Search Youtube

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Search Youtube skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Search Youtube is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Content · Sub-category: content-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-21

This skill should be used when the user asks to "search YouTube", "find videos about", "get a transcript", "download subtitles", "extract audio from YouTube", "scan a channel", "research a topic on YouTube", "get video metadata", "what videos exist about", "download YouTube audio", "YouTube research", "summarize this video", "what is this video about", "pull captions from", "grab the audio from", or provides a YouTube/Vimeo/video URL and wants to extract information from it. Also triggers on "batch download transcripts", "analyze a channel", or any multi-video research workflow.

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About this skill (catalog notes)

Search Youtube includes 10 code blocks for direct copy-paste. The SKILL.md runs to about 1,060 words, in the catalog's typical mid-range.

Indexed lastmod: 2026-05-21
Catalog position: Content · content-misc
Indexed related skills: 10

How Search Youtube fits the catalog

Search Youtube sits in the Content category under the content-misc sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Multi-platform video research toolkit. Operates in two modes: toolkit (individual operations) and research (autonomous search-to-synthesis pipeline). All operations use a single CLI at ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/search-youtube/scripts/yt_research.py.

What this skill does

Search Youtube is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the content-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/search-youtube/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Search Youtube Claude Code skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 115,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/search-youtube
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/search-youtube/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/search-youtube/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/search-youtube/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/search-youtube/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\search-youtube\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Search Youtube Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/search-youtube/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Search Youtube skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Search Youtube skill?

Use Search Youtube when your Claude Code task falls under the Content category — specifically in the content misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Search Youtube" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/content/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Search Youtube skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Search Youtube is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

ClaudSkills. (2026). Search Youtube [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/search-youtube/

BibTeX

@misc{search-youtube-2026,
  author    = {ClaudSkills},
  title     = {Search Youtube [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/search-youtube/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-06-13 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

No risk patterns were found in any of the ten OWASP-aligned categories. How grading works ›

✓ Prompt injection
✓ Data exfiltration
✓ Supply chain
✓ Reverse shell
✓ Credentials
✓ Execution
✓ Filesystem
✓ Persistence
✓ Obfuscation
✓ Network

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