10-Minute Build: YouTube URL Converter
So, one of my workflows involves me needing a specific version of a URL link for YouTube. I got tired of manually doing it, so I created a website where I can just type in the URL, and it will do it automatically. Cost to build: $0 (included in Claude subscription) Cost to run: $0 🟡 Workflow transcribed by my Littlebird AI 👇👇👇 1️⃣ The Build (with Claude) - You jumped into Claude and explained the specific conversion logic you needed: taking a /live/ YouTube URL (like youtube.com/live/[VIDEO_ID]?feature=share) and extracting the video ID to rebuild it as a standard watch?v= URL. - Claude immediately wrote a clean, single-page index.html file for you. - You had Claude bake in SEO and AEO (Answer Engine Optimization), including Open Graph tags, FAQPage schema, and WebApplication schema so AI search engines like Perplexity and ChatGPT would understand the tool. - You also made sure the footer included links to your LinkedIn and your Vibe Code on the Cheap Skool community. 2️⃣ Pushing to GitHub - You created a new private repository on GitHub called youtube-live-converter. - Instead of dealing with the command line, you used the web interface to drag, drop, and upload the index.html file directly into the main branch. 3️⃣ Deploying via Vercel - You immediately headed over to Vercel and clicked "Import from GitHub." - You selected the new youtube-live-converter repository and deployed it under your personal projects workspace. - The build took just about 3 seconds, making the app instantly live at youtube-live-converter.vercel.app. 4️⃣ The Final Polish & Indexing - Once the Vercel domain was generated, Claude reminded you to go back into the index.html file and update three specific spots with your live URL (https://youtube-live-converter.vercel.app): the canonical tag, the og:url, and the WebApplication schema URL. - You pushed those final updates to GitHub, which automatically triggered a redeployment on Vercel. - Finally, you discussed dropping the new URL into your existing Google Search Console account to speed up the indexing process so people can actually find it.