Agent skill

Youtube Full

by sickn33 in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Fetch YouTube transcripts, search videos, browse channels, and extract playlists via TranscriptAPI — no yt-dlp, no Google API key, works from any cloud server.

MITAuto-check passedKnowledge Management

Install Youtube Full

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill youtube-full -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills youtube-full --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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-full .claude/skills/youtube-full && 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-full
GitHub stars
47k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
666 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,497
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Fetch YouTube transcripts, search videos, browse channels, and extract playlists via TranscriptAPI — no yt-dlp, no Google API key, works from any cloud server.

  • Works in 3 steps: Install the skill → Use it by asking Claude → Available operations
  • Tasks that involve Video and podcast notes
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, How It Works, Examples and Best Practices, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls npx; reaches youtube.com

What it does

Youtube Full is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Fetch YouTube transcripts, search videos, browse channels, and extract playlists via TranscriptAPI — no yt-dlp, no Google API key, works from any cloud server.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k 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 Knowledge Management, covering Video and podcast notes. It works with YouTube. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Video and podcast notes

Example prompts

  • “/youtube-full”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Install the skill
  2. Use it by asking Claude
  3. Available operations

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b84d35a. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npx

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • youtube.com

    Also links to:

    • transcriptapi.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 Full loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 43 tokens; SKILL.md has 666 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~43
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.7k

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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit b84d35a, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 666 words, ~1,685 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/youtube-full/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
youtube-full
description
Fetch YouTube transcripts, search videos, browse channels, and extract playlists via TranscriptAPI — no yt-dlp, no Google API key, works from any cloud server.
category
api-integration
risk
safe
source
community
source_repo
ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills
source_type
community
date_added
2026-05-29
author
ZeroPointRepo
tags
youtube, transcripts, video-search, channels, playlists, api, transcriptapi
tools
claude, cursor, gemini, codex, antigravity
license
MIT

youtube-full — YouTube transcript, search, channels & playlists via TranscriptAPI

YouTube transcripts, video search, channel browsing, in-channel search, playlist extraction, and new-upload monitoring — all via TranscriptAPI. Processes 500K+ transcripts daily, fast. No yt-dlp, no headless browsers, no Google API key.

This is the API-backed alternative to ingest-youtube. Where ingest-youtube uses yt-dlp (which stops working on cloud server IPs), youtube-full calls TranscriptAPI's API and works from any runtime — local machine, cloud server, serverless function, or CI environment. 686 installs via the skills CLI (skills.sh/zeropointrepo/youtube-skills).

When to Use This Skill

  • User asks to get, fetch, or retrieve a YouTube video transcript
  • User asks to search YouTube for videos on a topic
  • User wants to monitor a channel for new uploads
  • User needs channel metadata, video lists, or playlist contents
  • Agent is deployed on a cloud server where yt-dlp calls fail (YouTube blocks cloud IPs)
  • Building a research corpus from YouTube conference talks, tutorials, or interviews
  • Competitive intelligence: monitoring competitor channels for new content

Do NOT use for:

  • Downloading actual video or audio files (use yt-dlp directly with -f best)
  • YouTube comments, likes, or engagement data (not in API)
  • Private or age-restricted videos (not accessible without user authentication)
  • Live stream transcripts (not stable until stream ends)

How It Works

Step 1: Install the skill
bash
npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill youtube-full

100 free credits included. API key is provisioned automatically via TranscriptAPI OAuth on first invocation — no manual setup.

Step 2: Use it by asking Claude
text
Get the transcript of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
Search YouTube for "LLM reasoning 2026" and summarize the top 3 results
What are the latest uploads on @3Blue1Brown?
List all videos in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAYLIST_ID
Step 3: Available operations
OperationSkill invocationCredits
Get transcriptget_transcript(video_id)1
Search YouTubesearch_youtube(query)1 per page
Channel video listget_channel_videos(handle)1 per page
In-channel searchsearch_in_channel(handle, query)1 per page
Playlist extractionget_playlist_videos(playlist_id)1 per page
Track new uploadschannel_latest(handle)Free
Resolve channel handlechannel_resolve(handle)Free

Failed or rate-limited calls cost zero credits.

