Agent skill

YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI

by ZeroPointRepo in ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills

Fetches YouTube transcripts, video metadata, channel uploads, search results and playlist contents through TranscriptAPI.com, without Google API quotas or OAuth.

MITAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI

skills CLI

$ npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill youtube-data -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills youtube-data --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/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-data .claude/skills/youtube-data && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "youtube-data" agent skill from https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-data into .claude/skills/youtube-data/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-data", 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

$skill-installer install https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-data

Type 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill youtube-data -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills youtube-data --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-data .agents/skills/youtube-data && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "youtube-data" agent skill from https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-data into .agents/skills/youtube-data/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-data", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill youtube-data -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills youtube-data --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-data .cursor/skills/youtube-data && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "youtube-data" agent skill from https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-data into .cursor/skills/youtube-data/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-data", 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

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills.git --path skills/youtube-data

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill youtube-data -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills youtube-data --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-data .gemini/skills/youtube-data && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "youtube-data" agent skill from https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-data into .gemini/skills/youtube-data/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-data", 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.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills youtube-data

Installs 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).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill youtube-data -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-data .github/skills/youtube-data && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "youtube-data" agent skill from https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-data into .github/skills/youtube-data/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-data", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill youtube-data -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills youtube-data --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-data .opencode/skills/youtube-data && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "youtube-data" agent skill from https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-data into .opencode/skills/youtube-data/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-data", 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: youtube-data
GitHub stars: 1k
Used in: 1 other repo
Token cost: ~2.6k tokens
SKILL.md length: 629 words
Files: 3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 12
Repo updated: Oct 6, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Fetches YouTube transcripts, video metadata, channel uploads, search results and playlist contents through TranscriptAPI.com, without Google API quotas or OAuth.

Pasted YouTube video, channel or playlist links that need analysis
SKILL.md covers Setup, Required Headers, API Reference and Video Data (transcript +…, plus 7 more sections
Reaches transcriptapi.com and youtube.com; needs TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
Pulling a transcript to summarize or quote

What it does

The skill calls TranscriptAPI.com as a lighter alternative to Google's YouTube Data API. Every request needs an Authorization bearer header built from TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY, which references/auth-setup.md explains how to get and store, and a User-Agent naming your agent, since a bare default can make Cloudflare block the request with a 403.

The endpoints include a video transcript with optional timestamps and metadata (1 credit), a free info call that checks available languages before spending a credit, video metadata with title, view and like counts, publish date, description, duration, tags and related videos (1 credit), and search (1 credit per page). Channel history and playlist contents are covered too, with an OpenAPI spec at transcriptapi.com/openapi.json and curl examples in references/curl-examples.md. It is not for uploads, account management or research that uses written sources only.

When your agent uses it

Pasted YouTube video, channel or playlist links that need analysis
Pulling a transcript to summarize or quote
Listing a channel's uploads or searching videos on a topic
Checking video metadata such as view counts, publish date and tags

Example prompts

“Get the transcript of this YouTube video and summarize the main points.”
“List the latest uploads from that creator's channel and pull their view counts.”
“Search YouTube for videos about home espresso setups and give me the top results.”

Requirements

A TranscriptAPI key in TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
Internet access to transcriptapi.com
Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires internet access to reach transcriptapi.com. No additional runtimes or dependencies needed.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4f7994b. 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 (its code samples are http and json).
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:
- transcriptapi.com
- youtube.com
- i.ytimg.com
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:
- TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Compatibility
Requires internet access to reach transcriptapi.com. No additional runtimes or dependencies needed.
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI loads about 2.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 109 tokens; SKILL.md has 629 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~109
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~2.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~4.9k

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 ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills at commit 4f7994b, republished under its MIT licence (© ZeroPointRepo). 629 words, ~2,563 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/youtube-data/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: youtube-data
description: Use when structured YouTube data is needed: pasted video/channel/playlist links, transcripts for analysis, video metadata, channel upload history, search results, or playlist contents — without Google API quotas or OAuth. Triggers on YouTube URLs, creator names, topic research, or any request needing YouTube content, even if not mentioned explicitly. Not for uploads, account management, or written-source-only research.
compatibility: Requires internet access to reach transcriptapi.com. No additional runtimes or dependencies needed.
version: 1.6.2
user-invocable: true

YouTube Data

YouTube data access via TranscriptAPI.com — lightweight alternative to Google's YouTube Data API.

