Audit a YouTube channel end to end - packaging, consistency, the first fifteen seconds, and what to fix first.

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Install Yt Audit

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill --skill yt-audit -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill yt-audit --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/Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/yt-audit .claude/skills/yt-audit && 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
yt-audit
GitHub stars
933
Token cost
~582 tokens
SKILL.md length
365 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
11
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Audit a YouTube channel end to end - packaging, consistency, the first fifteen seconds, and what to fix first.

  • Works in 2 steps: Read ~/.claude/youtube/voice.md if it… → Never invent a number, a result or a…
  • Audit my channel
  • SKILL.md covers Before you write, What to look at, in this order, What to hand back and The gate
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Yt Audit is an agent skill from Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill. Audit a YouTube channel end to end - packaging, consistency, the first fifteen seconds, and what to fix first. Use for "audit my channel", "why isn't my channel growing", "review my videos", or a pasted channel URL.

Its SKILL.md is about 580 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with YouTube. The repository describes itself as: Eleven Claude skills that run a YouTube channel: scripts off 21 hook formulas with a scored hook, title and thumbnail linted as one pairing, an edit decision list from your… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Audit my channel
  • Why isnt my channel growing
  • Review my videos
  • A pasted channel URL

Example prompts

  • “audit my channel”
  • “why isn”
  • “review my videos”
  • “/yt-audit”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read ~/.claude/youtube/voice.md if it exists. That is the user's voice profile: how they talk
  2. Never invent a number, a result or a source. If a figure would strengthen it and you do not have

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a2feb21. 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.

Context cost

Yt Audit loads about 582 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 365 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~56
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~582

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

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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 Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill at commit a2feb21, republished under its MIT licence (© Jakeschincariol). 365 words, ~582 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/yt-audit/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
yt-audit
description
Audit a YouTube channel end to end - packaging, consistency, the first fifteen seconds, and what to fix first. Use for "audit my channel", "why isn't my channel growing", "review my videos", or a pasted channel URL.

yt-audit

An audit that lists twenty problems is a way of avoiding the one that matters. This ends in ONE fix.

Before you write

  1. Read ~/.claude/youtube/voice.md if it exists. That is the user's voice profile: how they talk on camera, the words they never use, who they are talking to, what they will not claim. If it does not exist, ask for three of their own videos, read or transcribe them, infer the voice, and write the file. A script in the wrong voice is worse than no script, because they have to read it out loud.
  2. Never invent a number, a result or a source. If a figure would strengthen it and you do not have one, ask for it or write the line without it.

What to look at, in this order

  1. The last ten titles, as a set. Read them as a list, the way the channel page shows them. Do they promise different things? Run them through ../yt-package/title.py. A channel where every title is the same shape has a format problem, not a title problem.
  2. The thumbnails, at feed size. Shrink them. What survives? If three of them are unreadable at that size, that is the fix and nothing else matters yet.
  3. The first fifteen seconds of the three most recent. Transcribe them and score with ../yt-script/hookscore.py. This is where most channels lose.
  4. Upload rhythm. Not frequency - CONSISTENCY. Six videos in one week and then nothing for a month is worse than one a fortnight forever.
  5. The retention shape, if they can export it. /yt-retention.
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What to hand back

  • The single biggest fix, named, with what to do this week.
  • Three things that are already working, so they do not break them. Be specific; "your energy is good" is not an observation.
  • What NOT to do yet, and why.

Never open an audit with praise you do not mean, and never end one with a list of twenty things.

The gate

Nothing here publishes. This skill writes and you publish. Every output ends in a block the user copies, and the last line of every run is the question: ship it, or change it?

© Jakeschincariol, 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 skills/yt-audit of Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a2feb21

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Works with

Questions about Yt Audit

What does Yt Audit do?

Audit a YouTube channel end to end - packaging, consistency, the first fifteen seconds, and what to fix first. Yt Audit is an agent skill from Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill. Audit a YouTube channel end to end - packaging, consistency, the first fifteen seconds, and what to fix first.

When should I use Yt Audit?

Yt Audit fits situations like: audit my channel; why isnt my channel growing; review my videos; A pasted channel URL.

How do I install Yt Audit in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Yt Audit in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill --skill yt-audit -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/yt-audit in Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill) into .agents/skills/yt-audit in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Yt Audit 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 Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill --skill yt-audit -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/yt-audit, .gemini/skills/yt-audit, .github/skills/yt-audit and .opencode/skills/yt-audit in your project.

What does Yt Audit need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Yt Audit is instructions for the agent only.

Does Yt Audit 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 Yt Audit 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 Yt Audit use?

Yt Audit 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 Yt Audit use?

About 582 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.3k 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 Yt Audit?

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Who maintains Yt Audit?

Jakeschincariol (a GitHub user) maintains it in Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill, which has 933 GitHub stars. The repository holds 11 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 16, 2026.

Source: Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.