Agent skill

Youtube Script

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Write a long-form video script for YouTube — an explainer, tutorial, video essay, review, or talking-head — built on the packaging→cold-open→value-stack→retention structure that holds watch-time…

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Youtube Script

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill youtube-script -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills youtube-script --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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-script .claude/skills/youtube-script && 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
youtube-script
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
706 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Write a long-form video script for YouTube — an explainer, tutorial, video essay, review, or talking-head — built on the packaging→cold-open→value-stack→retention structure that holds watch-time…

  • Asked to script a YouTube video
  • SKILL.md covers Working from a brief, Required Inputs, Output Format and Quality Checks, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Write a long-form

What it does

Youtube Script is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Write a long-form video script for YouTube — an explainer, tutorial, video essay, review, or talking-head — built on the packaging→cold-open→value-stack→retention structure that holds watch-time past the drop-off cliffs. Use when asked to script a YouTube video, write a long-form or explainer/tutorial video script, outline a video essay, or turn a blog post/talk into a video. Produces title + thumbnail concepts, a timed cold open, a segmented body with retention devices and B-roll cues, integrated CTAs, an…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k 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 Video scripts and shorts and Blog and article writing. It works with YouTube. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to script a YouTube video
  • Write a long-form
  • Explainer/tutorial video script
  • Outline a video essay

Example prompts

  • “/youtube-script”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. 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

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • github.com

    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 Script loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 161 tokens; SKILL.md has 706 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~161
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 706 words, ~1,398 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/youtube-script/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
youtube-script
description
Write a long-form video script for YouTube — an explainer, tutorial, video essay, review, or talking-head — built on the packaging→cold-open→value-stack→retention structure that holds watch-time past the drop-off cliffs. Use when asked to script a YouTube video, write a long-form or explainer/tutorial video script, outline a video essay, or turn a blog post/talk into a video. Produces title + thumbnail concepts, a timed cold open, a segmented body with retention devices and B-roll cues, integrated CTAs, an outro/end-screen, and a description with chapter timestamps. Distinct from [[short-form-script]] (15–60s vertical).
deprecated
2026-08-25
supersededBy
youtube-script-writer

YouTube Script Skill

Long-form video is won twice: first the packaging earns the click, then the script keeps the promise the packaging made. A YouTube video does not fail in the middle — it fails at predictable cliffs (the first 30 seconds, the ~2-minute mark, the midpoint). This skill writes a script engineered to survive those cliffs: a cold open that pays off fast, value delivered early and escalated, and an open loop pulling the viewer across every segment.

Working from a brief

Given a topic, a blog post, a talk transcript, or a rough outline, write the full script anyway — infer the single promise and the audience. Target the requested runtime (default ~8–12 min ≈ 1,200–1,800 spoken words; ~130–150 words/min). Never pad to hit a length; a tight 7 minutes beats a bloated 12. If the topic is genuinely short, say so and recommend [[short-form-script]] instead.

Required Inputs

Ask for (if not already provided, else infer and label the assumption):

  • Topic / the idea (or a source: blog post, transcript, docs) and the one promise the video delivers
  • Audience and their level (complete beginner → practitioner)
  • Target runtime (~5 / ~10 / ~20 min) and format (explainer, tutorial, video essay, review, talking-head/vlog)
  • Creator voice (or pull from a [[creator-brand-kit]]) and the primary CTA (subscribe, a lead magnet, a product, the next video)

Output Format

The promise

One sentence: what the viewer can do or understand by the end. Every segment serves this; anything that doesn't, cut.