Setup

If $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY is not set, read references/auth-setup.md and follow the instructions there to get and store the key.

Required Headers

Every request needs two headers:

Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: your agent's name and version if known (e.g. HermesAgent/0.11.0, ClaudeCode/1.0). Version is optional — agent name alone is fine. Do not omit this header or send a bare default — Cloudflare will return a 403 (error code 1010) and block the request.

API Reference

Full OpenAPI spec: transcriptapi.com/openapi.json — consult this for the latest parameters and schemas.

Video Data (transcript + metadata) — 1 credit

http

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/transcript?video_url=VIDEO_URL&format=json&include_timestamp=true&send_metadata=true
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Response:

json

{
  "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "language": "en",
  "transcript": [
    { "text": "We're no strangers to love", "start": 18.0, "duration": 3.5 }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up",
    "author_name": "Rick Astley",
    "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@RickAstley",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/maxresdefault.jpg"
  }
}

Video Info & Rich Metadata

Check languages before spending a transcript credit (free), or pull view/like counts, publish date, description, duration, and tags (1 credit):

http

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/info?video_url=VIDEO_URL
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

http

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/video/metadata?video_url=VIDEO_URL&include=details,related
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

video/metadata returns title, viewCountText, likeCountText, publishDate, description, descriptionLinks, channel, thumbnails, plus details (duration, category, tags, caption tracks) and related videos when requested via include.

Naming: /video/metadata was previously /video/info. The old path still works but is deprecated.

Search Data — 1 credit/page

http

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/search?q=QUERY&type=video&limit=20
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

type also accepts playlist and movie. First page only, you can add sort (relevance/views), upload_date (hour/today/week/month/year), duration (short/medium/long), and features (e.g. hd,subtitles,cc).

Video result fields: videoId, title, channelId, channelTitle, channelHandle, channelVerified, lengthText, viewCountText, publishedTimeText, hasCaptions, thumbnails

Channel result fields (type=channel): channelId, title, handle, url, description, subscriberCount, verified, rssUrl, thumbnails

Channel Data

Channel endpoints accept channel — an @handle, channel URL, or UC... ID. No need to resolve first.

Resolve handle to ID (free):

http

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/resolve?input=@TED
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Returns: {"channel_id": "UCsT0YIqwnpJCM-mx7-gSA4Q", "resolved_from": "@TED"}

Latest 15 videos with exact stats (free):

http

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/latest?channel=@TED
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Returns: channel info, results array with videoId, title, published (ISO), viewCount (exact number), description, thumbnail

All channel videos (paginated, 1 credit/page):

http

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/videos?channel=@NASA&tab=videos
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

# Most-viewed first (channel Videos tab, ~30 per page)
GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/videos?channel=@NASA&sort=popular
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Returns ~100 videos per page + continuation_token for pagination. tab also accepts shorts or streams, and you repeat the same tab when paginating.

Sorting. Add sort=latest, popular, or oldest to channel/videos to get a channel's videos in the order you want, for example its most-popular uploads first. A sorted page returns about 30 videos (an unsorted page returns about 100), and every page costs the same 1 credit.

When paging, send the same sort on each request.

Item fields. Every item carries members_only, true only when YouTube badges it "Members only", and those items have no viewCountText. tab=streams items carry lengthText and publishedTimeText (for example Streamed 2 years ago); tab=shorts returns null for both, because YouTube's Shorts grid publishes neither. On the channel-tab feeds (tab=videos with sort, tab=shorts, tab=streams) channelId, channelTitle, channelHandle and index are null.

