detected agent loops · 12:44
Opus 4.8 effort slider
copy-paste MCP config
Burnham wins Makerfield 55%
23-pt swing to Labour
PS5 Pro · 4K at locked 60fps
patch 1.005 Streamline Progression
Undav · 2 goals off the bench
Germany into the knockouts
A weekly intelligence instrument for builders

Stop watching.
Start building.

Pulse turns the growing creator firehose into cited intelligence for builders: AI, tech, world news, gaming, and any other channel style that tickles your fancy. Weekly updates to stay In the Know, or the brief in your inbox within the hour of a drop for Pro and Business members. So you spend less time watching and more time designing your life.

Get your first brief free See a real sample brief →
// 71,000+ cited moments from 500+ video sessions and 440+ hours of research, climbing every day — every claim cited to the source, nothing invented. Samples below are real, not mockups.
These are the channels and topics that spiked our in-house brief metrics this week: AI · agent loops, explained World · UK politics shake-up Gaming · FF7 Rebirth, what's new World Cup · Germany into the knockouts
71,253
cited moments indexed
513
video sessions analyzed
440+ hrs
of source material
The product, not a promise

This is what lands in your inbox.

A real brief, rendered exactly as it ships, every claim cited to the second. This is the deliverable, on real data.

PULSE. BRIEFS// this week
Agent Loops Clearly Explained▶ 18 min source
Nate Herk · AI Automation
Finally. Agent loops, clearly explained.

A loop is three things: a trigger, an action, and a stop condition. "Loop engineering" just means replacing yourself as the prompter — you design the loop instead of typing prompts to babysit it.

The gist
  • A loop is three parts: trigger, action, stop condition. Name those three and you can build it.
  • Loop engineering = replacing yourself as the prompter; design the loop, don't babysit it.
  • Two things make or break a loop: a clear objective goal (not a vibe) and a concrete way to verify.
✓ every claim cited to the exact-second timestampRead the full brief →

We tossed in 3 more briefs below. These are channels and topics that spiked our in-house brief's metrics this week.

Customize your own brief
World · UK politics

The Makerfield By-Election, Explained

10 min source · TLDR News · 2026-06-19
⚡ 10 min video → 30-sec read
  • Andy Burnham won Makerfield 55% to Reform's 35%, a 20-point upset pollsters had pegged at 5-10.
  • The seat is the story: Burnham needed a Commons seat to challenge Starmer for Labour's leadership, and just got one.
  • Reform collapsed on home turf (65% Leave in 2016) via a weak candidate plus tactical Lib Dem and Green voting.
cited · TLDR News · every claim timestamped
Gaming · FF7 Rebirth

FF7 Rebirth: Everything Major Added Since Launch

8 min source · IGN · 2026-06-21
⚡ 8 min video → 30-sec read
  • Why now: with the finale FF7 Revelation dated for spring 2027, IGN frames this as the moment to (re)play Rebirth's 100+ hours.
  • PS5 Pro "versatility mode" fixes the launch performance knock: native 4K paired with a locked 60fps.
  • June 2026 patch 1.005 adds toggleable "Streamline Progression" assists; Xbox and Switch 2 versions are incoming.
cited · IGN · 8 chapters indexed
World Cup · Germany

Into the Knockouts: Undav's Last-Minute Winner

16 min source · CBS Sports Golazo · 2026-06-20
⚡ 16 min video → 30-sec read
  • Germany beat Ivory Coast 2-1 to reach the knockouts, but the panel was unanimous the display was unconvincing.
  • Halftime sub Deniz Undav scored both goals, the winner in the last minute, after Nagelsmann had to walk back earlier criticism of him.
  • Panel's ceiling: a quarter-final is success, a semi fantastic; weak spots like right back make a title unlikely.
cited · CBS Sports Golazo · every claim timestamped
How we detect signal

From firehose to a cited brief.

Point Pulse at the creators you can't keep up with. The trace runs every week, and only what changed reaches you.

◉

Watchlist

You name the channels. 3 on In the Know, up to 40 on Business.

▤

Extraction

Every word and every on-screen frame captured, not just captions.

✓

Citation

Each claim anchored to a timestamp and screenshot. Nothing invented.

⚡

Relevance

Only what a builder can act on: configs, frameworks, numbers.

✉

Weekly brief

A 30-minute read in your inbox, plus a vault that compounds.

The transformation

Same firehose in.
Clean, labeled bottles out.

Most builders drink from the AI-YouTube firehose while taking notes on a napkin. Pulse is the water-treatment plant: everything in, verified and searchable out.

Without Pulse

  • 40+ hours/week of watching, 30 tabs open
  • The config you need is buried at 1:47:22
  • You pause and retype settings off the screen
  • Half-remembered frameworks, no source to check

With Pulse

  • A 30-minute weekly read of only what changed
  • Type a word, get the answer plus the timestamp
  • The exact on-screen settings, captured and cited
  • A vault that compounds — worth more each week, and unique to you
Pricing

Four editions. Pick your altitude.

One missed framework costs more than a month of Pulse. Cancel anytime.

Founding-member pricing · up to 50% off, locked for life · rises at public launch
Individual
In the Know
$59$29/mo
Founding price — locked for life
  • Up to 3 channels watched for you
  • One weekly brief: what changed, what to do
  • Every claim cited to the timestamp
  • Searchable archive of past briefs
Stay in the know
Most popular · Builders
Pro
$249$129/mo
Founding price — locked for life
  • Everything in In the Know
  • Daily brief option — not just weekly
  • Up to 12 channels watched for you
  • On-screen settings captured and ready to paste
  • Your hosted, searchable knowledge vault
  • Monthly Stack Intelligence report
Go Pro
Agencies & teams
Business
$659$399/mo
Founding price — locked for life
  • Everything in Pro
  • Up to 40 channels + team vault access
  • Competitor analysis: sort your briefs & run a head-to-head vs a rival channel
  • Priority distillation + a real human to ask
Talk to us
Bespoke · By application
Blueprint
Custom
 
  • Everything in Business
  • Unlimited channels and sources, your call
  • An intelligence system built to your goal
  • Custom deliverables, dashboards, and alerts
Design your blueprint
// One-time — Catalog Build from $2,500: we ingest your or a target creator's entire back catalog into a searchable, cited vault plus one consolidated playbook doc.
Questions

The honest answers.

Is this just an AI summary?

No. Every claim is anchored to the source, the timestamp, and a screenshot, and the pipeline is built to avoid inventing numbers. The difference is "an AI summarized it" versus "here is the claim and the exact frame it came from." You can act on the second one.

How is this different from using ChatGPT on a transcript?

Transcripts miss the screen. Half the value in a build tutorial is on-screen: the file tree, the config, the dashboard, the exact prompt. We capture every frame, so the copy-paste config isn't lost. And we run it every week on your channels, governed and consistent, so nothing slips.

What channels can you cover?

Any public video channel. We're proven on the AI-builder and AI-automation niche specifically, so if you follow Claude Code, AI agents, or automation-agency creators, you're exactly who this was built for.

What's the free first brief?

Pick one channel. We distill its recent uploads and send you a real brief at no cost and no card. If it saves you an evening of watching, you'll know.

Get started

Pick one channel.
Get your first brief free.

No card. We detect the signal and send it back. If it saves you an evening, you'll keep going.

One channel, one free brief. No card, no spam.
We use your email only to send your brief. Pulse is an independent research tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or any featured creator.