How to make YouTube Shorts with ChatGPT

Which ChatGPT apps can make a Short with ViewGum?

What do you need before adding ViewGum to ChatGPT?

• A browser: custom plugins are set up on chatgpt.com, on the web.
• Room in your workspace's rules: its permissions and security settings, such as Lockdown, apply to custom plugins.
• ChatGPT shows a risk warning before it creates any custom plugin and asks you to connect only servers you trust. ViewGum then signs you in with your own ViewGum account, on its own page.
• Once installed, ViewGum is picked in a chat by typing @.

How do I add ViewGum to ChatGPT?

Set up ChatGPT in about 2 minutes: chatgpt.com, from Plugins (your account and workspace policies apply).

1. Go to chatgpt.com/plugins, select the + button, then Add custom MCP server.
2. Name it ViewGum, paste https://viewgum.com/mcp as the server URL under Connection and set authentication to OAuth.
3. Review the warning, select I understand and want to continue, then Create as a plugin. Install it, sign in to ViewGum and press Allow.
4. In a new chat, type @ and pick ViewGum. ChatGPT asks before each paid action.
5. Ask for a short, for example: "Price a 30 second ViewGum short about why octopuses have three hearts, then make it when I say yes." Say yes once ChatGPT shows you the price in credits.

On Business and Enterprise plans an admin or owner adds the plugin for the workspace first.

Steps checked against ChatGPT docs: Add custom MCP server on November 11, 2026.

How do I use ViewGum from ChatGPT dots?

Set up ChatGPT dots in about 1 minute: ChatGPT, on plans with dots.

1. Add ViewGum in ChatGPT first, with the ChatGPT steps on this page. A dot uses the plugins on your account.
2. Ask your dot to use ViewGum.

Dots are rolling out to Pro outside the EEA, Switzerland and the UK, to Business Premium, and to Enterprise once an admin turns them on.

ChatGPT dots can work while you are away, so each new connection starts with a daily credit cap of 2,000 credits, about three shorts. Change or remove it in ViewGum under Settings, Connected apps.

How do I use ViewGum from Codex CLI?

Set up Codex CLI in about 1 minute: the terminal.

1. Run the commands below; the second opens ViewGum's sign-in page in your browser.

codex mcp add viewgum --url https://viewgum.com/mcp
codex mcp login viewgum

What do I type in ChatGPT to make a Short?

Ask in plain words, as in the last step above, or ask it to follow the short: "Make a ViewGum short about the history of coffee, about 40 seconds, in the look that fits best. Show me the quote first, then make it and tell me when it's ready with a link to open it." The connector page has more for edits, exports and brand kits.

What happens after you ask ChatGPT for a short?

1. Ask for a short on a topic, with a length if you want one, from 15 to 90 seconds.
2. ChatGPT asks ViewGum for a quote. A quote charges nothing and says how many credits the short costs.
3. ChatGPT tells you the price and waits for your yes. ViewGum marks its paid tools as needing your confirmation.
4. ViewGum makes the short and charges exactly the quote. A range quote holds its top and charges what the short took. If the price moved since the quote, nothing is charged and ChatGPT asks for a new one.
5. ChatGPT follows the short while ViewGum makes it, then gives you a link to open it.
6. For the video file, it prices the export, asks again, and gives you the download link with a title, caption and hashtags for each app.

How many credits does a short from ChatGPT cost?

A faceless short, made and exported, is about 378 credits at 15 seconds, and ChatGPT shows the price of each one before anything is charged. The Creator plan is $49 a month for 4,500 credits; pricing lists every plan and what each action costs.

What if ChatGPT can't connect or make the short?

It says ViewGum is not connected, or sign-in failed: Connect again from your assistant's connector settings. A connection ends when you disconnect it in Settings, Connected apps, or after 30 days without use. The connector page covers a paid plan, the daily cap and running out of credits. Still stuck? Ask in #help on our Discord.

Which other assistants can make a YouTube Short?

The same connector makes shorts from Claude, Gemini and Grok. Which AI assistants can make a YouTube Short lists the rest, and the connector page has the steps for every assistant, terminal and editor.

Can you make the same short without ChatGPT?

Yes. The same faceless shorts can be made in the browser: the faceless shorts generator shows how it works.