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Your content sources, distilled into a daily knowledge feed

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Overview

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Rundown monitors the content sources you follow and delivers a structured daily digest to your inbox every morning. Each piece of content gets AI-generated key points, timestamps, and a recommendation on whether it's worth your time. You scan a 2-minute email instead of spending hours catching up across platforms.

Every summary is permanently archived into a searchable personal knowledge base. After a few weeks, you have a growing library of everything your favorite creators and sources have covered, searchable by topic, not just title. It's the kind of tool that gets more valuable the longer you use it.

Starting with YouTube, expanding to more sources. Free tier available, no credit card required.

Capabilities

What this tool accepts, produces, and is strongest at.

Input

Tabular
Text
Video

Output

Audio
Text

Supported features

Video Generation
Search
Memory
Deep Research

Pros & cons

Pros

Free tier available
Archives into personal knowledge base
Searchable by topic
Expanding to multiple sources
Content Curation feature
Personal Knowledge Feed
Time Management Tool
Privacy Protections

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User Control over data
Transparent Data Process
Read-Only Access to YouTube
Third-Party Sharing Prohibited
Podcast content coming
Newsletter content planned
Audiobook content planned
Multimedia Content Summarization potential
Email Digest Option
Content Recommendation System
Automatic Generation of Summaries
Timestamps in summaries
Daily updates
Handles Multiple YouTube Channels
Transparent Privacy Policy
No Credit Card Required
Connects with Google accounts
Full Data Deletion Option
Searchable Knowledge Library
Deep Summaries with Key Points
Summaries with Worth-watching Recommendations
Knowledge Feed Compounds Over Time
Future Integration with Spotify
Future Integration with Apple Podcasts
Future Integration with Pocket Casts
Future Integration with Overcast
Future Integration with Substack
Future Integration with RSS
Priority Processing in Max Plan
One Click Disconnect of Google Account
3 Tiers of Pricing Plans
Summaries in State-of-the-Art Language Models

Cons

Limited to YouTube content
Text-only summaries
Free tier limitations
No real-time updates
Email-only delivery
No desktop app
No mobile app
Privacy concerns

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No multi-language support
No user ratings for summaries

FAQ 12

What is Rundown?

Rundown is an AI-powered YouTube summarizer and personal knowledge feed. It monitors the YouTube channels you subscribe to, provides summaries of every new upload packed with critical points, timestamps, and a recommendation hinting its worthiness, and packages all these into a daily email digest. Each summary becomes a searchable entity in your personal knowledge library.

How does Rundown generate summaries of YouTube videos?

Rundown leverages state-of-the-art language models to analyze the content of the video and produce a structured and coherent summary. The AI analyses the underlying content and creates a summary that includes a concise overview of the video, key points, applicable timestamps, and a 'worth your time if…' recommendation.

Will the summaries include timestamps for key points in the videos?

Yes, the summaries will include timestamps for the key points in the videos. The feature allows users to quickly jump to particular segments of the video that they find most relevant.

What is the 'worth your time if...' recommendation?

The 'worth your time if…' recommendation is a quick verdict given by Rundown on each video. It provides an assessment by telling you whether the video is relevant to you or worth your time to watch, helping you decide where best to allocate your time.

How does Rundown handle my privacy and data?

Rundown takes a privacy-by-design approach. It only requests read-only YouTube access and doesn't post videos, modify subscriptions, playlists, or access any viewing history. Rundown won't access any other Google services such as Gmail, Drive, Calendar, or Photos. Furthermore, Rundown does not sell, rent, or share your data with any third parties. The option to disconnect or revoke access is readily available to the user.

How frequent will I receive email digests from Rundown?

You will receive email digests from Rundown every morning. These digests will include all new uploaded content from the YouTube channels that you subscribe to, offering you a convenient way to keep up-to-date with summarized and processed information to peruse over coffee.

Does Rundown allow for quick connection or disconnection from YouTube?

Yes, Rundown has a feature that allows for quick and easy connection or disconnection from YouTube. This can be done at your discretion and stops all future processing immediately while also deleting access tokens.

What is the personal knowledge library function of Rundown?

The personal knowledge library in Rundown is a searchable repository of video summaries from your subscribed YouTube channels. Each generated Rundown summary is archived in this library, creating a growing compendium of knowledge that's easily accessible and searchable.

Does Rundown help in reducing information overload?

Yes, Rundown does help in reducing information overload. By providing summarized key points of content from your subscribed channels, Rundown allows you to scan through content quickly, focusing only on what matters to you and saving you from having to sift through an overwhelming amount of information.

Can the summaries in Rundown be searched or filtered?

Yes, the summaries in Rundown can be searched and filtered. This feature allows you to effectively navigate through your compiled summaries, helping you to find relevant information swiftly.

Does Rundown offer a free tier?

Yes, Rundown offers a free tier. The free tier allows for 15 summaries per month, without requiring a credit card. The ambit of the free service includes unlimited channels, summaries with timestamps, 'Worth your time if…' recommendations and a searchable library.

What extra features do I get if I upgrade from the free tier?

If you upgrade from the free tier, depending on the plan you choose, you can receive up to 500 summaries a month, access to daily digest emails, and priority processing. The Plus version also includes upcoming audio summaries.

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