· Everpop · Updated
Everpop is an AI clipping tool that turns your own uploaded video into published YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and Facebook Reels plus TikTok drafts, never downloading from YouTube. Using it takes five steps: bring the file, let Everpop cut clips, review them, publish after you confirm, then read the 48-hour and 7-day YouTube Analytics receipts for eligible Shorts.
This is the tour: what you do, what Everpop does, and where you wait. If an AI agent is doing the clicking for you, every step maps to an MCP tool in the table below. New to the product? Start with what Everpop is.
How do I get my video into Everpop?
Give Everpop the file: upload it, drop it into a linked Google Drive folder, or send it through the API. Everpop never downloads from YouTube, so a pasted YouTube link is refused by design.
- Formats: .mp4, .mov, .webm, .mkv or .m4v, up to 32 GB per file on Pro and Scale, 8 GB on Starter and 4 GB on Free (over the API one PUT carries up to 5 GB; larger files go through the browser uploader).
- Counting: one episode counts as one video.
- Connected channel: connect your YouTube channel and Everpop checks it for new uploads at least daily and emails you to upload the file.
One tidy setup: an editor exports each finished episode into the linked Drive folder, and nobody uploads anything by hand. Setup: sending finished videos through Google Drive.
How does Everpop clip the video?
On an active plan, Everpop clips the video on its own once the upload is finalized: the engine, built by Fable 5, cuts clips with word-by-word captions burned in, and how many depends on your plan.
| Plan | Clips per video | Videos a month |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Up to 3 | Your first video |
| Starter, $9/mo | 3 | 8 |
| Pro, $49/mo | Up to 10 | 30 |
| Scale, from $149/mo | Up to 15 | Up to 75 |
Clips render in 9:16, 1:1, 16:9 or 4:5. Captions are native in 9 languages (English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian), and speech in 90+ other languages is captioned in English. Every plan includes 6 curated fonts; Pro and Scale add your own brand font. No logo is stamped on the clips. Choose French as the caption language and a French interview comes back with French captions, ready to read on mute; leave the default and its captions come back in English.
How do I review clips before they go live?
Clips wait for your review: Everpop is review-first, so nothing publishes until you confirm, unless you have switched on auto-post.
- Watch and approve each clip, or leave it unpublished.
- Re-render in the editor: the first 3 re-renders of a clip are free; after that each uses one video allowance. Failed-render retries never cost an allowance.
- Finish elsewhere by exporting FCPXML, EDL and SRT for your own editor.
A clip with a weak opening line can be re-rendered before anyone sees it, at no cost for the first 3 tries.
How do I publish to YouTube Shorts, Reels and TikTok?
Approve a clip and Everpop publishes it through the official YouTube, Meta and TikTok APIs to the accounts you connected. YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and Facebook Reels go out directly; TikTok receives a ready-to-post draft in your inbox, and going public stays a tap in TikTok.
Auto-post on Pro and Scale publishes to YouTube, Instagram and Facebook without per-clip confirmation once you switch it on; Pro allows up to 5 YouTube auto-posts a day. Approve one clip for YouTube and TikTok, and the Short publishes to your channel while the TikTok version waits in your TikTok inbox for your tap. Or schedule a YouTube Short to go live when you choose, up to a week ahead.
How do I know if a clip actually worked?
Eligible YouTube Shorts get a receipt: aggregate YouTube Analytics numbers at 48 hours and 7 days, covering views, average view percentage and subscribers gained. Instagram Reels and Facebook Reels publish and TikTok gets drafts, but none of them is measured today.
A receipt may carry a separately signed pre-publish prediction; the measured metrics are not separately signed. Each eligible Short has its own token-protected receipt link that opens without an account. A creator for hire can send the client that link at day 7 instead of a screenshot. Campaign Mode (Pro and Scale) rolls a paid campaign into one report with views, average view percentage and likes, plus a CSV download.
Can an AI agent do these steps for me?
Yes, on Pro or Scale an AI agent can run each step, but it publishes only after your explicit confirmation. An agent connects to Everpop's MCP server at https://everpop.app/api/mcp/mcp (13 tools, Streamable HTTP) or calls the REST API described by the OpenAPI 3.1 spec, and each step above has a tool.
| Step | MCP tool | REST endpoint |
|---|---|---|
| Get the file in | request_upload, PUT the exact bytes to the returned URL, then finalize_upload |
POST /api/v1/videos/upload, the same PUT, POST /api/v1/videos/complete |
| Clip | clip_video, get_job |
POST /api/v1/clip, GET /api/v1/jobs/{id} |
| Review and publish | publish_clip |
GET /api/v1/publish, POST /api/v1/publish |
| Read receipts | list_receipts |
GET /api/v1/receipts |
The rest of the 13 tools are list_videos, cancel_upload, import_video (own-channel YouTube metadata only; the file is still uploaded) and four campaign tools. Sign-in is OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, or a per-user key sent as Authorization: Bearer epk_…; Free and Starter accounts get HTTP 402. Publishing needs exact destination ids, final title, description and visibility, and the user's explicit confirmation. On the client side, OpenAI's ChatGPT developer mode docs say write actions by default require confirmation.
