--- title: "CLAQON · Automate fact-checked YouTube Shorts" description: "Self-hosted software that researches with sources, checks figures, edits and publishes shorts to YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X. Spend cap, no credits." url: https://claqon.com/en/ language: en updated: 2026-10-12 alternates: es: https://claqon.com/ pt: https://claqon.com/pt/ --- Self-hosted software for video channels # Automate your informational shorts without cutting corners on sources. CLAQON researches, checks every figure against its source, writes, narrates, edits and publishes to YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X from your own machine. With a spend cap per video, per day and per month, and no credits. [Pre-register](https://claqon.com/en/pre-registration/#configurador) [See the full workflow](https://claqon.com/en/product/) [Watch the dashboard tour](https://claqon.com/en/product/video-tour/) - Every claim with its source - You pay each provider with your own keys - Your data, on your machine Why CLAQON ## Three promises you can verify Platforms penalise mass-produced content that adds nothing, and the market complains about credits wasted on failures. CLAQON responds with process, not with promises about audiences. - **Every claim carries its source** Before writing, CLAQON researches with citable sources or with yours. The script can only rely on verbatim excerpts, and a deterministic check rejects figures and absolutes that are not in the evidence. [How it verifies](https://claqon.com/en/features/source-verification/) - **Every piece leaves a trail** A provenance record with licences and providers, a synthetic content disclosure on YouTube, a similarity check against the account’s previous 30 pieces and a real-people guard. [Compliance record](https://claqon.com/en/features/compliance-record/) - **You pay for what you use, with a cap** No credits: you pay each provider with your own keys. A cap per video, per day and per month, a reservation before spending and a log of every entry in the “Spend this month” card. [Spend control](https://claqon.com/en/features/spend-control/) Promises about process, not results CLAQON does not promise views, income or virality. It promises that every piece goes through the same checks and that you can see what it has done and what it has cost. The full workflow ## From idea to learning, in 18 stages Each account produces in its own slots, following the same path. If a stage fails, the piece stops before spending on the next one and the panel tells you why. ### Plan The account decides what to produce next and with which profile. 1. **Trigger** Produces in the account’s slots (up to 4 a day), through its own webhook or with “Create video” from the panel. 2. **Claim idea** Takes the next idea from the account’s queue and avoids duplicates. 3. **Resolve profile** Applies niche, video type, format, length, market, language and destinations. An idempotency key prevents the same piece from being produced twice. ### Research The evidence comes before a single line is written. 1. **Reserve keys** Reserves the API key with the most headroom and pauses keys that are rejected or out of quota. 2. **Research** Searches for citable sources or uses the URLs you provide, with no search cost. 3. **Verify claims** Only accepts verbatim excerpts from the source, on topic and of valid length. Anything rejected cannot be cited. 4. **Score the opportunity** A deterministic score that penalises “easy money”, casino or betting angles. It passes at 60 or above. ### Write The AI model you choose writes; the deterministic check decides. 1. **Script and creative** Scenes, hook, titles and descriptions, with a main model, up to 4 alternative models and 2 to 5 attempts. 2. **HARD QC** The script needs 100/100 to move on. If it fails, a targeted repair runs; if that does not fix it, it goes to human review before anything is spent on voice or visuals. ### Produce Voice, scenes and editing, on your machine. 1. **Voice** Local narration (Piper or Kokoro) with word-by-word timing for the captions. ElevenLabs, if you enable it. 2. **Scenes** A scene-by-scene plan fitted to the real timing of the narration. 3. **Key shotsOff by default** In hybrid mode, picks 1 to 8 key scenes for an AI video clip. Off by default. 4. **Stock clips** Licensed vertical stock clips, filtered and scored, without repeating any used in the last 45 days. 5. **Render** Editing with FFmpeg on your machine, with dynamic captions, music chosen by tone and effects. ### Publish It goes out in its slot and is logged. 1. **Publish** YouTube (Shorts and long-form), Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels and X. Before uploading, the format limits for X and Instagram are checked. 2. **Log** Every job records its reservation, outcome, reason and costs in an idempotent log. 3. **Notification** Notifies you on Slack and, if you enable them, on Telegram or through signed webhooks. ### Learn What is published feeds what comes next, within limits. 1. **Analytics and learning** Every day it collects YouTube metrics, recalculates the account’s learning and prepares new ideas. Learning adjusts; it does not impose. [See the product in detail](https://claqon.com/en/product/) Control room ## You know what is happening, what is missing and what it costs The home screen is a control room: what needs your attention and the exact action to take, each account’s production lines, the connections matrix and the month’s spend. When something fails, the diagnosis explains it with one of its **65 documented causes** and the fix. The daily check tests connections, renews what expires, keeps an eye on the disk and sums up what did not go out. - 48 types of “Required action”, each with its own button - Alerts via Telegram and signed webhooks, if you enable them - Guides in Spanish, English and Portuguese, with “Do it with me” [Explore the control room](https://claqon.com/en/features/control-room/) ![CLAQON control room: the “Needs attention” tray, per-account production lines with their current stage, month-to-date spend and per-channel connections.](https://claqon.com/recursos/img/capturas/en/panel-inicio-1600.webp) Panel home: attention, production per account and spend. Real CLAQON interface with sample data. Integrations ## Publish where your audience is, with the model you choose Video - YouTube - Instagram - Facebook - X Text with Tinta (beta) - Threads - LinkedIn - Bluesky - Mastodon - Telegram AI models - Anthropic - Google Gemini - OpenAI - Mistral AI - DeepSeek - OpenRouter - Ollama - xAI - Groq - Together AI Media and services - Pexels - ElevenLabs - fal.ai - Google Drive - Google Sheets - FFmpeg - Docker TikTok is not available: publishing there is disabled until the app has been audited. The trademarks mentioned belong to their owners and are cited only to indicate compatibility. [Multi-platform publishing](https://claqon.com/en/features/multi-platform-publishing/) Product facts ## Figures from the code, not from marketing What CLAQON does today, counted from its own code on 12 October 2026. - **stages, from idea to learning**: 18 - **preconfigured AI providers**: 10 - including a local one, plus any compatible endpoint - **video and text platforms**: 4 + 8 - text with Tinta, in beta - **translated caption languages on YouTube**: 6 - in addition to the original - **markets with local slots**: 12 - **causes explained in the diagnosis**: 65 Product lines ## One installation, several ways to produce - **[Shorts factory](https://claqon.com/en/features/shorts-factory/)** The full 18-stage workflow for vertical shorts and long videos, per account and in its slots. - **[Direct publishing](https://claqon.com/en/features/direct-publishing/) Beta** Drop your videos in Drive and they go out on schedule, with text for each platform and automatic or manual approval. - **[Editing Studio](https://claqon.com/en/features/editing-studio/) Beta** An in-browser editor with a timeline, 21 transitions, PiP with chroma key and karaoke captions. - **[Captions and shorts](https://claqon.com/en/features/captions-and-clips/) Beta** Karaoke captions on your own footage and shorts cut from a long video of your own. - **[Commentary Room](https://claqon.com/en/features/commentary-room/) Beta** Commentary on authorised video, with a rights record and an originality gate. - **[Tinta](https://claqon.com/en/features/tinta-social-posts/) Beta** Text posts and threads on eight platforms, with X always subject to your confirmation. [All features](https://claqon.com/en/features/) Sovereignty ## Your machine, your keys, your data - **Secrets encrypted at rest** Account and provider credentials are stored encrypted with AES-256-GCM and are never sent back to the browser. - **Safe outbound network** Downloads and outbound calls reject private addresses, pin the resolved IP and limit size and time. - **Encrypted backups and signed updates** Backups with AES-256-GCM, moving between machines, and updates signed with Ed25519, with rollback. [Security and privacy](https://claqon.com/en/security/) Fit ## Who it is for, and who it is not for yet ### It is for you if… - You run 1 to 5 informational channels: business, technology, business history or education. - You publish on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, and want to do it rigorously. - You are concerned about the platforms’ inauthentic content policy. - You have paid for credits that were wasted on failures and want a real cap. - You prefer your data and your keys to stay on your machine. - You invoice as a professional or a business. ### It is not for you yet if… - Your channel lives on TikTok: CLAQON does not publish there today. - You need several users with roles: there is a single login per installation. - You are looking for photorealistic avatars, dubbing or voice cloning. - You want to sign up in the cloud in a minute without installing anything. - You are looking for “passive income”: CLAQON is a work tool. [See use cases](https://claqon.com/en/use-cases/) Licence ## An annual licence per installation, with no credits You pay for the CLAQON licence and, separately, for what your providers consume with your own keys, at their prices. The done-for-you setup is invoiced separately. - **Annual licence** Signed updates, new generators and email support. If you do not renew, you keep the installed version. - **Done-for-you setup** Machine, Docker, Google and Meta connections, keys and your first video, with a person on the other end. - **Providers at cost** AI model, voice, image or video: you pay each provider directly. You can produce with local voices and models. [See pricing and licences](https://claqon.com/en/pricing/) [Done-for-you setup](https://claqon.com/en/done-for-you-setup/) Frequently asked questions ## What people usually ask us ### What exactly is CLAQON? Software that you install on your machine (Windows or Linux, with Docker) or on a server in your name. It produces short and long videos for your channels through an 18-stage workflow – research, verification, script, quality control, voice, editing, publishing and learning – and lets you see and control every step and every cost. ### Does it guarantee views, subscribers or income? No. Nobody can honestly guarantee that. CLAQON guarantees the process: that every piece goes through the same checks, that figures are backed by their source and that spending does not exceed the caps you set. ### How much does each video cost to produce? It depends on what you enable. With local voices, free stock clips and rendering on your machine, the cost per video can be close to zero; the AI model for the script is usually a small part of the spend. If you enable paid voice, image or video, CLAQON shows you the estimated cost before spending and stops it at your caps. [See how it controls spending](https://claqon.com/en/features/spend-control/). ### Does it publish to TikTok? Not today. The code exists, but publishing to TikTok is disabled until the app audit has been completed. It publishes to YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X, and to eight text platforms with Tinta (beta). ### Where are my data and my videos stored? On your machine or on your server. Keys are stored encrypted and backups are encrypted by default. CLAQON does not need a cloud of its own to work: it talks directly to your providers and to the platforms. ### When can I start? We are opening an early access programme for channel operators in Spain and Mexico, with limited places because each installation is closely supported. [Apply for a place](https://claqon.com/en/pre-registration/) and we will tell you whether it fits your case. [All questions](https://claqon.com/en/faq/) Early access ## Apply for a place in the early access programme Tell us which channels you run and what it costs you to produce them today. We will reply with a proposal or with an honest “not yet”. 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