Agent skill

Youtube

A skill your agent uses whenever the user mentions YouTube, video uploads, channel management, playlists, video SEO, or any YouTube Data API operation.

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Youtube

skills CLI

$ npx skills add eat-pray-ai/yutu --skill youtube -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install eat-pray-ai/yutu youtube --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/eat-pray-ai/yutu.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube .claude/skills/youtube && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "youtube" agent skill from https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu/tree/main/skills/youtube into .claude/skills/youtube/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu/tree/main/skills/youtube

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add eat-pray-ai/yutu --skill youtube -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install eat-pray-ai/yutu youtube --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube .agents/skills/youtube && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "youtube" agent skill from https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu/tree/main/skills/youtube into .agents/skills/youtube/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add eat-pray-ai/yutu --skill youtube -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install eat-pray-ai/yutu youtube --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube .cursor/skills/youtube && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "youtube" agent skill from https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu/tree/main/skills/youtube into .cursor/skills/youtube/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu.git --path skills/youtube

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add eat-pray-ai/yutu --skill youtube -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install eat-pray-ai/yutu youtube --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube .gemini/skills/youtube && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "youtube" agent skill from https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu/tree/main/skills/youtube into .gemini/skills/youtube/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install eat-pray-ai/yutu youtube

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add eat-pray-ai/yutu --skill youtube -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube .github/skills/youtube && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "youtube" agent skill from https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu/tree/main/skills/youtube into .github/skills/youtube/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add eat-pray-ai/yutu --skill youtube -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install eat-pray-ai/yutu youtube --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube .opencode/skills/youtube && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "youtube" agent skill from https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu/tree/main/skills/youtube into .opencode/skills/youtube/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: youtube
GitHub stars: 699
Token cost: ~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 308 words
Files: 4 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 1
Repo updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses whenever the user mentions YouTube, video uploads, channel management, playlists, video SEO, or any YouTube Data API operation.

The user mentions YouTube
SKILL.md covers Setup, Key Principles, Tools and Common Workflows, plus 1 more section
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
Channel management

What it does

Youtube is an agent skill from eat-pray-ai/yutu. Use whenever the user mentions YouTube, video uploads, channel management, playlists, video SEO, or any YouTube Data API operation. Manages videos, playlists, comments, captions, subscriptions, thumbnails, analytics, and more.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `references/seo-guide.md`, `references/setup.md` and `references/workflows.md`). Compatibility notes: Requires the yutu CLI binary (installable via npm, brew, or winget) and Google Cloud OAuth credentials for YouTube Data API v3.

It sits in DevOps & Cloud. It works with YouTube, Model Context Protocol, Google Gemini and OpenAI. The repository describes itself as: The AI-powered toolkit that grows your YouTube channel on autopilot. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

The user mentions YouTube
Channel management
Any YouTube Data API operation

Example prompts

“/youtube”

Requirements

Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires the yutu CLI binary (installable via npm, brew, or winget) and Google Cloud OAuth credentials for YouTube Data API v3.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d67ada4. 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
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Compatibility
Requires the yutu CLI binary (installable via npm, brew, or winget) and Google Cloud OAuth credentials for YouTube Data API v3.
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Youtube loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 59 tokens; SKILL.md has 308 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~59
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~3.3k

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 eat-pray-ai/yutu at commit d67ada4, republished under its MIT licence (© eat-pray-ai). 308 words, ~1,059 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/youtube/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: youtube
description: Use whenever the user mentions YouTube, video uploads, channel management, playlists, video SEO, or any YouTube Data API operation. Manages videos, playlists, comments, captions, subscriptions, thumbnails, analytics, and more.
compatibility: Requires the yutu CLI binary (installable via npm, brew, or winget) and Google Cloud OAuth credentials for YouTube Data API v3.
license: MIT
metadata.author: eat-pray-ai
metadata.homepage: https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu

YouTube

Manage YouTube resources via MCP tool calls — abuseReport, activity, caption, channel, channelBanner, channelSection, comment, commentThread, i18nLanguage, i18nRegion, liveBroadcast, liveChatBan, liveChatMessage, liveChatModerator, liveStream, member, membershipsLevel, playlist, playlistImage, playlistItem, search, subscription, superChatEvent, thirdPartyLink, thumbnail, video, videoAbuseReportReason, videoCategory, watermark.

Setup

Ensure yutu is installed and running as an MCP server. See references/setup.md.

