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+## Description
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+`youtube-alert-and-download` is a simple tool designed for monitoring and archiving new YouTube videos from specified channels using [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp). It automatically notifies Discord users about new uploads and downloads them for archival purposes, all configured through `config.py`.
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+## Usage
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+Refer to `config.example.py` on how to setup
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