--- 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: 2026-10-14 alternates: es: https://claqon.com/ pt: https://claqon.com/pt/ --- Self-hosted software for video channels # Put your shorts on autopilot. *Keep your hands on the controls.* CLAQON researches, checks every figure against its source, writes, narrates, edits and publishes to YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X. From your machine, with your keys and with a spend cap. [Pre-register](https://claqon.com/en/pre-registration/#configurador) [Watch the dashboard tour](https://claqon.com/en/product/video-tour/) - Every figure, with its source - No credits: you pay your providers - Your data, on your machine Simulation: the 18 stages and their rules are the real ones; the pieces and the timings are not. Figures from the code, not from marketing - **stages, from idea to learning**: 18 - **preconfigured AI providers**: 10 - including a local one - **video and text platforms**: 4 + 8 - text with Tinta, in beta - **causes explained in the diagnosis**: 65 How it works ## From idea to short, shot by shot Six shots, 18 stages and no shortcuts. If something fails, the piece stops before spending on the next one and the panel tells you why. 1. 01 Plan · Stages 01–03 **The idea comes off the queue** The account takes the next idea and applies its profile: niche, format, length, language and destinations. A key stops the same piece being produced twice. 2. 02 Research · Stages 04–07 **Evidence first** It searches for citable sources or uses yours. Only verbatim excerpts are accepted, and the idea moves on if its score reaches 60. 3. 03 Write · Stages 08–09 **The AI writes; the check decides** The model you choose writes the script. HARD QC lets it through at 100/100; otherwise it repairs it or sends it for review before anything is spent on voice. 4. 04 Produce · Stages 10–14 **Voice, scenes and render on your machine** Narration with word-by-word timing, scenes fitted to the voice, licensed stock clips and editing with FFmpeg on your machine. 5. 05 Publish · Stages 15–17 **Out on time** It goes out in each account’s slot on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X, lands in the log with its cost and lets you know. 6. 06 Learn · Stage 18 **And it learns for next time** Metrics come back to the account and prepare new ideas. Learning adjusts; it does not impose. [See the full workflow](https://claqon.com/en/product/) HARD QC ## Change a figure. See if it sneaks through. The script can only use figures that appear in its excerpts. Tap a figure, slip in a superlative or remove a source, and watch what the check does. Sample script 53 words 1. Why does the sky turn red at sunset? 2. Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to get here. [1] 3. At sunset, it crosses about 38 times more air than at midday. [2] 4. On the way, blue scatters about 4 times more than red. [3] 5. That is why only red and orange reach us. Follow for more simple science. Excerpts from its sources 1. [1]Sunlight takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach the Earth. 2. [2]Near the horizon, light travels through about 38 times more atmosphere than when the Sun is high. 3. [3]Blue scatters about 4 times more than red as it crosses the air. HARD QC 100/100 - Figures in their excerpt: Every figure is in its excerpt - Absolutes with backing: No superlative without backing - Every claim with its source: They all cite an excerpt - Script length: 53 words, within range - Opens with a hook: Starts with a question - Closes with a call to action: Ends with a call to action Passes: the script moves on to the voice. Simplified demo: six HARD QC checks on a sample script. The real check tests more things and, if it does not reach 100/100, repairs or goes to human review. [How CLAQON verifies](https://claqon.com/en/features/source-verification/) What shines most ## Where CLAQON shows off Three things you would not expect from software you install on your own machine. ### One piece, four platforms, each on its own schedule. YouTube (Shorts and long-form), Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels and X, in the market slots of each account. Before uploading to X or Instagram it checks what each platform accepts. With Tinta (beta), you also get text posts and threads on eight platforms, with X always subject to your confirmation. TikTok, not yet: publishing there is disabled until the app has been audited. [Multi-platform publishing](https://claqon.com/en/features/multi-platform-publishing/) ### Edit and caption in the browser. (Beta) Timeline, 21 transitions, picture-in-picture with chroma key and karaoke captions that follow the voice word by word. FFmpeg does the final render on your machine. And it cuts vertical shorts, with their captions, from a long video of your own. [Editing Studio](https://claqon.com/en/features/editing-studio/) ### First time? Simple mode. (Beta) One switch trims the panel down to seven sections: Home, Videos, Uploads, Accounts, Results, Connections and Guides. You put your videos in Drive and they publish themselves at the times you choose. It only hides things: nothing is deleted, and you can go back to full mode whenever you like. There, many guides walk you through it step by step with “Do it with me”. [Direct publishing and Simple mode](https://claqon.com/en/features/direct-publishing/) CLAQON panel ![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) Real CLAQON interface with sample data. ![Simple mode home: automatic publishing on, next publication, queued and pending videos, guided steps and publishing times.](https://claqon.com/recursos/img/capturas/en/sencillo-inicio-1600.webp) Real CLAQON interface with sample data. Real CLAQON interface with sample data. Control room ## You know what is happening, what is missing and what it costs The panel home screen, as it is. Tap a point. ![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) Real CLAQON interface with sample data. 1. What needs your attention, with the exact action: 48 types of “Required action”, each with its own button. 2. Each account, with its last recorded stage and its next slot. 3. What each account has spent against its cap, with every entry in the log. 4. The latest verdict for each connection. The daily check tests them and renews what expires. And if something fails, the diagnosis explains it with one of its **65 documented causes** and the fix. [Explore the control room](https://claqon.com/en/features/control-room/) [Watch the dashboard tour](https://claqon.com/en/product/video-tour/) Why CLAQON ## Three promises you can verify Platforms penalise mass-produced content that adds nothing, and credits get wasted on failures. CLAQON responds with process, not with promises about audiences. - **Every figure, with its source** 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, a synthetic content disclosure on YouTube, a similarity check against the 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, and a reservation before spending. [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. 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. - **[Direct publishing](https://claqon.com/en/features/direct-publishing/) (Beta)** Your Drive videos go out on schedule, with text for each platform. - **[Editing Studio](https://claqon.com/en/features/editing-studio/) (Beta)** An in-browser editor with a timeline and karaoke captions. - **[Captions and shorts](https://claqon.com/en/features/captions-and-clips/) (Beta)** Captions on your own footage and shorts cut from a long video. - **[Commentary Room](https://claqon.com/en/features/commentary-room/) (Beta)** Commentary on authorised video, with a rights record. - **[Tinta](https://claqon.com/en/features/tinta-social-posts/) (Beta)** Text posts and threads on eight platforms. [All features](https://claqon.com/en/features/) 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/) 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 ## Shall we talk about your channels? 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”. [Pre-register](https://claqon.com/en/pre-registration/#configurador) [Talk to us](https://claqon.com/en/contact/)