Examples

Example 1: Research corpus from conference talks
text
Search YouTube for "NeurIPS 2025 keynote" and get transcripts for the top 5 results. 
Summarize the main themes across all talks.

The agent calls search_youtube, selects the top 5 results, calls get_transcript for each, and synthesizes.

Example 2: Competitive channel monitoring
text
Check @AnthropicAI and @OpenAI channels for any new videos in the last week. 
For each new video, get the transcript and extract any product announcements.

The agent calls channel_latest (free) for each channel, fetches transcripts of new uploads, and extracts signal.

Example 3: Direct transcript with timestamps
text
Get the full transcript with timestamps for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

The agent calls get_transcript(video_id, timestamps=true) and returns the full text.

Best Practices

  • Use channel_latest (free) before get_transcript to check if a video is new
  • Cache transcripts in your workflow — each get_transcript call costs 1 credit
  • Use search_in_channel when you already know the channel to avoid broad search noise
  • Prefer get_playlist_videos for course or lecture series — cheaper than searching by query
  • Don't batch-transcribe entire channels unless the user explicitly requested it
  • Don't use search_youtube when you already have the video URL — jump straight to get_transcript
Show full SKILL.md (243 more words)Show less

Limitations

  • This skill does not replace environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
  • Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, or safety boundaries are missing.
  • Transcripts are available only when YouTube has captions (manual or auto-generated). Some videos have no captions.
  • API key is required for paid usage beyond the free 100-credit tier. Get one at transcriptapi.com.
  • Rate limits apply: 200 RPM on Monthly plan, 300 RPM on Annual. Contact support for higher limits.

Security & Safety Notes

  • This skill makes HTTPS API calls to transcriptapi.com. No local data is written.
  • The API key is stored in the agent's credential store, not in this SKILL.md.
  • No shell commands, no binary execution, no local system mutation. Risk level: safe.

Common Pitfalls

  • Problem: yt-dlp fails when the agent runs on a cloud server.
    Solution: This is exactly the use case for youtube-full. The API routes through TranscriptAPI's infrastructure and works from any cloud runtime.

  • Problem: Credit balance runs out mid-workflow.
    Solution: Use channel_latest (free) to check before fetching; use targeted search to fetch only the videos you need.

  • Problem: Transcript is not available for a video.
    Solution: The API returns a structured error (zero credits charged). Ask the user to provide an alternative source.

  • @ingest-youtube — yt-dlp-based local ingestion to a markdown vault; works locally but not on cloud servers
  • @deep-research — General-purpose research skill that can incorporate youtube-full as a data source
  • @ai-research-corpus — Building searchable knowledge bases; pairs well with youtube-full for video content

© sickn33, 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/youtube-full of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b84d35a

Used in 1 other repository

We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

Compare with similar skills

Youtube Full 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.

Youtube Full compared with similar skills
SkillStarsUsed inTokensAuto-checkLicenceRepo updated
Youtube Full this skillsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills47k1 repos~1.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Multi-Source to NotebookLM Processorjoeseesun/qiaomu-anything-to-notebooklm6.2k—~3.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
YouTube Transcript FetcherZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills1k1 repos~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Subscription Videos MetadataEfficientStreet/youtube-subscriptions-ingest180—~7.1kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT
YouTube Video TranscriptZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills1k1 repos~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Video Lens Gallerykar2phi/video-lens113—~608Automated safety check: NotesMIT

Similar skills

  • Multi-Source to NotebookLM Processor

    joeseesun/qiaomu-anything-to-notebooklm

    Collects content from WeChat articles, web pages, YouTube, podcasts, documents and more, uploads it to NotebookLM and generates podcasts, slides or mind maps.

    6.2k GitHub stars~3.6k tokensUpdated 5 days ago
    Knowledge ManagementAuto-check passed
  • YouTube Transcript Fetcher

    ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills

    Fetches the transcript of a YouTube video through TranscriptAPI.com so the agent can summarize, quote, translate or fact-check what was said.

