# ChannelForge > ChannelForge runs faceless video channels end to end: it researches a niche, builds the channel's brand and its own renderer, makes original animated episodes and long-form films on GPUs — each checked by an independent quality critic — and posts them on a schedule to YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, Threads, Bluesky and Pinterest. ChannelForge is a multi-tenant SaaS at https://forge.storeswiki.com. A workspace holds projects; a project holds channels; a channel makes episodes. Work is paid in credits (about $0.10 each): a job shows its price first, held episodes and failures on our side are free. Agents can run a workspace through the MCP server (https://forge.storeswiki.com/api/mcp) or the REST API, with the workspace's own consent and scopes. Neither passes on platform analytics (views, comments): the app shows those. ## Docs - [API reference](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/api): the REST API v1 — projects, channels, episodes, jobs, films, webhooks, errors and limits - [OpenAPI 3.1](https://forge.storeswiki.com/api/v1/openapi.json): the whole v1 API and its webhooks, machine-readable - [MCP server](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/api#mcp): connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or n8n to https://forge.storeswiki.com/api/mcp - [Webhooks](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/api#webhooks): every event, its payload, signing and retries; REST hooks for Zapier, Make and n8n ## Documentation - [Documentation home](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs): every guide, the developer material and the architecture - [Getting started: What ChannelForge is](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/start/overview): One workspace that researches a niche, builds a channel's look, animates original episodes on GPUs, checks them, publishes them and learns from how they do. - [Getting started: Quick start: your first channel](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/start/quick-start): From sign-up to a channel and its first episode: confirm your email, pick a proven format or write a brief, watch the setup run, then connect YouTube and turn the schedule on. - [Getting started: Concepts](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/start/concepts): The ideas everything else builds on: workspaces, projects, channels, formats, kits, brand suites, episodes, jobs, credits, holds, the library, approvals, schedules, the autopilot, Studio and Insights. - [Getting started: A tour of your workspace](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/start/your-workspace): Where everything is in the app, in sidebar order: the overview, projects, channels, episodes, approvals, films, the calendar, publishing, Studio, analytics and the learning pages, activity and settings. - [Getting started: Credits and plans](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/start/credits-and-plans): How credits meter the work, what typical jobs cost, what each plan includes, and the fair-credits rules: the price before every job, refunds, rollover, packs and spending caps. - [Plan your channels: Niche research](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/plan/niche-research): Start from a brief and get niches scored for demand, competition, renderability, depth and risk, with a shortlist that works as a set — then draft the best into channels. - [Plan your channels: Proven formats](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/plan/formats): Start a channel from one of eight formats whose renderer is already built and tested: its own name, voice and colour look, its first episode the same day, and no kit to build. - [Plan your channels: The free niche finder](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/plan/niche-finder): The public tool that turns one interest into three scored niche ideas for a faceless channel, with no account — and how a pick carries into your new workspace. - [Plan your channels: Originality guard and checker](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/plan/originality): How every episode is compared with what came before so channels stay original, the record for a YouTube appeal, and the free public check of a channel's titles. - [Plan your channels: Outlier radar](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/plan/outlier-radar): Watch the accounts your channel competes with, see what breaks out among their uploads, and turn the idea — never the video — into original episodes of your own. - [Plan your channels: Comment themes to topics](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/plan/comment-themes): What your viewers ask for, grouped every week from the comments on your own posts, and turned into topics for the next episodes — suggested, or added to the backlog by themselves. - [Create: Channels and kits](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/create/channels-and-kits): What a channel is, how its kit — its own renderer, template and style gallery — is built, every setting on the channel page, and how to change, pause or archive a channel later. - [Create: Brand suites](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/create/brand-suites): The logo, plates, platform image sizes and copy each channel gets, the brand page, rendering it again, and downloading the whole suite as one ZIP. - [Create: Episodes](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/create/episodes): How an episode is made end to end, what it contains, how long it runs, standard and premium quality, the