Youtube Video API Skill
browser-act/skills
This skill helps users automatically extract channel-level and video detail data from a specific YouTube channel via BrowserAct API.
Research competitor YouTube channels, niches, and trending topics for your content strategy.
Install Yt Research
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill yt-research -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace yt-research --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/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/yt-research .claude/skills/yt-research && 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-research" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/yt-research into .claude/skills/yt-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "yt-research", 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/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/yt-researchType 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill yt-research -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace yt-research --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/yt-research .agents/skills/yt-research && 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-research" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/yt-research into .agents/skills/yt-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "yt-research", 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill yt-research -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace yt-research --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/yt-research .cursor/skills/yt-research && 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-research" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/yt-research into .cursor/skills/yt-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "yt-research", 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/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git --path skills/.curated/yt-research--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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill yt-research -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace yt-research --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/yt-research .gemini/skills/yt-research && 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-research" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/yt-research into .gemini/skills/yt-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "yt-research", 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace yt-researchInstalls 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill yt-research -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/yt-research .github/skills/yt-research && 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-research" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/yt-research into .github/skills/yt-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "yt-research", 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill yt-research -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace yt-research --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/yt-research .opencode/skills/yt-research && 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-research" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/yt-research into .opencode/skills/yt-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "yt-research", 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-research- GitHub stars
- 2.8k
- Token cost
- ~1.6k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 732 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 3,342
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Research competitor YouTube channels, niches, and trending topics for your content strategy.
- Works in 5 steps: Scope the Research → Collect Channel Data → Analyze Channels → …
- The user says research channels
- SKILL.md covers Before You Start, The Research Process, Key Principles and Overview, plus 6 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Yt Research is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Research competitor YouTube channels, niches, and trending topics for your content strategy. Use this skill whenever the user says "research channels", "analyze competitors", "find trending topics", "niche analysis", "competitive research", "what are other creators doing", "scrape YouTube channels", or wants to understand the competitive landscape for a specific tool or topic area. Use when working with yt research. Trigger with 'yt', 'research'.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts. Compatibility notes: Designed for Claude Code
It sits in Writing & Content, covering Web scraping and Content strategy. It works with YouTube. The repository describes itself as: Model-agnostic agent-skills platform with a harness-free canonical layer, verified adapters, and the ccpi package manager. Explore at tonsofskills.com. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The user says research channels
- Analyze competitors
- Find trending topics
- Competitive research
Example prompts
- “research channels”
- “analyze competitors”
- “find trending topics”
- “/yt-research”
Requirements
- Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): WebSearch, Read, Write, Task
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
WebSearchReadWriteTask
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.
Compatibility
Designed for Claude Code
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Context cost
Yt Research loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 116 tokens; SKILL.md has 732 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 732 words, ~1,587 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/yt-research/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- yt-research
- description
- Research competitor YouTube channels, niches, and trending topics for your content strategy. Use this skill whenever the user says "research channels", "analyze competitors", "find trending topics", "niche analysis", "competitive research", "what are other creators doing", "scrape YouTube channels", or wants to understand the competitive landscape for a specific tool or topic area. Use when working with yt research. Trigger with 'yt', 'research'.
- allowed-tools
- WebSearch, Read, Write, Task
- compatibility
- Designed for Claude Code
- version
- 1.10.0
- author
- Claude Code Plugins <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>
- license
- MIT
- tags
- productivity, yt-research
YouTube Research
You are conducting competitive research for a YouTube channel. Your goal is to analyze competitor channels, identify content gaps, discover trending topics, and surface opportunities aligned with the creator's strategy.
Before You Start
You need from the user:
- Research focus - What niche, tool, or topic area to research (e.g., "AI tools for professionals", "MCP integrations", "productivity software")
- Competitor channels (optional) - Specific YouTube channel URLs to analyze
- Specific angle (optional) - Is there a particular feature, update, or trend they want to investigate?
If the user provided context already, confirm your understanding and proceed.
The Research Process
Step 1: Scope the Research
Define the research boundaries:
- Which channels to scrape (user-provided + discovered competitors)
- Which topics/keywords to search for
- Time horizon (recent 30 days, 90 days, or all-time)
Tell the user the plan: "I'll analyze [N] channels and search for [keywords]. This will involve web research and data collection."
Step 2: Collect Channel Data
Use web research to collect:
- Channel metadata (subscribers, total videos, posting frequency)
- Recent videos (last 30-50 per channel): titles, views, likes, comments, publish dates
- Video tags and categories where available
If Apify MCP is available, spawn yt-scraper sub-agent for bulk data collection.