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Search within channel (1 credit):

http

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/search?channel=@TED&q=QUERY&limit=30
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Channel profile (1 credit):

http

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/info?channel=@TED
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Returns: title, handle, verified, subscriberCountText, videoCountText, description, tags, thumbnails, banners, availableTabs

Channel playlists (1 credit/page):

http

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/playlists?channel=@TED
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Returns: results (playlistId, title, url, videoCountText, thumbnails), continuation_token, has_more

Channel community posts (1 credit/page):

http

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/posts?channel=@TED
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Returns: results (postId, authorName, text, publishedTimeText, voteCountText, attachment), continuation_token, has_more

Channel curated sections (1 credit):

http

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/sections?channel=@TED
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Returns shelves of videos/playlists/shorts/featured channels, in the channel's own order. tab also accepts podcasts or releases.

Playlist Data — 1 credit/page

Accepts playlist — a YouTube playlist URL or playlist ID.

http

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/playlist/videos?playlist=PL_ID
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Returns: results (videos), playlist_info (title, numVideos, ownerName, viewCount), continuation_token, has_more

Credit Costs

Endpoint	Cost	Data returned
transcript	1	Full transcript + metadata
info	free	Basic metadata + languages
video/metadata	1	Rich metadata (+ details/related)
search	1/page	Video/channel/playlist/movie details
channel/resolve	free	Channel ID mapping
channel/info	1	Channel profile
channel/latest	free	15 videos + exact stats
channel/videos	1/page	~100/page unsorted, ~30/page sorted
channel/search	1	Videos matching query
channel/playlists	1/page	Channel's playlists
channel/posts	1/page	Community tab content
channel/sections	1	Curated home-page shelves
playlist/videos	1/page	100 videos per page

Errors

Code	Meaning	Action
401	Bad API key	Check key
402	No credits	transcriptapi.com/billing
403/1010	Cloudflare block	Add or fix User-Agent header
404	Not found	Resource doesn't exist
408	Timeout	Retry once
422	Validation error	Check param format

Free tier: 100 credits, 300 req/min.

Copy-paste examples

Every request in this file as a ready-to-run one-liner: references/curl-examples.md

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/youtube-data of ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills.

SKILL.md
references/auth-setup.md
references/curl-examples.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4f7994b

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-pluginsplugins/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills/skills/youtube-data

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Questions about YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI

What does YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI do?

Fetches YouTube transcripts, video metadata, channel uploads, search results and playlist contents through TranscriptAPI.com, without Google API quotas or OAuth. com as a lighter alternative to Google's YouTube Data API.md explains how to get and store, and a User-Agent naming your agent, since a bare default can make Cloudflare block the request with a 403.

When should I use YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI?

YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI fits situations like: pasted YouTube video, channel or playlist links that need analysis; pulling a transcript to summarize or quote; listing a channel's uploads or searching videos on a topic; checking video metadata such as view counts, publish date and tags.

How do I install YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI in Claude Code?

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

How do I install YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI in Codex?

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

Can I use YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI 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 ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill youtube-data -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-data, .gemini/skills/youtube-data, .github/skills/youtube-data and .opencode/skills/youtube-data in your project.

What does YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI needs credentials named TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY. Our summary lists: A TranscriptAPI key in TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY; Internet access to transcriptapi.com. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires internet access to reach transcriptapi.com. No additional runtimes or dependencies needed..

Does YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI access the network?

SKILL.md names 3 domains. In commands or code: transcriptapi.com, youtube.com and i.ytimg.com; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI 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 Data via TranscriptAPI use?

YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI 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 Data via TranscriptAPI use?

About 2.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI: TikHub API Helper (liangdabiao/tikhub_api_skill, 129 stars), Youtube (CraftOS-dev/CraftBot, 392 stars), Firecrawl Build Onboarding (firecrawl/firecrawl, 190k stars) and Firecrawl Search Integration (firecrawl/firecrawl, 190k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI?

ZeroPointRepo (a GitHub organization) maintains it in ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills, which has 1,036 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

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

Install YouTube Data via TranscriptAPI

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SKILL.md

YouTube Data

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API Reference

Video Data (transcript + metadata) — 1 credit

Video Info & Rich Metadata

Search Data — 1 credit/page

Channel Data

Playlist Data — 1 credit/page

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Used in 1 other repository

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