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Give a YouTube channel and a question. Channel Diggr reads the videos and pulls out the tips with the video and the minute each one comes from, ranked by the evidence behind them, then turns them into checklists, a key-insights report and article ideas you can hand to the next worker.

7 min read7 stepsUpdated October 29, 2026

Before you start

  • A YouTube channelIts address (https://www.youtube.com/@name) or just its @handle. Its long videos are read; Shorts and live streams are not.
  • What to dig forA topic or a question, for example "his top tips for Parasite SEO, based on his case studies and what has shown real results".
  • Your Aha Studio accountChannel Diggr is for members: 30 digs a month. Unlimited with your own AI key and DataForSEO login after your first 14 days.
Every insight points at real words in a transcript, with a link to the video at that minute. Nothing is added that the videos do not say, and quotes are only used when you ask for them.
PART 01

Dig a channel

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  1. Open Channel DiggrAt channeldiggr.ahastudio.net, or press Start something new on your account page and choose Dig a YouTube channel.
  2. Add the channel and the questionYouTube channel: the address or the @handle. What to dig for: the topic or question in your own words.
  3. Choose how deepHow deep: Last 10 videos, Last 25 videos, Last 50 videos, Last month, Last 3 months, Last 6 months, Last year. One dig reads up to 50 videos.
  4. Press List the videosThe channel's videos are listed for free, newest first, with their dates and lengths.
  5. Check the list and the costThe dig stops and shows the estimate: about $0.006 a transcript plus the AI that reads it. Every video is ticked; Only titles with the topic's words narrows it, Untick all starts from none. Then press Dig into N videos.
  6. Choose the extras (optional)Likes and comment counts: about $0.006 a video, for the engagement table (the views are free with the list). Read the comments: Off, Top 20 or Top 100 of each video's most liked comments, about $0.002 for every 20 plus the AI that reads them. Both are off by default and added to the estimate before you press Dig.
  7. Let it digThe transcripts are read a few at a time, then the AI reads each one for the topic, then the tips are ranked. A step that fails says why and has Retry; a step that has not moved for a while offers Continue. It keeps going if you close the page, and is kept in Your work, Channel digs.
PART 02

What you get

The tips, ranked by evidenceCase study with numbers: a real example with its figures, said in the video. Stated result: a result the creator says they got, without the full numbers. Opinion: advice or a view, with no result given. A tip several videos repeat moves up. Each insight links to its video at the minute it is said.
The checksAn insight whose words cannot be found in the transcript is left out, a number the video does not say is removed, and a "case study" with no number left counts as a stated result. What the checks did lists each one.
ChecklistsOne for each strategy the videos teach, each step with its source. Send to LeadBlasta opens LeadBlasta with the checklist and its sources filled in, to turn into a lead magnet.
Key-insights reportSend to eBook Buildr opens eBook Buildr with the report added as your own material, ready to become an ebook or a PDF. Download .md and Copy report keep it.
Article ideasListicle (a numbered list of the tips), How-to (the steps, in order), Skyscraper (the most complete guide on the topic), Comparison (two approaches side by side), Case-study breakdown (one example taken apart). Send to SEO Magnets opens the article with the keyword, the angle and the sources as your material; Send to Site Sniper starts a site on the keyword.
Include quotes from the videosOff by default. On, the article brief carries short quotes of up to 25 words, word for word, credited to the channel with a link to the video at the minute. Off, the points go in your own words with the channel credited.
The videos readEach video with the AI's verdict: on the topic with its insights, or not on the topic and why. A video with no captions has no transcript to read and is skipped.
Download all transcriptsOne Markdown document with every transcript of the dig, each line starting at its minute and linked to the video there, plus the comments read. Press Download all transcripts (in the section bar, the report and the videos). Nothing extra is paid.
Views and engagementEvery video with its views, likes and comments, and its engagement: likes and comments for every 100 views. Likes need Likes and comment counts on the approval card.
PART 03

Hooks, retention and comments

The hooksHow each video opens, from words found in its first minute, sorted into types (Result first, Question, Bold claim, Problem, Story, Curiosity gap, Promise, Contrarian, Proof). The hook types are ranked by the average views of the videos that use them, and the patterns the creator repeats come with a fill-in template and every example linked at the minute.
How the videos hold attentionThe retention patterns after the hook (open loops, roadmaps, numbered steps, proof on screen and more), each with the words and the minute it happens.
What the comments sayWith Read the comments on: questions, frustrations, tips from viewers, results viewers report, requests, what they liked. Each point shows the real comments behind it, with their likes. A comment is what a viewer says, not the creator.
The checksA hook, retention point or comment point whose words or comments are not found is left out, the same as an insight.
PART 04

Questions, dig further and the chat

Questions a reader will haveAfter the tips: what they leave open, like a term that is not explained. Each is a content idea, an FAQ entry or an answer section for AI search. Ask the chat puts it in the chat; Send to SEO Magnets opens an article on it with the insights behind it as your material; Copy the questions keeps the list.
Dig furtherTips that need more context, with the unclear words marked. Ask the chat asks the transcripts you already have; Start a new dig opens a new dig on the same channel with the question filled in.
Ask the videosThe chat on a finished dig, behind the Ask the videos button in the bottom corner, so the tips stay in view while you ask. Type, or press the microphone and speak (Chrome, Edge and Safari). Ask a question, or have it write a Quick tips article or a Short social post. It answers only from the dig's transcripts and comments, each point linked to the minute it is said, and says so when they do not answer (then no AI is used and nothing is charged). Each question shows its cost and the AI model; one dig takes 40 questions. Copy with sources keeps an answer.
PART 05

Your limits

Starter allowance3digs in your first 14 days
Each month30digs on the full allowance. Unlimited with your own AI key and DataForSEO login after your first 14 days.
One digup to 50videos read
One dig costs at most$3.00then it stops and says so
PART 06

If something looks wrong

Still stuck? Email support@anthonyhayes.me or open the help desk.
Ready to build?Paste the channel, say what to dig for, choose how deep and press List the videos. Nothing is paid for until you press Dig.Open Channel Diggr