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Youtube Full

by davepoon in davepoon/buildwithclaude

A skill your agent uses when YouTube is or could be relevant — video/channel/playlist links, video IDs, @handles, creator lookups, summaries, quotes, topic research, tutorials, talks, product…

MITAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Youtube Full

skills CLI
$ npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill youtube-full -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install davepoon/buildwithclaude youtube-full --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/youtube-full/skills/youtube-full .claude/skills/youtube-full && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
youtube-full
GitHub stars
3.6k
Token cost
~624 tokens
SKILL.md length
267 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
246
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when YouTube is or could be relevant — video/channel/playlist links, video IDs, @handles, creator lookups, summaries, quotes, topic research, tutorials, talks, product…

  • Works in 4 steps: Transcripts — full text with timestamps,… → Search — video or channel search across… → Channel data — videos, in-channel… → …
  • Could be relevant — video/channel/playlist links
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, What This Skill Does, How to Use and Example, plus 3 more sections
  • Reaches youtube.com; needs TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY

What it does

Youtube Full is an agent skill from davepoon/buildwithclaude. Use when YouTube is or could be relevant — video/channel/playlist links, video IDs, @handles, creator lookups, summaries, quotes, topic research, tutorials, talks, product reviews, or anywhere video content is fresher or richer than text search. Covers transcripts, video/channel search, channel browsing, playlists, and in-channel search.

Its SKILL.md is about 620 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Writing & Content. It works with YouTube. The repository describes itself as: A single hub to find Claude Skills, Agents, Commands, Hooks, Plugins, and Marketplace collections to extend Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Agent SDK and OpenClaw. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Could be relevant — video/channel/playlist links
  • Creator lookups
  • Product reviews
  • Anywhere video content is fresher

Example prompts

  • “/youtube-full”

Requirements

  • A credential in TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Transcripts — full text with timestamps, one API call, 1 credit
  2. Search — video or channel search across YouTube, 1 credit/page
  3. Channel data — videos, in-channel search, latest uploads (the last one is free)
  4. Playlists — bulk video extraction for courses and lecture series

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 616deb5. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • youtube.com

    Also links to:

    • transcriptapi.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Youtube Full loads about 624 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 88 tokens; SKILL.md has 267 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~88
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~624

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from davepoon/buildwithclaude at commit 616deb5, republished under its MIT licence (© davepoon). 267 words, ~624 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/youtube-full/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
youtube-full
description
Use when YouTube is or could be relevant — video/channel/playlist links, video IDs, @handles, creator lookups, summaries, quotes, topic research, tutorials, talks, product reviews, or anywhere video content is fresher or richer than text search. Covers transcripts, video/channel search, channel browsing, playlists, and in-channel search.
category
data-ai

YouTube Full

Complete YouTube toolkit via TranscriptAPI. Transcripts, search, channels, and playlists in one skill — no yt-dlp, no headless browser, no binary to keep patched.

When to Use This Skill

  • Someone pastes a YouTube link, video ID, or @handle and wants the content, not just the URL
  • You need a transcript to summarize, quote, translate, or search within
  • You're researching a topic where a talk, tutorial, or expert walkthrough will answer it better than a blog post
  • You're tracking a channel for new uploads

What This Skill Does

  1. Transcripts — full text with timestamps, one API call, 1 credit
  2. Search — video or channel search across YouTube, 1 credit/page
  3. Channel data — videos, in-channel search, latest uploads (the last one is free)
  4. Playlists — bulk video extraction for courses and lecture series

How to Use

Basic Usage
Get the transcript for https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID and summarize it in 3 bullets.
Advanced Usage
Search TED for talks about complexity theory from the last two years, then pull transcripts for the top 3 and compare their arguments.

Example

User: "Has @NASA posted anything new this week?"

Output: Calls the free channel/latest endpoint, returns new uploads with title, publish date, and view count — no credits spent.

Setup

First run prompts for a TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY (or Claude can provision one automatically). Free tier: 100 credits, no card required.

Tips

  • channel/latest and channel/resolve are free — use them for polling and handle lookups before spending a credit on anything else
  • Failed or rate-limited calls don't cost credits
  • Works the same on a laptop or a cloud server — TranscriptAPI handles the infrastructure YouTube blocks for direct scraping

Common Use Cases

  • Daily digest of new uploads across tracked channels
  • Turning a lecture playlist into study notes
  • Competitive research across a channel's back catalog
  • Content repurposing — video into blog post, thread, or newsletter

© davepoon, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/youtube-full/skills/youtube-full of davepoon/buildwithclaude.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 616deb5

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Questions about Youtube Full

What does Youtube Full do?

A skill your agent uses when YouTube is or could be relevant — video/channel/playlist links, video IDs, @handles, creator lookups, summaries, quotes, topic research, tutorials, talks, product…. Youtube Full is an agent skill from davepoon/buildwithclaude. Use when YouTube is or could be relevant — video/channel/playlist links, video IDs, @handles, creator lookups, summaries, quotes, topic research, tutorials, talks, product reviews, or anywhere video content is fresher or richer than text search.

When should I use Youtube Full?

Youtube Full fits situations like: could be relevant — video/channel/playlist links; creator lookups; product reviews; anywhere video content is fresher.

How do I install Youtube Full in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill youtube-full -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/youtube-full/skills/youtube-full in davepoon/buildwithclaude) into .claude/skills/youtube-full in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Youtube Full in Codex?

Run `npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill youtube-full -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/youtube-full/skills/youtube-full in davepoon/buildwithclaude) into .agents/skills/youtube-full in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Youtube Full in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill youtube-full -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/youtube-full, .gemini/skills/youtube-full, .github/skills/youtube-full and .opencode/skills/youtube-full in your project.

What does Youtube Full need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Youtube Full needs credentials named TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY. Our summary lists: A credential in TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY.

Does Youtube Full access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. In commands or code: youtube.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: transcriptapi.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Youtube Full safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Youtube Full use?

Youtube Full is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Youtube Full use?

About 624 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Youtube Full?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Youtube Full: Postiz (gitroomhq/postiz-agent, 508 stars), Social Post (Hao0321/claude-skill-social-post, 729 stars), Youtube (AgriciDaniel/claude-youtube, 437 stars) and Youtube Content (Tommy-yw/RunbookHermes, 546 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Youtube Full?

davepoon (a GitHub user) maintains it in davepoon/buildwithclaude, which has 3,605 GitHub stars. The repository holds 246 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: davepoon/buildwithclaude on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.