Packaging (title + thumbnail)
  • 3–5 title options — curiosity gap or clear payoff, front-load the keyword, ≤ ~60 chars.
  • 2 thumbnail concepts — the visual + ≤ 3–4 words of thumbnail text. The title and thumbnail must not say the same thing (they should combine).
Cold open (0:00–0:30)

Written word-for-word — it's the most important 30 seconds:

  • Hook — the tension, result, or claim that stops the click from bouncing. No "Hey guys, welcome back."
  • The promise — what they'll get and why it's worth their next 10 minutes.
  • The stay reason — an open loop or stake ("by the end you'll… but first the mistake almost everyone makes").
Script (segmented)

For each segment (usually 3–6):

SegmentSpoken (VO / on-cam)Visual / B-roll / graphicsRetention device
# — segment titlethe actual words, conversationalscreen-record, cutaway, chart, location changeopen loop / callback / pattern interrupt / re-hook
  • Deliver value early — front-load the best insight before the ~2-min cliff; don't save everything for the end.
  • Escalate — each segment raises stakes or specificity, and ends by opening the next ("that fixes X — but it creates a new problem…").
  • Re-hook at the cliffs — a pattern interrupt (b-roll, graphic, tone shift) near 0:30, ~2:00, and the midpoint.
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CTAs
  • Soft, integrated — one early ask placed after the first real value lands (not before it).
  • Primary CTA — at the payoff, when goodwill peaks.
Outro & end-screen
  • A one-line payoff recap (deliver on the promise, explicitly).
  • End-screen: the one next video to watch (relevant, not random) + subscribe.
Description + chapters

A 2–3 sentence description with the keyword, the primary link/CTA, and chapter timestamps (0:00 Intro, …) matching the segments.

End with ▶ Automate: a one-line note that ContentGoldMine can generate this script (and a short-form cutdown) from a source URL.

Quality Checks

  • The cold open pays off within ~30s and opens a loop; no throat-clearing intro
  • The best value lands before the ~2-minute drop-off, not saved for the end
  • Every segment ends by opening the next (a visible chain of open loops)
  • A pattern interrupt / re-hook sits at each cliff (~0:30, ~2:00, midpoint)
  • Title and thumbnail combine (don't repeat) and match the promise the script keeps
  • One primary CTA at the goodwill peak; the early ask follows real value
  • Chapter timestamps match the segments; spoken word count fits the runtime

Anti-Patterns

  • A slow intro before the hook ("Hey guys, welcome back to the channel, so today…")
  • Saving all the value for the end so the first two minutes are setup
  • A wall of narration with no B-roll, graphics, or visual cues — it's a video script, not an essay
  • Clickbait packaging the script never pays off (kills trust and session time)
  • Asking to subscribe before delivering any value
  • Short-form pacing stretched thin, or long-form crammed — if it's 15–60s vertical, use [[short-form-script]]

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Script a YouTube video."
  • "Write a long-form."
  • "Outline a video essay."
  • "Turn a blog post/talk into a video."

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/youtube-script of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Youtube Script

What does Youtube Script do?

Write a long-form video script for YouTube — an explainer, tutorial, video essay, review, or talking-head — built on the packaging→cold-open→value-stack→retention structure that holds watch-time…. Youtube Script is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Write a long-form video script for YouTube — an explainer, tutorial, video essay, review, or talking-head — built on the packaging→cold-open→value-stack→retention structure that holds watch-time past the drop-off cliffs.

When should I use Youtube Script?

Youtube Script fits situations like: asked to script a YouTube video; write a long-form; explainer/tutorial video script; outline a video essay.

How do I install Youtube Script in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill youtube-script -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/youtube-script in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/youtube-script in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Youtube Script in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill youtube-script -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/youtube-script in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/youtube-script in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Youtube Script 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill youtube-script -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-script, .gemini/skills/youtube-script, .github/skills/youtube-script and .opencode/skills/youtube-script in your project.

What does Youtube Script need to run?

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

Does Youtube Script access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Youtube Script 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 Script use?

Youtube Script 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 Script use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.6k 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 Youtube Script?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Youtube Script: AI Social Media Content (NeverSight/learn-skills.dev, 216 stars), Youtube Viral Optimizer (infranodus/skills, 119 stars), Blog Repurpose (Infrasity-Labs/dev-gtm-claude-skills, 139 stars) and Youtube Production (revfactory/harness-100, 1.3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Youtube Script?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,433 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.