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zeropointrepo/youtube-skills

yt

Use when YouTube is relevant: pasted video links or IDs, @handles, quick video lookups, summaries, channel latest uploads, topic search, or any request involving YouTube content — even if YouTube is not mentioned explicitly.

Trending #8360 First seen Feb 4, 2026

Installation

$ npx skills add zeropointrepo/youtube-skills --skill yt
View on skills.sh ↗ GitHub repository ↗

Summary

  • Use when YouTube is relevant: pasted video links or IDs, @handles, quick video lookups, summaries, channel latest uploads, topic search, or any request involving YouTube content — even if YouTube is not mentioned explicitly.
  • Covers transcripts, search, and channel latest.
  • Not for uploads or account management.

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youtube-full 1.7K youtube-search 819 video-transcript 719 transcriptapi 674 transcript 644 subtitles 639 youtube-api 618 youtube-channels 590 captions 563 youtube-playlist 555

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More details

Agent compatibility

Declared targets from SKILL.md / docs. Unmarked agents are not listed — the skill may still install via the CLI.

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Repository health

Stars 834
License LICENSE
Default branch main
Open issues 1
Status Active

Skill metadata

Parsed from SKILL.md frontmatter.

Version1.5.1
CompatibilityRequires internet access to reach transcriptapi.com. No additional runtimes or dependencies needed.
Declared agents clawdbot

Package contents

Files included with this skill beyond the listing page.

  • skill md SKILL.md 3,825 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 320 B

History

  1. First seen on skills.sh
  2. First recorded snapshot · 538 installs

SKILL.md

yt

Quick YouTube lookup via TranscriptAPI.com.

Setup

If $TRANSCRIPTAPIKEY is not set, read [references/auth-setup.md](references/auth-setup.md) and follow the instructions there to get and store the key.

Required Headers

Every request needs two headers:

  • Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPTAPIKEY
  • User-Agent: your agent's name and version if known (e.g. HermesAgent/0.11.0, ClaudeCode/1.0). Version is optional — agent name alone is fine. Do not omit this header or send a bare default — Cloudflare will return a 403 (error code 1010) and block the request.

API Reference

Full OpenAPI spec: transcriptapi.com/openapi.json — consult this for the latest parameters and schemas.

Transcript — 1 credit

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/transcript?video_url=VIDEO_URL&format=text&include_timestamp=true&send_metadata=true
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Search — 1 credit

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/search?q=QUERY&type=video&limit=10
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0
Param Default Values
q — 1-200 chars (required)
type video video, channel
limit 20 1-50

Channel latest — FREE

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/latest?channel=@TED
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Returns last 15 videos with exact view counts and publish dates. Accepts @handle, channel URL, or UC... ID.

Resolve handle — FREE

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/resolve?input=@TED
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Use to convert @handle to UC... channel ID.

Errors

Code Meaning Action
401 Bad API key Check key
402 No credits transcriptapi.com/billing
403/1010 Cloudflare block Add or fix User-Agent header
404 Not found No captions or resource doesn't exist
408 Timeout Retry once

Free tier: 100 credits. Search and transcript cost 1 credit. Channel latest and resolve are free.

Copy-paste examples

Every request in this file as a ready-to-run one-liner: [references/curl-examples.md](references/curl-examples.md)