Social
coreyhaines31/marketingskills
When the user wants help creating, scheduling, or optimizing social media content for LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, or Facebook, or wants to do social listening and engagement triage.
Find the Shorts hiding inside a long video and write them, using the transcript to pick self-contained moments.
Install Yt Shorts
$ npx skills add Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill --skill yt-shorts -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill yt-shorts --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/Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/yt-shorts .claude/skills/yt-shorts && 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 "yt-shorts" agent skill from https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill/tree/main/skills/yt-shorts into .claude/skills/yt-shorts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "yt-shorts", 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/Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill/tree/main/skills/yt-shortsType 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 Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill --skill yt-shorts -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill yt-shorts --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/yt-shorts .agents/skills/yt-shorts && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "yt-shorts" agent skill from https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill/tree/main/skills/yt-shorts into .agents/skills/yt-shorts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "yt-shorts", 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 Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill --skill yt-shorts -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill yt-shorts --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/yt-shorts .cursor/skills/yt-shorts && 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 "yt-shorts" agent skill from https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill/tree/main/skills/yt-shorts into .cursor/skills/yt-shorts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "yt-shorts", 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/Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill.git --path skills/yt-shorts--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 Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill --skill yt-shorts -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill yt-shorts --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/yt-shorts .gemini/skills/yt-shorts && 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 "yt-shorts" agent skill from https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill/tree/main/skills/yt-shorts into .gemini/skills/yt-shorts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "yt-shorts", 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 Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill yt-shortsInstalls 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 Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill --skill yt-shorts -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/yt-shorts .github/skills/yt-shorts && 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 "yt-shorts" agent skill from https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill/tree/main/skills/yt-shorts into .github/skills/yt-shorts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "yt-shorts", 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 Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill --skill yt-shorts -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill yt-shorts --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/yt-shorts .opencode/skills/yt-shorts && 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 "yt-shorts" agent skill from https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill/tree/main/skills/yt-shorts into .opencode/skills/yt-shorts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "yt-shorts", 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
yt-shorts- GitHub stars
- 933
- Token cost
- ~379 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 224 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 11
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Find the Shorts hiding inside a long video and write them, using the transcript to pick self-contained moments.
- Works in 3 steps: It opens on a complete thought. If the… → There is a turn in it - a claim, then… → It ends on a line, not a trail-off.
- Cut this into shorts
- SKILL.md covers Picking, Writing each one and The gate
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Yt Shorts is an agent skill from Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill. Find the Shorts hiding inside a long video and write them, using the transcript to pick self-contained moments. Use for "cut this into shorts", "clip this", "repurpose this video", "what should I clip".
Its SKILL.md is about 380 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 Writing & Content, covering Content repurposing. 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 this into shorts
- Repurpose this video
- What should I clip
Example prompts
- “cut this into shorts”
- “clip this”
- “repurpose this video”
- “/yt-shorts”
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- It opens on a complete thought. If the first sentence needs the previous minute, it is not a Short.
- There is a turn in it - a claim, then something that complicates or proves it.
- It ends on a line, not a trail-off.
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 Shorts loads about 379 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 224 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 Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill at commit a2feb21, republished under its MIT licence (© Jakeschincariol). 224 words, ~379 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/yt-shorts/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- yt-shorts
- description
- Find the Shorts hiding inside a long video and write them, using the transcript to pick self-contained moments. Use for "cut this into shorts", "clip this", "repurpose this video", "what should I clip".
yt-shorts
A Short cut out of a long video is not a clip of the best moment. It is a moment that survives without the video around it, which is a much smaller set.
Picking
Read the transcript and find spans of 20-55 seconds where all three are true:
- It opens on a complete thought. If the first sentence needs the previous minute, it is not a Short.
- There is a turn in it - a claim, then something that complicates or proves it.
- It ends on a line, not a trail-off.
Rank the candidates and show the user the top five with their timecodes and first line, so they can reject one without reading the whole transcript.
Writing each one
- A NEW first line. The long video's line assumes context this viewer does not have. Write the
replacement and run it through
../yt-script/hookscore.py. - On-screen text for the first two seconds, different words from the spoken line.
- A loop point: what the last line sets up so the first line answers it.
- Vertical framing note - what gets cropped out of a 16:9 frame and whether that matters.
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-shorts of Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit a2feb21
Compare with similar skills
Yt Shorts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yt Shorts this skillJakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill | 933 | — | ~379 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Socialcoreyhaines31/marketingskills | 54k | 4 repos | ~4.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Social Contentfreekmurze/dotfiles | 1k | 23 repos | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Changelog Social RecapFlorianBruniaux/claude-code-ultimate-guide | 6.1k | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Notes | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | |
| YoutubeAgriciDaniel/claude-youtube | 440 | — | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| WeChat Article Formatteraiworkskills/wechat-article-skills | 672 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Yt Shorts
What does Yt Shorts do?
Find the Shorts hiding inside a long video and write them, using the transcript to pick self-contained moments. Yt Shorts is an agent skill from Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill. Find the Shorts hiding inside a long video and write them, using the transcript to pick self-contained moments.
When should I use Yt Shorts?
Yt Shorts fits situations like: cut this into shorts; repurpose this video; what should I clip.
How do I install Yt Shorts in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill --skill yt-shorts -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/yt-shorts in Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill) into .claude/skills/yt-shorts in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Yt Shorts in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill --skill yt-shorts -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/yt-shorts in Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill) into .agents/skills/yt-shorts in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Yt Shorts 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-shorts -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-shorts, .gemini/skills/yt-shorts, .github/skills/yt-shorts and .opencode/skills/yt-shorts in your project.
What does Yt Shorts need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Yt Shorts is instructions for the agent only.
Does Yt Shorts 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 Shorts 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 Shorts use?
Yt Shorts 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 Shorts use?
About 379 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.5k 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 Yt Shorts?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Yt Shorts: Social (coreyhaines31/marketingskills, 54k stars), Social Content (freekmurze/dotfiles, 1k stars), Changelog Social Recap (FlorianBruniaux/claude-code-ultimate-guide, 6.1k stars) and Youtube (AgriciDaniel/claude-youtube, 440 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Yt Shorts?
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.