Availability. YouTube only. Mentions searches public YouTube videos and does not scan Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook, or any other platform. It also needs the YouTube API key configured — until then you can add keywords, but scanning will return a "not set up yet" message.
What it does
Mentions lets you keep a list of terms you care about — your business name, a product, a campaign hashtag — and scan recent public YouTube videos that reference them. For each scan, Claude reads the matching videos and gives you an overall sentiment (positive, neutral, negative, or mixed) plus a short plain-language summary, with per-video sentiment badges and links out to the original YouTube videos. It's useful for spotting reviews, shout-outs, or complaints on YouTube without manually searching. Scans are deliberately on demand (YouTube search is quota-heavy), never on an automatic loop, and each result is saved so you can compare reads over time.
How to use it
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Open Mentions
Go to /dashboard/mentions (under the Grow section of the dashboard) to see your tracked keywords and any recent scans.
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Add a keyword or brand
Type a term — your business name, a product, or a campaign hashtag (up to 100 characters) — and click Track keyword; you can track up to 20 at once.
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Run a scan
Click Scan next to a keyword to search recent public YouTube videos that mention it; the scan runs only when you ask, so nothing happens until you click.
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Read the sentiment digest
Review the overall sentiment badge and short AI summary, then scroll the matching videos — each shows its channel and a link out to YouTube, with a per-video sentiment badge where the AI flagged one.
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Check recent scans
Past scans are saved in the Recent scans list (newest first) with the keyword, overall sentiment, mention count, and summary so you can track how a term trends over time.
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Tidy your keyword list
Remove a term with the trash icon to free up a slot or stop tracking something you no longer need.
Tips
- Treat this as YouTube-only listening — it won't catch mentions on Instagram, TikTok, X, or Facebook, so don't rely on it for those platforms.
- Use specific terms (your exact brand or product name) rather than broad words to keep the matched videos relevant.
- Re-scan a keyword periodically and watch the Recent scans history to see whether sentiment is trending up or down.
- If a scan says listening isn't set up yet, that's the YouTube API key being unconfigured, not a problem with your account — scanning works once it's added.