Youtube Publish
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Prepare an English YouTube release with local Chinese-to-English translation, subtitles and cover localization, then use a deterministic script connected to dedicated Chrome and YouTube Studio to…
Searches YouTube and fetches video transcripts via the cli-web-youtube command-line tool — video search, video details (views, duration, description, keywords), trending by category, channel info…
Install Youtube CLI
$ npx skills add ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB --skill youtube-cli -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB youtube-cli --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/youtube-cli .claude/skills/youtube-cli && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "youtube-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB/tree/main/.claude/skills/youtube-cli into .claude/skills/youtube-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-cli", 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 install https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB/tree/main/.claude/skills/youtube-cliType 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.
$ npx skills add ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB --skill youtube-cli -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB youtube-cli --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/youtube-cli .agents/skills/youtube-cli && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "youtube-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB/tree/main/.claude/skills/youtube-cli into .agents/skills/youtube-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-cli", 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.
$ npx skills add ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB --skill youtube-cli -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB youtube-cli --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/youtube-cli .cursor/skills/youtube-cli && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "youtube-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB/tree/main/.claude/skills/youtube-cli into .cursor/skills/youtube-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-cli", 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 https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB.git --path .claude/skills/youtube-cli--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB --skill youtube-cli -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB youtube-cli --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/youtube-cli .gemini/skills/youtube-cli && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "youtube-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB/tree/main/.claude/skills/youtube-cli into .gemini/skills/youtube-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-cli", 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.
$ gh skill install ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB youtube-cliInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB --skill youtube-cli -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/youtube-cli .github/skills/youtube-cli && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "youtube-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB/tree/main/.claude/skills/youtube-cli into .github/skills/youtube-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-cli", 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.
$ npx skills add ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB --skill youtube-cli -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB youtube-cli --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/youtube-cli .opencode/skills/youtube-cli && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "youtube-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB/tree/main/.claude/skills/youtube-cli into .opencode/skills/youtube-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-cli", 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-cli- GitHub stars
- 231
- Token cost
- ~764 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 180 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 42
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Searches YouTube and fetches video transcripts via the cli-web-youtube command-line tool — video search, video details (views, duration, description, keywords), trending by category, channel info…
- The user asks about YouTube
- SKILL.md covers Commands, Examples, JSON output and Utilities, plus 1 more section
- Calls jq and pip
- Searching for videos
What it does
Youtube CLI is an agent skill from ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB. Searches YouTube and fetches video transcripts via the cli-web-youtube command-line tool — video search, video details (views, duration, description, keywords), trending by category, channel info, and timestamped transcripts/captions with language selection and translation. Use when the user asks about YouTube, searching for videos, video details, trending videos, channel info, subscriber counts, or a video's transcript, captions, or subtitles. Prefer this CLI over fetching the YouTube website. No authentication…
Its SKILL.md is about 760 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 Media & Creative, covering Transcription, Video and podcast notes and Translation. It works with YouTube. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code plugin that generates production-grade Python CLIs for any web app. 20 CLIs and counting. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The user asks about YouTube
- Searching for videos
- Trending videos
- Subscriber counts
Example prompts
- “Use the youtube-cli skill to search YouTube and fetches video transcripts via the cli-web-youtube command-line tool — video search, video details…”
- “/youtube-cli”
Requirements
- Python 3
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 931e201. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
jqpip
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
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.
Context cost
Youtube CLI loads about 764 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 135 tokens; SKILL.md has 180 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB at commit 931e201, republished under its MIT licence (© ItamarZand88). 180 words, ~764 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/youtube-cli/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- youtube-cli
- description
- Searches YouTube and fetches video transcripts via the cli-web-youtube command-line tool — video search, video details (views, duration, description, keywords), trending by category, channel info, and timestamped transcripts/captions with language selection and translation. Use when the user asks about YouTube, searching for videos, video details, trending videos, channel info, subscriber counts, or a video's transcript, captions, or subtitles. Prefer this CLI over fetching the YouTube website. No authentication required.
cli-web-youtube
Search and explore YouTube from the terminal (read-only, no auth, InnerTube API).