Step 3: Analyze Channels
For each channel, analyze:
- Engagement pattern analysis (what gets views vs what doesn't)
- Content type distribution (tutorials, reviews, updates, opinions)
- Title pattern analysis (what structures and words correlate with views)
- Outlier video identification (3x+ above channel average)
- Topic coverage map (what's covered, what's missing)
If analyzing 4+ channels, spawn channel-analyzer sub-agents (3 channels per agent) for parallel processing.
Step 4: Identify Opportunities
Using the analysis results, identify:
Content Gaps:
- Topics the audience searches for but competitors cover poorly
- Topics that are developer-focused everywhere but could be made accessible
- Recent tool updates/features with no quality coverage yet
Trending Signals:
- Tools/features getting increasing search interest
- Topics with recent outlier videos (sudden view spikes)
- Community discussions (Reddit, forums) indicating unmet demand
Strategic Fit:
- Which opportunities align with the creator's content pillars?
- Which serve the target audience?
- Which have the best effort-to-impact ratio?
Step 5: Export Results
Generate two outputs:
niche-analysis.json- Structured data with per-channel metrics, outlier videos, content gaps, and opportunity scoresniche-report.md- Human-readable research report with:- Executive summary (3-5 key findings)
- Per-channel analysis highlights
- Top 10 content opportunities ranked by potential
- Recommended next steps
Present the report to the user:
"Here's the research report. Key findings:"
- [Top 3 findings]
"What would you like to do?"
- Move to ideation with these insights
- Research additional channels
- Dig deeper into a specific finding
- Export and save for later
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Key Principles
- Strategy-first - Every finding must connect back to the creator's goals and audience. Don't surface opportunities that don't serve the target audience.
- Data over opinion - Ground insights in actual view counts, engagement rates, and search data. "This seems popular" is useless. "This video got 3.2x the channel average with 45K views in 2 weeks" is useful.
- Actionable outputs - Every content gap should translate directly into a potential video idea. Don't just say "competitors don't cover X" - say "competitors don't cover X, and here's evidence that people are searching for it."
- Respect rate limits - When using APIs, handle timeouts gracefully and never hammer endpoints.
- Save everything to disk - Persist all collected data and analysis results as JSON files immediately. Never hold large datasets only in conversation context.
Overview
Research competitor YouTube channels, niches, and trending topics for your content strategy.
Prerequisites
- Access to the content environment or API
- Required CLI tools installed and authenticated
- Familiarity with content concepts and terminology
Instructions
- Assess the current state of the content configuration
- Identify the specific requirements and constraints
- Apply the recommended patterns from this skill
- Validate the changes against expected behavior
- Document the configuration for team reference
Output
- Configuration files or code changes applied to the project
- Validation report confirming correct implementation
- Summary of changes made and their rationale
Error Handling
| Error | Cause | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication failure | Invalid or expired credentials | Refresh tokens or re-authenticate with content |
| Configuration conflict | Incompatible settings detected | Review and resolve conflicting parameters |
| Resource not found | Referenced resource missing | Verify resource exists and permissions are correct |
Examples
Basic usage: Apply yt research to a standard project setup with default configuration options.
Advanced scenario: Customize yt research for production environments with multiple constraints and team-specific requirements.
Resources
- Official content documentation
- Community best practices and patterns
- Related skills in this plugin pack
© jeremylongshore, 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/.curated/yt-research of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287
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| Apify Trend Analysissickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 2 repos | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| YoutubeAgriciDaniel/claude-youtube | 440 | — | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Caption Writerstevenflanagan1/social-ai-team | 244 | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| SocialpostHao0321/claude-skill-social-post | 730 | — | ~332 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Yt Research
What does Yt Research do?
Research competitor YouTube channels, niches, and trending topics for your content strategy. Yt Research is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Research competitor YouTube channels, niches, and trending topics for your content strategy.
When should I use Yt Research?
Yt Research fits situations like: the user says research channels; analyze competitors; find trending topics; competitive research.
How do I install Yt Research in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill yt-research -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/yt-research in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .claude/skills/yt-research in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Yt Research in Codex?
Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill yt-research -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/yt-research in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .agents/skills/yt-research in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Yt Research 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill yt-research -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-research, .gemini/skills/yt-research, .github/skills/yt-research and .opencode/skills/yt-research in your project.
What does Yt Research need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Yt Research is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: WebSearch, Read, Write, Task. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code.
Does Yt Research 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 Research 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 Research use?
Yt Research is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Yt Research use?
About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.3k 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 Research?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Yt Research: Youtube Video API Skill (browser-act/skills, 6.1k stars), Apify Trend Analysis (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Youtube (AgriciDaniel/claude-youtube, 440 stars) and Caption Writer (stevenflanagan1/social-ai-team, 244 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Yt Research?
jeremylongshore (a GitHub user) maintains it in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, which has 2,827 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3,342 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.
Source: jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.