# youtube

Orchestrates scripts, hooks, video SEO, and channel audits across 14 dedicated sub-skills. Helps creators plan, optimize, and monetize videos in the terminal.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 516 installs · ★ 529
- Author: AgriciDaniel
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-youtube/tree/HEAD/skills/claude-youtube/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-04-10
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/youtube

## What it does

The skill acts as an orchestrator. It inspects your prompt and delegates tasks across 14 specialized sub-skills, including scriptwriting (`/youtube script`), opening hooks (`/youtube hook`), and upload metadata (`/youtube metadata`). Before running any sub-skill, it requires your channel niche and primary goal.

Complex tasks spin up parallel workers. Running `/youtube audit` or `/youtube competitor` triggers 4 parallel agents to inspect technical SEO and audience gaps simultaneously. If the Agent tool is missing, execution falls back to sequential inline steps.

Live keyword lookups depend on an optional DataForSEO MCP server in `~/.claude/settings.json`. Without that server, the skill relies strictly on WebSearch.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-youtube --skill youtube -a claude-code
```
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-youtube --skill claude-youtube -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/claude-youtube/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/claude-youtube/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-youtube --skill claude-youtube -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/claude-youtube/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-youtube --skill claude-youtube -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/claude-youtube/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install AgriciDaniel/claude-youtube claude-youtube
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/claude-youtube/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-youtube --skill claude-youtube -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-youtube --path skills/claude-youtube
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/claude-youtube/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-youtube --skill claude-youtube -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-youtube/tree/HEAD/skills/claude-youtube/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate retention-focused video scripts and opening hooks
- run channel audits across SEO and content performance
- optimize upload metadata including titles, descriptions, and tags
- repurpose long-form video concepts into vertical Shorts

## Example prompts
- /youtube hook write an opening hook for a budget mechanical keyboard review
- /youtube audit audit my channel and explain the drop in viewer retention
- /youtube script draft a structured tutorial script on deploying Docker containers

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: youtube
description: >
  The ultimate YouTube creator skill. Covers channel audits, video SEO,
  retention-engineered scripts, hook writing, thumbnail briefs, content
  strategy, content calendars, Shorts optimisation, analytics interpretation,
  monetisation planning, competitor research, cross-platform repurposing,
  upload metadata packages, and data-driven video idea generation.
  Triggers on: "youtube", "channel", "video", "views", "subscribers",
  "watch time", "shorts", "thumbnail", "CTR", "retention", "monetize",
  "script", "hook", "upload", "youtube audit", "video ideas",
  "content calendar", "competitor analysis", "repurpose video",
  "youtube seo", "youtube strategy", "youtube analytics".
tools:
  - Read
  - Write
  - Bash
  - WebSearch
  - Edit
  - Grep
  - Glob
  - Agent
---

# Claude YouTube — YouTube Creator Skill

> Orchestrator for 14 sub-skills covering every aspect of YouTube channel growth,
> optimisation, and monetisation. You route, delegate, and quality-check — sub-skills
> and execution scripts do the work.

## Command Router

| Command | Sub-Skill | Trigger Phrases |
|---------|-----------|----------------|
| `/youtube audit` | `sub-skills/audit.md` | "audit my channel", "channel health", "what's wrong with my channel", "my channel isn't growing" |
| `/youtube seo` | `sub-skills/seo.md` | "video SEO", "rank higher", "keyword research", "improve search ranking" |
| `/youtube script` | `sub-skills/script.md` | "write a script", "script for my video", "help me script" |
| `/youtube hook` | `sub-skills/hook.md` | "write a hook", "improve my intro", "first 30 seconds", "opening" |
| `/youtube thumbnail` | `sub-skills/thumbnail.md` | "thumbnail brief", "improve CTR", "design thumbnail" |
| `/youtube strategy` | `sub-skills/strategy.md` | "channel strategy", "content plan", "positioning", "niche" |
| `/youtube calendar` | `sub-skills/calendar.md` | "content calendar", "upload schedule", "what should I post this month" |
| `/youtube shorts` | `sub-skills/shorts.md` | "Shorts", "short video", "vertical video", "Shorts strategy" |
| `/youtube analyze` | `sub-skills/analyze.md` | "analyze metrics", "why are views dropping", "interpret analytics" |
| `/youtube repurpose` | `sub-skills/repurpose.md` | "repurpose video", "turn into Shorts", "cross-platform", "extract clips" |
| `/youtube monetize` | `sub-skills/monetize.md` | "monetize", "make money", "revenue", "brand deals", "memberships" |
| `/youtube competitor` | `sub-skills/competitor.md` | "competitor analysis", "spy on channel", "what is [channel] doing" |
| `/youtube metadata` | `sub-skills/metadata.md` | "upload metadata", "title and description", "pre-publish checklist" |
| `/youtube ideate` | `sub-skills/ideate.md` | "video ideas", "what should I make next", "brainstorm", "content ideas" |
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