Youtube API

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Content · Sub-category: content-misc

YouTube API access without the official API quota hassle — transcripts, search, channels, playlists, and metadata with no Google API key needed. Use when the user needs YouTube data programmatically, wants to avoid Google API quotas, or asks for "youtube api", "get video data", "youtube without api key", "no quota youtube".

What this skill does

Youtube API is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the content-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/youtube-api/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user needs YouTube data programmatically, wants to avoid Google API quotas, or asks for "youtube api", "get video data", "youtube without api key", "no quota youtube".

Who uses this skill

The Youtube API skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

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

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.