Youtube Data

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

Access YouTube video data — transcripts, metadata, channel info, search, and playlists. A lightweight alternative to Google's YouTube Data API with no quota limits. Use when the user needs structured data from YouTube videos, channels, or playlists without dealing with Google API setup, OAuth, or daily quotas.

What this skill does

Youtube Data 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-data/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user needs structured data from YouTube videos, channels, or playlists without dealing with Google API setup, OAuth, or daily quotas.

Who uses this skill

The Youtube Data 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-data
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/youtube-data/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/youtube-data/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/youtube-data/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\youtube-data\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.