Modular pipeline agents for automated YouTube video production
Project description
YouTube Factory Pipeline
Modular, provider-agnostic agents for automated YouTube video production.
Overview
youtube-factory-pipeline is the core orchestration library behind the "Weight and See" YouTube channel. It provides a clean, modular set of agents that handle every stage of video production:
Research → Idea Generation → Script Writing → Voiceover → Visuals →
Audio Generation → Assembly → Shorts → Upload → Guide Deployment
Each agent is independently usable, provider-agnostic, and configured via a single JSON file.
Features
| Agent | Purpose | Key Capability |
|---|---|---|
ResearchAgent |
GitHub/HF/arXiv/web analysis | Structured JSON briefs from any URL |
IdeaGeneratorAgent |
Video concept + SWOT | 3 concepts → 1 selected, niche diversity enforced |
ScriptwriterAgent |
3-act retention scripts | Hook → Breakdown → Deep Dive + CTA |
VoiceoverAgent |
TTS via OmniVoice/Edge | Multi-speaker, word-level timestamps |
VisualAssetAgent |
B-roll + AI images + thumbnails | Pexels / SD / Fal / Pollinations / local |
AudioGenAgent |
BGM via Stable Audio 3 | Ducking, volume automation |
VideoAssemblerAgent |
FFmpeg assembly | Subtitles, ducking, 4K output |
ShortGenerator |
9:16 vertical clips | Auto-scene selection ≤58s |
UploaderAgent |
YouTube Data API v3 | Playlists, thumbnails, Shorts |
GuideGeneratorAgent |
HTML resource pages | SEO-optimized, deployable to GitHub Pages |
CommunityAgent |
YouTube Community posts | Auto-generated from video outputs |
Installation
# Core dependencies only
pip install youtube-factory-pipeline
# With optional providers
pip install "youtube-factory-pipeline[omnivoice]" # Local TTS
pip install "youtube-factory-pipeline[stable-audio]" # BGM generation
pip install "youtube-factory-pipeline[all]" # Everything
Quickstart
from youtube_factory.orchestrator import PipelineOrchestrator
from youtube_factory.config import load_config
# Load your config (see Configuration below)
config = load_config("path/to/config.json")
# Create orchestrator
orchestrator = PipelineOrchestrator(workspace_dir="~/youtube_factory")
# Start a run
run_id, state = orchestrator.create_new_run(
topic_seed="Ollama 0.9.0 local LLM benchmark",
target_audience="Tech enthusiasts",
competitor_analysis="Existing LM Studio reviews"
)
# Execute full pipeline (runs in background thread)
orchestrator.execute(run_id)
# Or run individual stages
from youtube_factory.agents.idea import IdeaGeneratorAgent
idea_agent = IdeaGeneratorAgent(config)
result = idea_agent.run({
"topic_seed": "...",
"target_audience": "...",
"competitor_analysis": "..."
})
Configuration
All agents read from a single config.json with environment variable interpolation (${VAR}):
{
"freellmapi": {
"api_key": "${FREELLAPI_KEY}",
"base_url": "http://localhost:3001/v1",
"timeout": 120
},
"omnivoice": {
"base_url": "http://localhost:3900/v1",
"voice_id": "brian_ref"
},
"pexels_api_key": "${PEXELS_API_KEY}",
"local_sd": {
"base_url": "http://127.0.0.1:7860",
"lora_url": "https://.../style.safetensors"
},
"video_settings": { "width": 1920, "height": 1080 },
"upload_settings": { "privacy_status": "private" }
}
Environment variables loaded from .env:
FREELLAPI_KEY=freellmapi-xxx
PEXELS_API_KEY=xxx
GEMINI_API_KEY=xxx
# etc.
Architecture
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ PipelineOrchestrator │
│ (state management, cancellation, threading, config reload) │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┘
│
┌───────────────────┼───────────────────┐
▼ ▼ ▼
┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐
│ Research │ │ Scraper │ │ Idea Gen │
│ (LLM) │ │ (HTTP) │ │ (LLM+JSON) │
└──────┬──────┘ └──────┬──────┘ └──────┬──────┘
│ │ │
▼ ▼ ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Scriptwriter (LLM) │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┘
│
┌───────────────────┼───────────────────┐
▼ ▼ ▼
┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐
│ Voiceover │ │ Visuals │ │ Guide │
│ (Edge/OV) │ │ (Pexels/SD) │ │ (LLM+HTML) │
└──────┬──────┘ └──────┬──────┘ └──────┬──────┘
│ │ │
▼ ▼ ▼
┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐
│ Audio Gen │ │ Assembly │ │ Guide │
│ (Stable │ │ (FFmpeg) │ │ Deploy │
│ Audio 3) │ │ │ │ (GitHub) │
└──────┬──────┘ └──────┬──────┘ └──────┬──────┘
│ │ │
▼ ▼ ▼
┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐
│ Shorts │ │ Upload │ │ Community │
│ (Scene │ │ (YouTube) │ │ Posts │
│ select) │ │ │ │ │
└─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘
All LLM calls route through FreeLLMAPI → automatic provider failover, penalty tracking, system prompt injection.
Provider Abstraction
| Capability | Providers | Fallback Chain |
|---|---|---|
| LLM | Gemini, Cerebras, Groq, Z.ai, LM Studio | FreeLLMAPI router |
| TTS | OmniVoice, Edge TTS | VoiceoverAgent |
| Images | SD WebUI, Pollinations, Gemini, Fal | VisualAssetAgent |
| Video | Fal (Hunyuan), Kling, Veo, Pexels | VideoProviderManager |
| BGM | Stable Audio 3 | AudioGenAgent |
| Stock | Pexels | VisualAssetAgent |
Development
# Clone
git clone https://github.com/bgill55/youtube-factory-pipeline.git
cd youtube-factory-pipeline
# Install in editable mode with dev deps
pip install -e ".[dev]"
# Run tests
pytest tests/
# Lint
ruff check src/
mypy src/youtube_factory/
Related Projects
- FreeLLMAPI — The unified LLM router this pipeline depends on
- OmniVoice-Studio — Local TTS service
- YouTube Factory — Full production deployment (Flask dashboard, scheduler, bootstrap scripts)
License
MIT © 2026 bgill55
Disclaimer
This is the orchestration library only.
You must run the required external services yourself:
- FreeLLMAPI (port 3001)
- OmniVoice-Studio (port 3900)
- Stable Diffusion WebUI --api (port 7860)
- FFmpeg (system binary)
See the main YouTube Factory repo for Docker Compose, bootstrap scripts, and the Flask dashboard.
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