library, holds, retries, regenerating and downloading. - [Create: Voices, casts and brand voice](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/create/voices): Choosing a narrator from the voice library, multi-voice casts for characters, and a brand voice made from your own consented recordings — and why voice cloning waits on Google. - [Create: Channel mascots](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/create/mascots): Give a channel a recurring character drawn in its own style — how it is designed and approved, and how it takes a part in each new episode's own story. - [Create: Caption styles and endings that loop](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/create/captions-and-endings): Caption style packs for a channel's look, and endings that flow back into the opening so a short replays without a visible seam — with the check that proves it. - [Create: Languages, translations and twin channels](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/create/languages-and-twins): 50 languages, translating finished episodes, twin channels that publish a channel's episodes in another language, and YouTube titles in other languages with your consent. - [Create: Long-form films](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/create/films): Original 6–10 minute films in acts, planned from your channel's template, made on a reserved GPU, checked act by act against a floor of 8/10, and posted with full platform packs. - [Create: Compilations](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/create/compilations): Turn a channel's ready shorts into one long-form 16:9 video with chapters, in minutes and for very few credits — and post it where long videos count. - [Create: Carousels](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/create/carousels): A photo carousel made free from every episode — its key frames, a cover and a closing slide — posted once a day to Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Threads at a minute of its own. - [Create: Product videos for businesses](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/create/product-kit): Cutaway 'how it works' shorts and films of one product, from its page and specs — every claim sourced, your call to action and shop link in every post, and the disclosure when you earn from it. - [Create: Clips from your own footage](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/create/clipping): Upload long recordings you own; ChannelForge transcribes them, finds the best moments and cuts vertical clips with captions that post on the channel's schedule. - [Create: The editor and storyboards](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/create/editor-and-storyboards): Change an episode after it is made — a line, a caption, a scene, its caption style — as a checked revision, and approve each episode's storyboard before anything is rendered. - [Quality and approval: The quality gates and the critic](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/review/quality-gates): Every measurement an episode must pass, the independent critic's review, fix rounds and budgets, and what happens — and what is not charged — when an episode falls short. - [Quality and approval: Units, symbols and facts](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/review/units-and-facts): How every text — narration, captions, titles, posts and replies — is checked for correct units and symbols, what is fixed for you and what fails, and how facts are kept honest from topic to post. - [Quality and approval: Approvals on your phone](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/review/approvals): Ask for approval before a channel posts: a swipe deck on your phone, a morning digest, storyboards to answer, and what the schedule does while you decide. - [Quality and approval: Review links for clients](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/review/review-links): Share an episode, a storyboard or a film with someone outside your workspace for review — no account needed — and collect their verdict: what they see, what an answer does, how links expire. - [Publish: Schedules and autopilot](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/publish/scheduling-and-autopilot): Posting times per channel in its own time zone, the platforms each slot posts to, one-click autopilot setup, holds and approvals, retries, missed slots and why a post never goes out twice. - [Publish: Ready-to-post packs](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/publish/post-packs): Everything to post an episode yourself — the video, its Facebook edit, the thumbnail, the best time, and the title, caption, tags and hashtags for each platform, fitted to its limits. - [Publish: Link-in-bio pages](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/publish/link-in-bio): A public page per channel for every profile's bio link — its brand, platform profiles, latest episodes and your own links — with clicks counted without cookies and UTM tags added on the way out. - [Platforms: YouTube](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/publish/platforms/youtube): Connecting a YouTube channel, the permissions Google asks for, what is uploaded with each Short, the daily upload allowance, long uploads, and YouTube's own rules. - [Platforms: Facebook and Instagram](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/publish/platforms/facebook-and-instagram): Connecting Facebook Pages and Instagram professional accounts through Meta's login, why you tick every Page every time, Reels and their 90-second limit, and fixing Meta connections. - [Platforms: