Our review

This skill enables managing YouTube videos, playlists, channels, and comments, as well as uploading videos and interacting with subscriptions.

Strengths

Comprehensive management of common YouTube operations (search, playlists, comments, subscriptions)
Direct video upload from the command line
JSON output easily consumable by scripts
Reuses the same OAuth credentials as the gmail skill

Limitations

Requires manual enabling of YouTube Data API v3 and OAuth setup
Does not support live streaming or advanced analytics
Subject to YouTube API quota limits

When to use it

Use this skill to automate YouTube content management tasks such as uploading, organizing playlists, or moderating comments.

When not to use it

Do not use it for in-depth video analytics, live streaming, or operations requiring a graphical interface.

Examples

Search YouTube videos

Search YouTube for 'machine learning tutorials' and show me the top 5 results.

Create a playlist

Create a new YouTube playlist titled 'My Favorites' with privacy set to unlisted.

Upload a video

Upload the file 'presentation.mp4' to YouTube with title 'My Presentation' and description 'A short overview'. Set it to private.

name: youtube-skill description: Manage YouTube videos, playlists, and channels. Use when the user asks to upload videos, manage playlists, search YouTube, or interact with comments. allowed-tools: Bash, Read

YouTube Skill

Upload videos, manage playlists, search, and interact with YouTube.

Setup

Uses Google OAuth (same as gmail-skill). Enable YouTube Data API v3 in your Google Cloud project.

If you have gmail-skill set up, this should work. Otherwise:

Enable YouTube Data API v3 at console.cloud.google.com
Create/download OAuth credentials
Save to ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/credentials.json

Commands

Channel & Videos

python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py me
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py channels
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py videos [--channel CHANNEL_ID] [--limit N]
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py video VIDEO_ID

Search

python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py search "query" [--limit N] [--type video|channel|playlist]

Playlists

python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py playlists [--channel CHANNEL_ID]
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py playlist PLAYLIST_ID
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py create-playlist --title "Name" [--privacy public|private|unlisted]
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py add-to-playlist PLAYLIST_ID --video VIDEO_ID
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py remove-from-playlist PLAYLIST_ITEM_ID

Comments

python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py comments VIDEO_ID [--limit N]
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py comment VIDEO_ID --text "Great video!"
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py reply COMMENT_ID --text "Thanks!"

Subscriptions

python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py subscriptions
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py subscribe CHANNEL_ID
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py unsubscribe SUBSCRIPTION_ID

Upload

python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py upload --file video.mp4 --title "My Video" [--description "..."] [--privacy private]

Video IDs

Found in URLs: youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID

Privacy Options

public - Anyone can see
unlisted - Only people with link
private - Only you

Output

All commands output JSON.

YouTube Management

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