# Youtube reply comment automation without AI

**URL:** <https://community.make.com/t/youtube-reply-comment-automation-without-ai/118276>\
**Category:** Knowledge Hub\
**Tags:** set-variable, youtube, aggregators, ai, google-sheets\
**Created:** [October 26, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/youtube-reply-comment-automation-without-ai/118276 "2026-10-26T12:59:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![leadmagdesign](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/leadmagdesign/32/94356_2.png) [@leadmagdesign](https://community.make.com/u/leadmagdesign)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/youtube-reply-comment-automation-without-ai/118276/1 "2026-10-26T12:59:10Z")

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so i’ve been building this simple automation for youtube creators to automatically reply to comments based on specific keywords.

and no, these aren’t ai-generated replies since that would require ai credits. i’m currently setting it up to work with one video and one specific keyword, but the plan is to expand it to support multiple keywords per video and multiple videos for different keywords.

the workflow itself is pretty simple:

- youtube fetches the comments and checks which ones contain the specific keyword.

- google sheets stores multiple reply variations for each keyword.

- i’m using an aggregator to collect the reply variations, then a formula to randomly pick one of them.

- this next part is important: the automation mentions the commenter and adds a delay between replies to avoid sending hundreds of replies all at once, which could trigger youtube’s spam detection.

- then, it automatically posts the reply.

let me know what you think! i’d love to hear your feedback, especially if you have any suggestions for improving the workflow or making it more reliable.

 ![yrca basic set up](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/c/8/c8ed23a3b9730798a2987fcd0fb17cfda060abb1.png)

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**Author:** ![Dmitrkoliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@Dmitrkoliga](https://community.make.com/u/Dmitrkoliga)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/youtube-reply-comment-automation-without-ai/118276/4 "2026-10-26T16:13:02Z")

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I like the idea of keeping the replies in Google Sheets, since it makes updating variations much easier without changing the whole scenario. One thing I’d add is a way to track which comments have already been processed, so a failed run or a rerun doesn’t reply to the same comment twice. I’d also build in error handling for rate limits and failed API calls. That should make it more reliable as you expand to multiple videos and keywords.