Plan your end screens, cards and Shorts links so viewers watch what's next

Paste a list of your videos; get an end-screen pick, a closing line, card spots and a related video for each Short, using YouTube's own rules.

What it does

No bot required. YouTube Studio has three built-in ways to send a viewer from one video to the next. End screens go in the last 5 to 20 seconds of a video that's at least 25 seconds long, with up to four elements on a standard 16:9 video: a video or playlist (your latest upload, YouTube's "best for viewer" pick, or one you choose), a subscribe button, another channel, or, if you're in the YouTube Partner Program, an outside link. YouTube's best practices: feature something relevant, give a spoken call to action, leave room in your last 20 seconds when you edit, and stagger elements if you like. Viewers can hide end screens, and you can see how they do under "End screen element click rate" on the Engagement tab in Analytics. Info cards let you add up to 5 links during the video, each with a start time and optional teaser text, pointing to a public video, a public playlist, a channel, or (Partner Program only) a website. For Shorts, with advanced features turned on you can add a Related Video, a public or unlisted video, Short or Live from your own channel, which shows as a clickable link under your handle in the Shorts player. End screens and cards aren't available on videos set as made for kids. Paste your video titles with a one-line description into any chat AI and it maps where each video should send people: part 2 of a gaming series, the comparison that answers a tech review's follow-up question, or the full tutorial behind a Short. It also writes a closing line you can say in your last 20 seconds. You set everything up in YouTube Studio yourself.

Copy-paste prompt

No bot needed: paste this into Grok, ChatGPT, or Claude.

Help me plan where each of my YouTube videos sends viewers next. Use YouTube Help's "Add end screens to videos", "Add info cards to videos" and "Add a related video to your YouTube Shorts" as background.

My channel: [gaming / tech / tutorials / faith / family / other]. YouTube Partner Program: [yes / no]. Advanced features on: [yes / no / not sure]. Any videos set as made for kids: [no / list them].
My videos (title, long video or Short, one line on what it covers):
[paste list]

1. Group my videos into natural paths (a series, beginner to advanced, a review followed by a comparison, a Short followed by the full video). Suggest 1-2 playlists if a group would work as one.
2. For each long video: an end-screen plan with up to 4 elements (usually one specific next video or playlist, plus subscribe). Point to something that really follows from this video, not just my most popular one. Only include an outside link if I'm in the Partner Program.
3. Write a 1-2 sentence closing line for each video that I can say in the last 20 seconds, pointing to the end-screen video in my own words. No fake urgency.
4. Suggest 1-3 card spots per long video: the moment I mention another video or topic, with an approximate time if my description gives one, and short teaser text. Remind me cards can only point to public videos and playlists.
5. For each Short: the best related video from my channel (public or unlisted) to show under my handle. Note that this needs advanced features.
6. Skip end screens and cards for any video set as made for kids, and tell me why.
7. End with a 3-line reminder: leave 20 seconds at the end when editing, check "End screen element click rate" on the Engagement tab after a few weeks, and update old videos' end screens when I post the next part.