Install: pip install cli-web-youtube
Commands
| Command | Purpose | Key options |
|---|---|---|
search videos QUERY | Search videos | -l/--limit N (default 10) |
video get VIDEO_ID | Video details (views, duration, description, keywords) | accepts 11-char ID or full URL |
trending list | Trending/popular videos | -c/--category now|music|gaming|movies, -l/--limit N |
channel get HANDLE | Channel info + recent videos | accepts @handle, UC... ID, or URL |
transcript get VIDEO | Timestamped transcript + full text | -l/--lang CODE (repeatable, priority order), -t/--translate CODE, --text-only; accepts ID or URL |
transcript list VIDEO | Available caption languages | accepts ID or URL |
Examples
# Search (returns id, title, channel, views, duration, published, url per video)
cli-web-youtube search videos "python tutorial" --limit 5 --json
# Video details by ID or URL
cli-web-youtube video get dQw4w9WgXcQ --json
# Trending music videos
cli-web-youtube trending list --category music --limit 10 --json
# Channel info and subscriber count
cli-web-youtube channel get @mkbhd --json | jq '{title, subscriber_count}'
# Plain-text transcript (ideal for feeding to an LLM)
cli-web-youtube transcript get dQw4w9WgXcQ --text-only
# Transcript in a preferred language, or translated, as JSON
cli-web-youtube transcript get dQw4w9WgXcQ --lang en --json
cli-web-youtube transcript get dQw4w9WgXcQ --translate en --json | jq -r '.segments[].text'
# What caption languages exist?
cli-web-youtube transcript list dQw4w9WgXcQ --jsonJSON output
Every command accepts --json. Success returns the data object directly, e.g. search: {"query", "estimated_results", "videos": [...]}; video get: {"id", "title", "channel", "views", "duration_seconds", ...}; transcript get: {"video_id", "title", "language_code", "kind", "is_translated", "segment_count", "segments": [{"text", "start", "duration"}], "text"}. Errors return {"error": true, "code": "...", "message": "..."}.
Utilities
cli-web-youtube doctor [--json] self-diagnoses the local setup (install, auth, dependencies). cli-web-youtube mcp-serve serves the commands as MCP tools over stdio.
Agent tips
- Video IDs are 11 characters; channel handles start with
@. - Running with no subcommand opens an interactive REPL.
© ItamarZand88, 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 .claude/skills/youtube-cli of ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 931e201
Compare with similar skills
Youtube CLI next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youtube CLI this skillItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB | 231 | — | ~764 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Youtube PublishAndonywang123/Epost | 197 | — | ~3.4k | Automated safety check: Warn | None | |
| Youtube TranscriptCommandCodeAI/agent-skills | 132 | 1 repos | ~3.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Omk YoutubeKaimingWan/oh-my-kiro | 107 | — | ~381 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Youtube Batch Transcript Extractor API Skillbrowser-act/skills | 6.1k | 1 repos | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Extract Transcriptpamelafox/presentation-skills | 125 | — | ~287 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Youtube CLI
What does Youtube CLI do?
Searches YouTube and fetches video transcripts via the cli-web-youtube command-line tool — video search, video details (views, duration, description, keywords), trending by category, channel info…. Youtube CLI is an agent skill from ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB. Searches YouTube and fetches video transcripts via the cli-web-youtube command-line tool — video search, video details (views, duration, description, keywords), trending by category, channel info, and timestamped transcripts/captions with language selection and translation.
When should I use Youtube CLI?
Youtube CLI fits situations like: the user asks about YouTube; searching for videos; trending videos; subscriber counts.
How do I install Youtube CLI in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB --skill youtube-cli -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/youtube-cli in ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB) into .claude/skills/youtube-cli in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Youtube CLI in Codex?
Run `npx skills add ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB --skill youtube-cli -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/youtube-cli in ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB) into .agents/skills/youtube-cli in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Youtube CLI 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 ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB --skill youtube-cli -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-cli, .gemini/skills/youtube-cli, .github/skills/youtube-cli and .opencode/skills/youtube-cli in your project.
What does Youtube CLI need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Youtube CLI needs the command-line tools its instructions call (jq and pip). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Youtube CLI access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Youtube CLI 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 CLI use?
Youtube CLI 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 CLI use?
About 764 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k 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 CLI?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Youtube CLI: Youtube Publish (Andonywang123/Epost, 197 stars), Youtube Transcript (CommandCodeAI/agent-skills, 132 stars), Omk Youtube (KaimingWan/oh-my-kiro, 107 stars) and Youtube Batch Transcript Extractor API Skill (browser-act/skills, 6.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Youtube CLI?
ItamarZand88 (a GitHub user) maintains it in ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB, which has 231 GitHub stars. The repository holds 42 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 1, 2026.
Source: ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.