How PodLaunch works
One set of episode facts goes in. Four platform-shaped blurbs come out, alongside a checklist and a verification log. No model, no server, no account.
The five-minute launch
Describe the episode once
Episode number, title, optional guest, three to five key points, links and a call to action. The form updates the output as you type.
Copy the blurb for each destination
YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and RSS each get a version shaped for how that platform displays show notes. Copy one, or copy all four with their labels.
Publish, then tick the checklist
Host upload, RSS, Spotify, Apple, YouTube, sharing and the site embed. Every tick records the time in this browser.
Log the live URLs
Paste each published URL and mark it verified. The timestamp is stored locally so you can see what is actually live, not what you meant to publish.
Download or print the launch sheet
The .txt download and the print view include all four blurbs. Print also includes the checklist and verification log for a paper trail.
What changes between platforms
The facts stay the same; the container changes. YouTube gets a search-friendly description with clear bullets. Spotify gets a compact description that fits its editor. Apple gets a prose summary in the show-notes style. RSS gets a neutral item description that any feed reader can display.
| Platform | Shape | Target | Limit source |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube description | Headline, guest, intro, bullets, links, CTA | 5,000 characters (verified) | YouTube Help |
| Spotify episode description | Compact headline, short intro, bullets, CTA | 1,000-character target (typical) | Spotify for Creators help |
| Apple Podcasts show notes | Prose summary, guest, links, CTA | 10,000 characters (verified) | Apple Podcasts Connect help |
| RSS show notes | Neutral item description with labelled bullets | 1,000-character target (typical) | RSS 2.0 specification |
Spotify for Creators and RSS do not publish a firm character cap for episode descriptions. Rather than invent a number, PodLaunch uses a conservative 1,000-character target and labels ittypical limit, check the platform. If a platform later publishes a number, the target can be updated in one place.
What stays in your browser
The blurbs are generated with plain JavaScript from fixed templates. There is no request to a language model, no API key and no upload. Draft text, checklist times and verification timestamps live inlocalStorage for this site.
- Refreshing the page restores your draft and checklist.
- Clearing site data removes everything; there is no server copy.
- “Clear saved draft” removes the episode text but keeps the checklist and log.
- “Reset checklist” clears only the ticked items.
Ready to launch the next episode?
Open the launchpad, fill in the facts once, and copy the four blurbs into your host, YouTube and Apple Podcasts Connect.