips: price, hours of video a month, the part of each video used, export, auto import, edit style, B-roll, eye contact and the API.
What you get	Free	Starter	Pro	Business
Price	$0, no credit card	$9/mo, or $7/mo billed yearly	$19/mo, or $14/mo billed yearly	$49/mo, or $39/mo billed yearly
Video a month	1 long video	3 hours (up to 10 videos)	10 hours (up to 30 videos)	30 hours (up to 60 videos)
Part of each video used	First 30 min	The whole video	The whole video	The whole video
Export	720p, watermark	1080p, no watermark	2K, no watermark	4K 60fps, no watermark
Score, captions, speaker framing, headline	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Auto import from YouTube channels	No	1 channel	3 channels	10 channels
Edit style on every clip: zooms, sound effects, music	No	No	Yes	Yes
B-roll on the best clips	No	No	Yes	Yes
Eye contact correction	One free 20 s preview	One free 20 s preview	10 videos a month	Unlimited
API and webhooks	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

What auto import takes care of

Watches your channel

YouTube tells StoryCut about each new upload, and a check every 30 minutes catches anything missed. No links to paste.

Uses your settings

Clip length, captions, language, face tracking and your edit style: the same defaults as the AI Clips window, on every run.

Skips what isn’t a long video

Videos under your minimum are skipped. Premieres and live streams wait until YouTube has processed them, for up to 2 days.

One at a time, nothing lost

Publish three videos in a day and they queue, then start one after the other. Every new video is noted, so a restart loses nothing.

Counts like any run

An imported video counts toward your plan’s AI Clips hours for the month, by its minutes. When they are used up you are told, never charged.

More than one channel

1 YouTube channel on Starter, 3 on Pro and 10 on Business, each with its own minimum length. Pause or remove one at any time.

Compare

Auto import in StoryCut and OpusClip

Automatic clipping of new YouTube uploads in StoryCut and OpusClip: how often each looks, which videos, channels per plan, what a video uses and the cheapest plan, checked on November 4, 2026
What it does	StoryCut	OpusClip
How often it looks	Within minutes (YouTube’s update feed), plus a check every 30 minutes	Every hour
Videos it takes	New public videos over your minimum (1 to 10 min, 3 by default); premieres and lives once YouTube has processed them	New public videos over 3 min; no Shorts or livestreams
Channels	Starter 1, Pro 3, Business 10	Not stated
What a video uses	Its minutes, from your plan’s hours of video a month	Credits for the full video length
Settings for the clips	Your saved AI Clips defaults and, on Pro and up, your edit style	Clip length and presets chosen beforehand
Cheapest plan	Starter, $7/mo billed yearly ($9/mo monthly)	Starter, $15/mo (monthly only)

Checked on November 4, 2026 from each product’s public pages.Sources2

OpusClip: Auto Importhelp.opus.pro
OpusClip pricingopus.pro

Pro adds your edit style, B-roll and 10 hours of video a month

See what Pro includesPro from $14/mo billed yearly • Cancel anytime

The rest of the autopilot

AI clip generator: how a run picks and frames the best momentsRead Edit styles: the zooms, sounds, music and B-roll every clip getsRead AI headlines on the first seconds of every clipRead Turn a YouTube link into ShortsRead Make clips from ChatGPT or ClaudeRead Video clipping API and webhooksRead

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Can StoryCut clip my new YouTube videos automatically?

Yes, on paid plans. Connect your channel in Settings → Auto import. Each new public video longer than your minimum (3 minutes by default) starts an AI Clips run by itself, with the clip length, caption style and edit style you saved, and you are told when the clips are ready.

How quickly does it start after I publish?

Usually within minutes. StoryCut subscribes to YouTube’s update feed for your channel and also checks it every 30 minutes. The run itself takes about 10 to 15 minutes for an hour of video.

Which videos are skipped?

Videos shorter than your minimum (1, 3, 5 or 10 minutes, never under 2), videos that aren’t public, videos from another channel, and anything published before you turned auto import on. Premieres and live streams wait until YouTube has processed them, for up to 2 days. The Auto import page lists what was skipped and why.

Does it use my AI Clips allowance?

Yes. Each imported video counts toward your plan’s AI Clips allowance for the month (Starter 3 hours (up to 10 videos), Pro 10 hours (up to 30 videos), Business 30 hours (up to 60 videos)). When the month is used up, the video is skipped and you get one notice with a Make clips button. Auto import never spends a video you bought by itself.

Which settings does it use?

The defaults you saved in the AI Clips window with “Save these settings as my default”: clip length, face tracking, language and the caption style new videos start with. On Pro and up, your edit style (zooms, sound effects, music and B-roll on the best clips) can go on every clip too.

How many channels can I connect?

1 YouTube channel on Starter, 3 on Pro and 10 on Business. Each channel has its own minimum length and can be paused or removed at any time.

Can I auto import someone else’s channel?

Auto import watches the channel you paste. Use it for your own channel, or a channel whose videos you have permission to clip: reposting someone else’s content without permission can infringe their copyright.

Do other clip makers have auto import?

OpusClip does: it checks your channel every hour and takes new public videos over 3 minutes, using credits for the full length. Submagic’s and Descript’s documentation offer no channel import; they point to automation tools instead (Zapier, Make or n8n for Submagic; Zapier, its API or MCP for Descript). Checked on November 4, 2026.

Is auto import on the free plan?

No. It starts on Starter ($7/mo billed yearly, $9/mo monthly). On Free you paste a link in the AI Clips window yourself: 1 long video a month, its first 30 minutes.