Save YouTube videos to a Notion watchlist

Saving a YouTube link is not the same as saving a YouTube video. A link in a browser bookmark gives you nothing: no title context, no creator, no way to distinguish it from forty other links six months later.

Filed saves the video as a structured entry in Notion. The title, creator, and URL are already there when you come back to it.

How it works

On any YouTube page, click the Media capture button in the Filed toolbar, or press ⌘⇧Y with the Media workflow selected. Filed extracts the video title and creator, then creates an entry in your Notion Media database.

Right-click on the page and choose "Save as Media" if you prefer not to use the keyboard.

What you get in Notion

Filed creates the Media database automatically when you first connect your workspace. The default view is sorted by saved date. Filter by Creator to find everything from a specific channel. Filter by Type to separate videos from other media you save.

The database works for any video page, not just YouTube. Vimeo, Loom, streaming trailers: if the page has a video title and a creator, Filed captures both.

A saved link is a promise to your future self. The question is whether you gave yourself enough context to keep it.

Playlists and channels

You can save playlists and channel pages the same way. Filed captures the title and URL. The entry becomes a pointer you can return to, without recreating the search.