youtube-transcript agent skill by tubeagentkit
Fetches YouTube video transcripts through the metered getyoutubetranscript.com API, and also searches YouTube, resolves channel handles, lists playlist videos, and checks credit balance.
At a glance
| Publisher | tubeagentkit |
|---|---|
| Repository | github.com/tubeagentkit/youtube-transcript-skills |
| Category | Productivity and Knowledge Work |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | October 17, 2026 (repository) |
| SKILL.md | 301 lines, 2,149 words |
| Bundled files | 15 files, including scripts |
| Quality score | 80/100 · B Passes all seven graded checks |
| Security scan | Not scanned |
| README badge | Get the badges for this listing |
Before you install
Read from the skill's files at the directory's October 19, 2026 snapshot: what ships with it, what its code reads, and the terms it is published under.
- Bundled scripts: 14 script files (14 Shell). Your agent may run them, so read them first.
- Network: its scripts use an HTTP client or a cloud SDK.
- License: MIT, an open-source or open-content license.
Install youtube-transcript
The skills CLI works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents; the other routes copy the folder by hand.
npx skills add https://github.com/tubeagentkit/youtube-transcript-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-transcripttmp="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tubeagentkit/youtube-transcript-skills.git "$tmp/repo"
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -R "$tmp/repo/"skills/youtube-transcript .claude/skills/
rm -rf "$tmp"python3 ~/.codex/skills/.system/skill-installer/scripts/install-skill-from-github.py \
--repo tubeagentkit/youtube-transcript-skills \
--path skills/youtube-transcripttubeagentkit/youtube-transcript-skills is third-party code. Read SKILL.md and any bundled scripts before you install it.
How the author describes it
Calls the getyoutubetranscript.com API, which is metered - 1 credit per successful request; a new account gets 100 free credits, then plans start at $5/month for 1,000 credits. Needs an API key; the skill can create the account in the conversation from the user's email and a 6-digit code. Use when the user wants a YouTube video's transcript fetched, wants to summarize/analyze/quote a YouTube video by its spoken content, wants to search YouTube (globally or a channel handle's videos), wants a channel handle resolved to its channel ID, wants the videos in a YouTube playlist, or wants to check their remaining API credit balance.
From the description field of SKILL.md. Agents read this line to decide when to load the skill.
Sections in SKILL.md
- API key setup
- Base URL and auth
- Get a transcript (the primary use case)
- Other available endpoints
- Errors
Files in the skill folder
SKILL.mdscripts/check_credits.shscripts/fetch_batch.shscripts/fetch_channel_latest.shscripts/fetch_channel_search.shscripts/fetch_channel_videos.shscripts/fetch_languages.shscripts/fetch_playlist.shscripts/fetch_search.shscripts/fetch_transcript.shscripts/lib/key.shscripts/request_code.shscripts/resolve_channel.shscripts/save_key.shscripts/submit_batch.sh
Suede Skill Check: 80/100 · B
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The rubric totals 100 points; published scores are capped at 99. Security scan: not scanned.
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- Reference files: 0 of 3 points. 3 when the skill folder ships a references/, reference/ or docs/ folder.
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youtube-transcript passes the required frontmatter check and all seven graded checks, which cover the SKILL.md format, a declared license and a commit in the last year. Those checks earn 56 of the score’s points; the rest come from description quality, instruction depth, bundled files, maintenance and curated-list citations. How the score works.
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| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Frontmatter parses and declares a name and a description | Pass |
| Name uses lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, 64 characters or fewer | Pass |
| Name matches the skill's folder name | Pass |
| Description is between 50 and 1,024 characters | Pass |
| Description says when an agent should use the skill | Pass |
| SKILL.md body is 500 lines or fewer | Pass |
| A license is declared in the frontmatter or the repository | Pass |
| Repository has a commit in the last 12 months | Pass |
| Score component | Points |
|---|---|
| Structural checks | 56 of 56 |
| Description length | 3 of 5 |
| Boundary clause | 0 of 4 |
| Example request | 0 of 3 |
| Instruction depth | 7 of 7 |
| Reference files | 0 of 3 |
| Bundled scripts | 2 of 2 |
| Recent maintenance | 9 of 9 |
| Curated-list citations | 3 of 7 |
| Tool permissions declared | 0 of 2 |
| Compatibility declared | 0 of 2 |
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Where this skill is cited
tubeagentkit/youtube-transcript-skills appears in 2 curated lists: heilcheng/awesome-agent-skills, karanb192/awesome-claude-skills.