TikTok](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/publish/platforms/tiktok): Connecting a TikTok account, making each post on the episode's TikTok screen with the privacy, interactions and disclosure TikTok asks for, and what waits on TikTok's audit of our app. - [Platforms: X](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/publish/platforms/x): Connecting an X account, the video and text X receives, the fixed price of an X post, daily limits, and the X API credits every post depends on. - [Platforms: Threads](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/publish/platforms/threads): Connecting a Threads profile, the video and words a Threads post carries, its one topic tag, daily limits, and keeping the 60-day connection fresh. - [Platforms: LinkedIn](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/publish/platforms/linkedin): Posting episodes as native video posts on a LinkedIn member profile, what each post carries, why a LinkedIn connection must be renewed every 60 days, and what to do when it lapses. - [Platforms: Bluesky](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/publish/platforms/bluesky): Connecting a Bluesky account by its handle through Bluesky's own sign-in — no app password — what a Bluesky post carries, its human pace, the daily video allowance and reconnecting. - [Platforms: Pinterest](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/publish/platforms/pinterest): Publishing episodes as video Pins to a board you choose, one Pin at a time on the episode's Pinterest screen, and what Pinterest needs before it opens to every workspace. - [Grow and learn: Insights](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/grow/insights): Every post measured from your own accounts, compared with posts of the same age, and tested inside each channel — with how sure each answer is. - [Grow and learn: Hook lab](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/grow/hook-lab): Test the first seconds of every episode: alternative openings posted on different platforms, measured, and the winning kind fed to the writer. - [Grow and learn: Packaging lab and back-catalogue refresh](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/grow/packaging-lab): Three titles and thumbnails for YouTube's own A/B test, and new packaging for older videos — every change shown and agreed to before anything posted changes. - [Grow and learn: Retention to script loop](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/grow/retention-loop): Where viewers leave each episode and what they rewatch, mapped onto its own lines and captions, and turned into rules the next scripts follow. - [Grow and learn: Breakout follow-ups](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/grow/breakouts): When an episode takes off, ChannelForge notices, tells you, and can queue sequels on the same thread while the interest lasts. - [Grow and learn: The coach](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/grow/coach): A weekly brief per workspace and per channel that reads everything that happened and proposes actions you can start with one click, each priced first. - [Grow and learn: Studio: one inbox for every comment](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/grow/studio-inbox): Every connected account, post and comment in one place — replies and moderation, every change kept with its Revert, and an optional assistant that answers on your own posts. - [Earn: Monetization tracker](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/earn/monetization): Each YouTube channel's progress to the YouTube Partner Program in YouTube's own numbers — and what the change of 1 February 2027 means for it. - [Earn: Profit per channel](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/earn/profit): What each channel costs and earns — the credits it used at your own price, YouTube's revenue as YouTube reports it, your own lines in any currency — and a CSV for your books. - [Earn: Sponsorship media kit](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/earn/media-kit): A media kit for brand deals — the channel, its reach, its audience only with your consent, and a suggested rate card — shared by an unlisted link you can replace or stop. - [Earn: Referrals](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/earn/referrals): Share your invite link; two weeks after a friend's first paid month goes through, you each get 300 credits. The exact rules, in full. - [Teams, agencies and billing: Workspaces, projects, teams and roles](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/teams/workspaces-and-roles): How a workspace is organised, inviting people, the owner, admin, editor and viewer roles, transferring ownership, and teams that see the projects they work on. - [Teams, agencies and billing: Agency mode](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/teams/agency-mode): Client workspaces under yours, a portal in your own brand, connect links for clients' accounts, monthly client reports, and statements that rebill each client's work with your retainer and markup. - [Teams, agencies and billing: Billing, invoices and caps](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/teams/billing): Plans and subscribing, credit packs, which credits are used first, rollover, invoices and billing details, spending caps, cancelling in two clicks, and refunds. - [Teams, agencies and billing: Your account and sign-in](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/teams/account): Creating an account, signing in, password resets, two-factor authentication, sessions, changing your