> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.convella.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Automations

Automations keep your website updated by turning videos from your YouTube channel into articles. Convert new uploads, work through your existing videos, or do both.

Open [Automation settings](https://convella.com/articles?publicationSettings=automation) to choose which videos to convert and how to publish them. You can enable new videos, existing videos, or both independently.

> [!NOTE]
>
> New and existing video automations share your plan's monthly allowance for articles from videos, using one article per video. New uploads get priority; any allowance left at the end of each monthly cycle is used for existing videos when that automation is enabled. Automations don't spend your extra article credits. [Learn about usage and credits](https://help.convella.com/account-and-billing/plans-and-billing.md#usage).

![Automation settings with separate publish modes for new and existing videos, video order, and Manage videos](https://mintcdn.com/convella/pBat-kSuSzw_lXD9/images/articles/automations.jpg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=pBat-kSuSzw_lXD9\&q=85\&s=9acee45c5f2530ceb9f3b099da79d14b)

## New videos

Turn on **Convert new videos** to automatically create articles as you publish new videos on YouTube. Then choose a **Publish mode** to publish them automatically or save them as drafts.

If you use up your monthly allowance, eligible new uploads wait. When your allowance resets, waiting uploads get priority, oldest first.

## Existing videos

Turn on **Convert existing videos** to gradually turn your existing YouTube videos into articles using your remaining monthly allowance. This automation has its own **Publish mode**, so you can handle existing videos differently from new uploads.

Use **Order** to choose which videos are converted first:

* **Newest first** — Start with your most recently uploaded existing videos.
* **Most viewed first** — Start with the existing videos that have the most YouTube views.

### Manage your videos

Click **Manage videos** to view your channel's videos. Open a video's menu to:

* **Prioritize for automation** — Move it ahead of your saved video order for the next available automatic conversion batch.
* **Remove from automation** — Exclude it from automatic conversion.
* **Add to automation** — Include a previously excluded video again.

> [!TIP]
>
> Prioritizing a video is free. To convert it without waiting for the next automatic batch, you can [generate it manually](https://help.convella.com/articles/convert-videos-into-articles#convert-videos-manually). Manual conversions use your monthly allowance first, then extra credits.

## Publishing options

Choose a **Publish mode** separately for new and existing videos:

* **Auto publish** — Publish articles as soon as they're generated.
* **Save as draft** — Keep articles unpublished so you can [review and edit them](https://help.convella.com/articles/editing-articles.md) first.

You can change these choices independently—for example, publish articles from new videos automatically while saving articles from existing videos as drafts.

## Generation settings

Automated articles use your website's saved [generation settings](https://help.convella.com/articles/generation-settings.md), including your preferences for writing style, screenshots, links, and custom instructions.

To change them, open [Writing defaults](https://convella.com/articles?publicationSettings=writing) in Settings and click **Edit**. You can also [save settings as defaults](https://help.convella.com/articles/generation-settings.md#save-as-defaults) while converting videos manually.

## Turn off an automation

Turn off **Convert new videos** or **Convert existing videos** to stop that type of automatic conversion. You can keep one enabled while the other is off.


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