In a chat app that cannot attach files, the user uploads in the studio or a linked Drive folder, and the agent picks it up with list_videos. Setup: everpop.app/agents, with every call in skill.md.
How do agencies run this for several clients?
Agencies run it on Scale, which covers 10 YouTube channels from $149/mo, or on Pro for up to 3 at $49/mo, from one Team workspace. Invited managers start clips and mark them ready, a folder per client keeps channels apart, and clips wait in the owner's review queue unless the owner lets members publish directly or switches on auto-post.
Each eligible Short's receipt link goes to the client, no account needed. In practice, an agency gives every client a folder, and the owner reviews every client's clips from one queue. Details: AI clipping for agencies.
Is Everpop free to try, and can I cancel?
Yes: your first video is free, up to 3 clips, no card, and you can cancel a paid plan any time without losing what you made.
- Trial: every paid plan starts with a 14-day free trial, no card needed.
- Videos, not credits: plans count videos, never minutes.
- Leaving: every Short, receipt and share link stays yours, and Shorts stay downloadable.
Where does each claim in this article come from?
Each claim above comes from the page linked beside it.
| Claim | Source |
|---|---|
| Schedule YouTube Shorts to go live when you choose, up to a week ahead | everpop.app/pricing |
| Canonical definition; never downloads from YouTube; formats; aspect ratios; 9 caption languages plus 90+ in English; REST API with OpenAPI 3.1 spec | everpop.app/llms.txt |
| Connected channel checked at least daily, email to upload the file | everpop.app/podcast-to-shorts |
| Per-plan file limits: 32 GB Pro and Scale, 8 GB Starter, 4 GB Free | everpop.app/podcast-to-shorts, everpop.app/pricing |
| Plans, clips per video, videos a month, free first video, 14-day trial no card, re-renders, captions and fonts, unbranded clips, auto-post limits, FCPXML/EDL/SRT, cancel and keep everything, receipt metrics and signing | everpop.app/pricing |
| Clipping starts on its own on active plans; MCP server, 13 tools, auth, 402, publish confirmation, chat apps without file access, import_video registers metadata only | everpop.app/agents |
| REST endpoints; the upload loop (request, PUT the exact bytes, finalize); 5 GB per PUT, larger files through the browser uploader; captions in English unless the creator picks a language | everpop.app/skill.md |
| Scale 10 channels from $149/mo, Pro 3 at $49/mo; inputs, TikTok inbox draft, Reels and TikTok not measured, Team workspace, folders, review queue, direct publishing, auto-post caveat, receipt links, Campaign Mode report | everpop.app/ai-clipping-for-agencies |
| ChatGPT developer mode: write actions by default require confirmation | OpenAI docs |
Frequently asked questions
- Do I have to paste a YouTube URL?
- No, and it will not work. Everpop never downloads from YouTube. Your source comes from you: an upload (.mp4, .mov, .webm, .mkv or .m4v, up to 32 GB on Pro and Scale, 8 GB on Starter, 4 GB on Free), a linked Google Drive folder, or the API. A connected YouTube channel is checked for new uploads at least daily, and Everpop emails you to upload the file.
- Can an AI agent like Claude or ChatGPT run these steps for me?
- Yes, on Pro or Scale. The agent connects to Everpop's MCP server at https://everpop.app/api/mcp/mcp or the REST API. Agents that can send files upload yours; when a chat app such as Claude or ChatGPT cannot send the file, you upload it in the studio or a linked Drive folder and the agent picks it up with list_videos. It then starts clips, polls the job, publishes after your explicit confirmation and reads receipts. Free and Starter accounts get HTTP 402.
- Can an agency use this workflow for client channels?
- Yes. Scale covers 10 YouTube channels from $149/mo and Pro covers 3 at $49/mo, in one Team workspace. Invited managers start clips and mark them ready, each client gets a folder, clips wait in the owner's review queue unless the owner allows direct publishing or switches on auto-post, and clients open token-protected receipt links without an account.
- Can I post to TikTok and Instagram too?
- Yes. Instagram Reels and Facebook Reels publish through Meta's official API for clips you confirm, or through auto-post on Pro and Scale. TikTok receives a ready-to-post draft in your TikTok inbox, and going public stays your tap in TikTok.
- When do receipts arrive?
- At 48 hours and again at 7 days after an eligible YouTube Short publishes, pulled from the YouTube Analytics API: views, average view percentage and subscribers gained. A receipt may carry a separately signed pre-publish prediction; the measured metrics are not separately signed. Reels and TikTok posts are not measured today.
- What does it cost to try it?
- Your first video is free, up to 3 clips, no card. Every paid plan then starts with a 14-day free trial, no card needed: Starter $9/mo, Pro $49/mo, Scale from $149/mo. Plans count videos, never minutes, and you can cancel any time.