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Agent skill

Yt Edit

by Jakeschincariol in Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill

Turn a raw recording's transcript into an edit decision list - dead air, filler cues and retakes, with timecodes.

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Install Yt Edit

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill yt-edit --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-edit .claude/skills/yt-edit && 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-edit
GitHub stars
795
Token cost
~410 tokens
SKILL.md length
207 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
11
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Turn a raw recording's transcript into an edit decision list - dead air, filler cues and retakes, with timecodes.

  • Cut the dead space
  • SKILL.md covers What it finds, What it will not do and The gate
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3
  • Tighten this video

What it does

Yt Edit is an agent skill from Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill. Turn a raw recording's transcript into an edit decision list - dead air, filler cues and retakes, with timecodes. Use for "edit this", "cut the dead space", "tighten this video", "I rambled", or any request to shorten footage from a transcript.

Its SKILL.md is about 410 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `deadair.py`).

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

  • Cut the dead space
  • Tighten this video
  • Any request to shorten footage from a transcript

Example prompts

  • “edit this”
  • “cut the dead space”
  • “tighten this video”
  • “/yt-edit”

Requirements

  • Python 3

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

    Ships script files (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python3

    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 Edit loads about 410 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 63 tokens; SKILL.md has 207 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~63
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~410

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 Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill at commit a2feb21, republished under its MIT licence (© Jakeschincariol). 207 words, ~410 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/yt-edit/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
yt-edit
description
Turn a raw recording's transcript into an edit decision list - dead air, filler cues and retakes, with timecodes. Use for "edit this", "cut the dead space", "tighten this video", "I rambled", or any request to shorten footage from a transcript.

yt-edit

An edit decision list from a timestamped transcript. It prints the cuts. You apply them.

bash
python3 deadair.py transcript.srt              # srt, vtt or whisper json
python3 deadair.py transcript.srt --floor 0.35 --json

No transcript yet? Ask for one, or produce one first - whisper, faster-whisper, or the caption track YouTube generates on an unlisted upload all work. Do not guess at timings.

What it finds

  • DEAD - gaps longer than the floor, trimmed from the MIDDLE so both sides keep a breath. Cutting flush against speech is what makes a tightened take sound gasping.
  • FILLER - cues that are nothing but "um", "so yeah", "basically".
  • REPEAT - a sentence restarted. Compared against the last cue that was actually speech, not the literal previous cue, because most retakes have an "um" between the two attempts.

What it will not do

It does not touch media. It has no opinion about your B-roll. A 40% cut on the report is a 40% cut of SPEECH, and if the video has a long silent demo in it that number is wrong - check the report against the footage before you trust the runtime at the bottom.

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

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/yt-edit of Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill.

  • SKILL.md
  • deadair.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a2feb21

Compare with similar skills

Yt Edit 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.

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Yt Edit this skillJakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill795—~410Automated safety check: PassMIT
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Baoyu Youtube TranscriptJimLiu/baoyu-skills26k1 repos~2.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Youtube Transcriptsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills47k1 repos~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Service Native Voice Recording Transcription Configureforcedotcom/sf-skills1.1k—~2.9kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Questions about Yt Edit

What does Yt Edit do?

Turn a raw recording's transcript into an edit decision list - dead air, filler cues and retakes, with timecodes. Yt Edit is an agent skill from Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill. Turn a raw recording's transcript into an edit decision list - dead air, filler cues and retakes, with timecodes.

When should I use Yt Edit?

Yt Edit fits situations like: cut the dead space; tighten this video; any request to shorten footage from a transcript.

How do I install Yt Edit in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Yt Edit in Codex?

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

Can I use Yt Edit 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-edit -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-edit, .gemini/skills/yt-edit, .github/skills/yt-edit and .opencode/skills/yt-edit in your project.

What does Yt Edit need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Yt Edit needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Yt Edit 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 Edit 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 Edit use?

Yt Edit 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 Edit use?

About 410 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.6k 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 Edit?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Yt Edit: Youtube Transcript (browser-act/skills, 6.1k stars), Recording (codewhale-hq/Codewhale, 41k stars), Baoyu Youtube Transcript (JimLiu/baoyu-skills, 26k stars) and Youtube Transcript (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Yt Edit?

Jakeschincariol (a GitHub user) maintains it in Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill, which has 795 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.