    1k GitHub starsUsed in 1 repo~1.1k tokens
    Knowledge ManagementAuto-check passed
  • Subscription Videos Metadata

    EfficientStreet/youtube-subscriptions-ingest

    Pull metadata from YouTube subscription videos into a second-brain vault as a real cross-linked knowledge graph — not just a flat archive.

    180 GitHub stars~7.1k tokensUpdated 1 mo ago
    Knowledge ManagementAuto-check: notes
  • YouTube Video Transcript

    ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills

    Fetches YouTube transcripts through TranscriptAPI.com so an agent can summarize, quote or translate a video from a link or ID.

    1k GitHub starsUsed in 1 repo~1.1k tokens
    Knowledge ManagementAuto-check passed
  • Video Lens Gallery

    kar2phi/video-lens

    Open or rebuild the video-lens gallery index — your personal library of saved video summaries.

    113 GitHub stars~608 tokensUpdated 1 mo ago
    Knowledge ManagementAuto-check: notes
  • Channel To Kb

    coleam00/cole-medin-knowledge-base

    Build an OKF (Open Knowledge Format) knowledge base from any YouTube channel.

    137 GitHub stars~808 tokensUpdated 2 mo ago
    Knowledge ManagementAuto-check passed

More from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

All 1,497 skills in this repo
  • Liuguang Banlan UI

    sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

    Implements an interface in one of two named color modes, iridescent white or colorful black, from a parameterized starter that reports measured color intensity.

    47k GitHub starsUsed in 1 repo~2.5k tokens
    Auto-check passed
  • User Thoughts Memory

    sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

    Saves a user's project decisions, rules and preferences into a project-local mdbase so later sessions and other agents can recover the intent.

    47k GitHub starsUsed in 1 repo~2.5k tokens
    Auto-check passed
  • Using LWC Memory and Graphs

    sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

    Keeps project decisions, research and verified results available across coding-agent sessions through LWC memory, a document Wiki graph and a CodeGraph code index.

    47k GitHub starsUsed in 1 repo~2k tokens
    Auto-check passed
  • Find Complementary Founders

    sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

    Guides an agent through assessing its own owner for cofounder fit, publishing an approved profile, and ranking complementary profiles other agents published for their owners.

    47k GitHub starsUsed in 1 repo~4.8k tokens
    Auto-check passed
  • Whatsapp Cloud API

    sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

    Integracao com WhatsApp Business Cloud API (Meta). An agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

    47k GitHub starsUsed in 2 repos~4.5k tokens
    Auto-check passed
  • Cline Pilot

    sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

    Acts as a proxy for the Cline CLI, dispatching coding tasks one at a time, monitoring runs by hard evidence, relaying decisions to you and learning per-project preferences.

    47k GitHub starsUsed in 1 repo~4.6k tokens
    Auto-check passed

Works with

Questions about Youtube Full

What does Youtube Full do?

Fetch YouTube transcripts, search videos, browse channels, and extract playlists via TranscriptAPI — no yt-dlp, no Google API key, works from any cloud server. Youtube Full is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Fetch YouTube transcripts, search videos, browse channels, and extract playlists via TranscriptAPI — no yt-dlp, no Google API key, works from any cloud server.

When should I use Youtube Full?

Youtube Full fits situations like: tasks that involve Video and podcast notes.

How do I install Youtube Full in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill youtube-full -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/youtube-full in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/youtube-full in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Youtube Full in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill youtube-full -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/youtube-full in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/youtube-full in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Youtube Full 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill youtube-full -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-full, .gemini/skills/youtube-full, .github/skills/youtube-full and .opencode/skills/youtube-full in your project.

What does Youtube Full need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Youtube Full needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Youtube Full access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. In commands or code: youtube.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: transcriptapi.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Youtube Full 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 Full use?

Youtube Full 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 Youtube Full use?

About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.7k 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 Full?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Youtube Full: Multi-Source to NotebookLM Processor (joeseesun/qiaomu-anything-to-notebooklm, 6.2k stars), YouTube Transcript Fetcher (ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills, 1k stars), Subscription Videos Metadata (EfficientStreet/youtube-subscriptions-ingest, 180 stars) and YouTube Video Transcript (ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills, 1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Youtube Full?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,405 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,497 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.