Connect vidIQ to your Slack workspace to ask questions about your YouTube channel, explore video ideas, and get insights without leaving Slack.
Before you start
You’ll need:
Access to your Slack workspace, and a Slack workspace admin to complete the connection.
The login for the vidIQ account you want to connect.
Important: The connected vidIQ account’s plan and credits power shared workspace use. Make sure you connect the account your team intends to use.
Step 1: Add vidIQ to Slack
In vidIQ, open the Slack settings page and click Add to Slack. You can also use the direct installation link.
Select the Slack workspace you want to connect.
Review and approve the requested permissions.
Installing the app is only the first step. You’ll also need to connect your vidIQ account.
Step 2: Connect your vidIQ account
In Slack, have a workspace admin enter
/vidiq connect. Alternatively, enter/vidiqand choose Connect.Follow the sign-in prompt and log in to the vidIQ account whose plan and credits should power the workspace.
Return to Slack and enter
/vidiq statusto check that the workspace is connected.
Step 3: Choose your default YouTube channel
Enter /vidiq config in Slack to open the vidIQ settings, choose the workspace’s default YouTube channel, and adjust response settings such as thread following. Settings are available to workspace admins.
Step 4: Start using vidIQ in Slack
Send a direct message
Open the vidIQ app in Slack and send it a question. For example:
Why did my latest video underperform?
Ask in a channel
Add vidIQ to the channel by entering /invite @vidIQ, then mention the app with your question: @vidIQ compare our last 10 uploads
Continue follow-up questions in the same thread. Mention @vidIQ again unless thread following is turned on in /vidiq config.
Ask about an existing message
Open More actions on a Slack message and select Ask vidIQ about this. For example: Turn this feedback into three video ideas
Troubleshooting
I installed the app, but it isn’t connected.
Installation and account connection are separate steps. Ask a workspace admin to run /vidiq connect, complete the sign-in process, and check /vidiq status.
vidIQ isn’t responding in a channel.
Make sure the app has been added to that channel using /invite @vidIQ, then mention @vidIQ in your message.
The connection status hasn’t updated in vidIQ.
Click Refresh status on the Slack settings page. You can also check the connection directly in Slack using /vidiq status.
Still need help?
Contact vidIQ Support through the in-app help chat. Enterprise customers can also email enterprise@vidiq.com.