Agent skill

Youtube Music

by happycapy-ai in happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills

Search and play music tracks on YouTube Music through MCP integration.

Install Youtube Music

skills CLI

$ npx skills add happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills --skill youtube-music -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills youtube-music --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/happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-music .claude/skills/youtube-music && 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-music" agent skill from https://github.com/happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-music into .claude/skills/youtube-music/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-music", 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/happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-music

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 happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills --skill youtube-music -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills youtube-music --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-music .agents/skills/youtube-music && 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-music" agent skill from https://github.com/happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-music into .agents/skills/youtube-music/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-music", 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 happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills --skill youtube-music -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills youtube-music --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-music .cursor/skills/youtube-music && 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-music" agent skill from https://github.com/happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-music into .cursor/skills/youtube-music/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-music", 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/happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills.git --path skills/youtube-music

--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 happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills --skill youtube-music -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills youtube-music --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/happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-music .gemini/skills/youtube-music && 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-music" agent skill from https://github.com/happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-music into .gemini/skills/youtube-music/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-music", 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 happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills youtube-music

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 happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills --skill youtube-music -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-music .github/skills/youtube-music && 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-music" agent skill from https://github.com/happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-music into .github/skills/youtube-music/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-music", 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 happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills --skill youtube-music -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 happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills youtube-music --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-music .opencode/skills/youtube-music && 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-music" agent skill from https://github.com/happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-music into .opencode/skills/youtube-music/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-music", 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-music
GitHub stars: 137
Token cost: ~632 tokens
SKILL.md length: 230 words
Files: 2
Skills in repo: 28
Repo updated: Sep 3, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Search and play music tracks on YouTube Music through MCP integration.

Works in 2 steps: A valid Google YouTube API Key from the… → Cursor or Claude Desktop properly…
User wants to search for songs
SKILL.md covers Overview, Available Tools, Prerequisites and Installation, plus 5 more sections
Needs YOUTUBE_API_KEY

What it does

Youtube Music is an agent skill from happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills. Search and play music tracks on YouTube Music through MCP integration. Use when user wants to search for songs, play music, or discover tracks on YouTube Music platform.

Its SKILL.md is about 630 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `README.md`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering MCP servers. It works with YouTube and Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: A curated collection of high-quality Claude Code skills to enhance your development workflow. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

User wants to search for songs
Discover tracks on YouTube Music platform

Example prompts

“/youtube-music”

Requirements

A credential in YOUTUBE_API_KEY
A credential in YOUR_API_KEY

Workflow steps

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

A valid Google YouTube API Key from the Google Cloud Console
Cursor or Claude Desktop properly configured

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9ff72fe. 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 (its code samples are json).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
- console.cloud.google.com
- x.com
- github.com
- instructa.ai
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:
- YOUTUBE_API_KEY
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Youtube Music loads about 632 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 46 tokens; SKILL.md has 230 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~46
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~632

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 happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills at commit 9ff72fe, republished under its MIT licence (© happycapy-ai). 230 words, ~632 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/youtube-music/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: youtube-music
description: Search and play music tracks on YouTube Music through MCP integration. Use when user wants to search for songs, play music, or discover tracks on YouTube Music platform.

YouTube Music MCP

🎵 A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to search for and play tracks on YouTube Music.

Overview

This skill provides integration with YouTube Music through the MCP protocol, allowing you to search for songs by title or artist name and play them directly in the user's default web browser.

Available Tools

searchTrack - Search for music tracks on YouTube Music by title or artist name
playTrack - Search and automatically open tracks in the default web browser

Prerequisites

Before using this skill, ensure you have:

A valid Google YouTube API Key from the Google Cloud Console
Cursor or Claude Desktop properly configured

Installation

Add the following configuration to your .cursor/mcp.json file (or Claude Desktop configuration):

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-music-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@instructa/mcp-youtube-music"],
      "env": {
        "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace <YOUR_API_KEY> with your actual YouTube API key.

Usage Examples

Searching for Tracks

User: "Search for Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen"
Assistant: [Uses searchTrack tool to find the track on YouTube Music]

Playing Tracks

User: "Play some jazz music"
Assistant: [Uses playTrack tool to search and open jazz music in browser]

Guidelines

Always verify that the YouTube API key is configured before attempting to use the tools
Provide clear feedback to users about what tracks were found or played
If a track cannot be found, suggest alternative search terms or artists
The playTrack tool will open tracks in the user's default web browser
Respect user preferences for music genres and artists

Technical Details

Protocol: Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Platform: YouTube Music
Execution: Runs via npx without requiring local installation
License: MIT

Author

Created by Kevin Kern / Instructa (@kregenrek)

Resources

GitHub Repository: instructa/mcp-youtube-music
Learn more: instructa.ai

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/youtube-music of happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills.

SKILL.md
README.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9ff72fe

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Questions about Youtube Music

What does Youtube Music do?

Search and play music tracks on YouTube Music through MCP integration. Youtube Music is an agent skill from happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills. Search and play music tracks on YouTube Music through MCP integration.

When should I use Youtube Music?

Youtube Music fits situations like: user wants to search for songs; discover tracks on YouTube Music platform.

How do I install Youtube Music in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Youtube Music in Codex?

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

Can I use Youtube Music 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 happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills --skill youtube-music -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-music, .gemini/skills/youtube-music, .github/skills/youtube-music and .opencode/skills/youtube-music in your project.

What does Youtube Music need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Youtube Music needs credentials named YOUTUBE_API_KEY. Our summary lists: A credential in YOUTUBE_API_KEY; A credential in YOUR_API_KEY.

Does Youtube Music access the network?

SKILL.md names 4 domains. As links in the text: console.cloud.google.com, x.com, github.com and instructa.ai. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Youtube Music 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 Music use?

Youtube Music 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 Music use?

About 632 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 Music?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Youtube Music: Fcpxml (DareDev256/fcp-mcp-server, 121 stars), Premiere Batch Delivery (ayushozha/AdobePremiereProMCP, 120 stars), Linkdigest Social Link Reader (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and Nlm Skill (iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop, 179 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Youtube Music?

happycapy-ai (a GitHub user) maintains it in happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills, which has 137 GitHub stars. The repository holds 28 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 3, 2026.

Source: happycapy-ai/Happycapy-skills 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 Music

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

YouTube Music MCP

Overview

Available Tools

Prerequisites

Installation

Usage Examples

Searching for Tracks

Playing Tracks

Guidelines

Technical Details

Author

Resources

Files

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