Youtube Instant Article

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Youtube Instant Article 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. Youtube Instant Article 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: 2026-06-10

Transform YouTube videos into Telegraph Instant View articles with visual slides and timestamped summaries. Use this skill whenever a user shares a YouTube URL (youtube.com or youtu.be) and asks to summarize, explain, or process the video. This is the DEFAULT skill for all YouTube video requests - do NOT use the generic summarize tool for YouTube.

From the source SKILL.md

Transform YouTube videos into Telegraph Instant View articles with visual slides and timestamped summaries.

What this skill does

Youtube Instant Article 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/youtube-instant-article/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Youtube Instant Article 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 116,000+ 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/youtube-instant-article
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/youtube-instant-article/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/youtube-instant-article/SKILL.md

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

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

📱 Install from your phone or desktop Telegram

Open @claudskills_bot on Telegram, tap Open Desktop App, and the desktop app installs this skill for you. Or share the bot link with a colleague — they get the same one-tap install. Learn more →

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Youtube Instant Article Claude Code skill?

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

What does the Youtube Instant Article 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 Youtube Instant Article skill?

Use Youtube Instant Article 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 Youtube Instant Article" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/content/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Youtube Instant Article 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. Youtube Instant Article 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/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/ndesv21/awesome-openclaw-skills-1/blob/HEAD/skills/youtube-instant-article/SKILL.md
Author: ndesv21

Cite this skill

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

APA

ndesv21. (2026). Youtube Instant Article [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/youtube-instant-article/

BibTeX

@misc{youtube-instant-article-2026,
  author    = {ndesv21},
  title     = {Youtube Instant Article [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/youtube-instant-article/}
}

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