email, downloading your data, and deleting a workspace or your account. - [Developers: Developer overview](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/developers/overview): Every way to connect to ChannelForge — REST API, MCP server, webhooks, automation apps and machine-readable files — and which to choose. - [Developers: REST API reference](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/api): Every endpoint, scope, parameter and answer of the ChannelForge REST API, with examples. - [Developers: Using the API: a walk-through](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/developers/api-guide): From a key to a published episode in code: create a project, pick a niche, make a channel, start episodes, approve and publish. - [Developers: MCP server](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/developers/mcp): Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client to your workspace: the tools it offers, OAuth, scopes and spending limits. - [Developers: Webhooks and REST hooks](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/developers/webhooks): Be told the moment work finishes: events, signed payloads, retries, REST hook subscriptions, and Slack and Discord formats. - [Developers: n8n, Make and Zapier](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/developers/automation): Use ChannelForge in your automations: triggers and actions, keys, and example scenarios. - [Developers: llms.txt, pricing.md and OpenAPI](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/developers/machine-readable): The machine-readable files that describe ChannelForge to assistants, crawlers and code generators. - [Architecture: System overview](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/architecture/overview): The parts of ChannelForge and how they fit: the web app, the control plane, the gateway, the GPU fleet, storage and the platforms. - [Architecture: The episode pipeline](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/architecture/pipeline): Every step from a topic to a published post, which part runs it, what it reads and writes, and where a failure goes. - [Architecture: The quality system](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/architecture/quality-system): The deterministic gates, the independent critic, fix rounds, budgets per job, and how lessons flow back into the briefs. - [Architecture: The GPU fleet and isolation](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/architecture/gpu-fleet): How render machines across clouds are started, shared and stopped, and how each job is kept apart from every other tenant's. - [Architecture: The publishing engine](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/architecture/publishing-engine): Slots, retries, the never-twice rule, platform quotas and human-like cadence: how posts reach nine platforms safely. - [Architecture: Data, storage and retention](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/architecture/data-and-storage): What is stored where, for how long, encrypted how, and what happens when a workspace or account is deleted. - [Architecture: Reliability and recovery](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/architecture/reliability): How ChannelForge keeps running when a machine, a cloud or a platform fails: retries, self-healing, backups and standbys. - [Security, privacy and policies: Security](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/trust/security): How accounts, tokens, content and payments are protected: encryption, isolation, access control, monitoring and disclosure. - [Security, privacy and policies: Privacy at a glance](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/trust/privacy): What ChannelForge collects, why, where it is kept, who processes it, and your rights — in short, with links to the full policy. - [Security, privacy and policies: Platform policies we follow](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/trust/platform-policies): How ChannelForge stays within YouTube's, Meta's, TikTok's and X's rules — data use, originality, disclosures and limits. - [Help: Frequently asked questions](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/help/faq): Short answers to what people ask most — the Trial, ownership, quality, platforms, credits and plans, languages, films, growth, teams, developers, privacy and support. - [Help: Troubleshooting](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/help/troubleshooting): Fixes by symptom — signing in, connecting accounts, held episodes, posts that did not go out, credits and caps, webhooks, films and uploads. - [Help: Glossary](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/help/glossary): Every term ChannelForge and these docs use, from Activity to × typical, in one alphabetical list with links to the page that explains it. - [Help: What's new](https://forge.storeswiki.com/docs/help/changelog): Every feature and improvement as it shipped, newest first — from the launch on 18 October 2026 to the three waves of 31 October and 1 November. ## Pricing - [pricing.md](https://forge.storeswiki.com/pricing.md): plans, credits, packs and how jobs are charged - Plans: Trial (free, 400 credits once); Creator ($49/month, 600 credits a month); Pro ($149/month, 2,000 credits a month); Agency ($449/month, 6,500 credits a month); Enterprise (contact us) ## Optional - [Pricing page](https://forge.storeswiki.com/pricing) - [Security](https://forge.storeswiki.com/security) - [Showcase](https://forge.storeswiki.com/showcase): episodes made by ChannelForge - [Sign up](https://forge.storeswiki.com/signup)