Key Principles

Confirm before deleting: Always list exactly what will be deleted and get explicit user confirmation before calling any destructive tool.
Verify targets: Before modifying or deleting, use a read tool to confirm the resource exists and matches the user's intent.
Preserve existing data: When updating resources, only modify fields the user explicitly asked to change.
Report resource IDs: Always include resource IDs in responses so the user can reference them.

Tools

Read (safe, no side effects)

activity-list
caption-download
caption-list
channel-list
channelSection-list
comment-list
commentThread-list
i18nLanguage-list
i18nRegion-list
liveBroadcast-list
liveChatMessage-list
liveChatModerator-list
liveStream-list
member-list
membershipsLevel-list
playlist-list
playlistImage-list
playlistItem-list
search-list
subscription-list
superChatEvent-list
thirdPartyLink-list
video-getRating
video-list
videoAbuseReportReason-list
videoCategory-list

Write (create or update content)

abuseReport-insert
caption-insert
caption-update
channel-update
channelBanner-insert
comment-insert
comment-markAsSpam
comment-setModerationStatus
comment-update
commentThread-insert
liveBroadcast-bind
liveBroadcast-insert
liveBroadcast-insertCuepoint
liveBroadcast-transition
liveBroadcast-update
liveChatBan-insert
liveChatMessage-insert
liveChatMessage-transition
liveChatModerator-insert
liveStream-insert
liveStream-update
playlist-insert
playlist-update
playlistImage-insert
playlistImage-update
playlistItem-insert
playlistItem-update
subscription-insert
thirdPartyLink-insert
thirdPartyLink-update
thumbnail-set
video-insert
video-rate
video-reportAbuse
video-update
watermark-set

Destructive (irreversible deletions — confirm with user first)

caption-delete
channelSection-delete
comment-delete
liveBroadcast-delete
liveChatBan-delete
liveChatMessage-delete
liveChatModerator-delete
liveStream-delete
playlist-delete
playlistImage-delete
playlistItem-delete
subscription-delete
thirdPartyLink-delete
video-delete
watermark-unset

Common Workflows

See references/workflows.md for step-by-step walkthroughs.

YouTube Growth Tips

See references/seo-guide.md for the full guide. When creating or updating content, apply these principles:

Titles: Curiosity gaps + power words. Front-load keywords. Under 60 characters.
Descriptions: First 2 lines appear in search. Include keywords, timestamps, CTAs, 3-5 hashtags.
Tags: Mix broad and long-tail keywords. First 2-3 tags carry the most weight.
Thumbnails: High contrast, 3-4 word text, expressive faces, consistent branding.
Publishing: Post when audience is active. Consistent schedule matters.
Engagement: Pin a comment with a question. Reply within the first hour.

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (references) in skills/youtube of eat-pray-ai/yutu.

SKILL.md
references/seo-guide.md
references/setup.md
references/workflows.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d67ada4

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Works with

Questions about Youtube

What does Youtube do?

A skill your agent uses whenever the user mentions YouTube, video uploads, channel management, playlists, video SEO, or any YouTube Data API operation. Youtube is an agent skill from eat-pray-ai/yutu. Use whenever the user mentions YouTube, video uploads, channel management, playlists, video SEO, or any YouTube Data API operation.

When should I use Youtube?

Youtube fits situations like: the user mentions YouTube; channel management; any YouTube Data API operation.

How do I install Youtube in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Youtube in Codex?

Run `npx skills add eat-pray-ai/yutu --skill youtube -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/youtube in eat-pray-ai/yutu) into .agents/skills/youtube in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Youtube 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 eat-pray-ai/yutu --skill youtube -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, .gemini/skills/youtube, .github/skills/youtube and .opencode/skills/youtube in your project.

What does Youtube need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Youtube is instructions for the agent only. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires the yutu CLI binary (installable via npm, brew, or winget) and Google Cloud OAuth credentials for YouTube Data API v3..

Does Youtube access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Youtube 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 use?

Youtube is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Youtube use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Youtube?

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Who maintains Youtube?

eat-pray-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in eat-pray-ai/yutu, which has 699 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: eat-pray-ai/yutu on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Youtube

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Compatibility

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

YouTube

Setup

Key Principles

Tools

Read (safe, no side effects)

Write (create or update content)

Destructive (irreversible deletions — confirm with user first)

Common Workflows

YouTube Growth Tips

Files

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