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YouTube Full

Name: youtube-full
Author: davepoon

Complete YouTube toolkit via TranscriptAPI. Transcripts, search, channels, and playlists in one skill — no yt-dlp, no headless browser, no binary to keep patched.

When to Use This Skill

Someone pastes a YouTube link, video ID, or @handle and wants the content, not just the URL
You need a transcript to summarize, quote, translate, or search within
You're researching a topic where a talk, tutorial, or expert walkthrough will answer it better than a blog post
You're tracking a channel for new uploads

What This Skill Does

Transcripts — full text with timestamps, one API call, 1 credit
Search — video or channel search across YouTube, 1 credit/page
Channel data — videos, in-channel search, latest uploads (the last one is free)
Playlists — bulk video extraction for courses and lecture series

How to Use

Basic Usage

Get the transcript for https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID and summarize it in 3 bullets.

Advanced Usage

Search TED for talks about complexity theory from the last two years, then pull transcripts for the top 3 and compare their arguments.

Example

User: "Has @NASA posted anything new this week?"

Output: Calls the free channel/latest endpoint, returns new uploads with title, publish date, and view count — no credits spent.

Setup

First run prompts for a TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY (or Claude can provision one automatically). Free tier: 100 credits, no card required.

Tips

channel/latest and channel/resolve are free — use them for polling and handle lookups before spending a credit on anything else
Failed or rate-limited calls don't cost credits
Works the same on a laptop or a cloud server — TranscriptAPI handles the infrastructure YouTube blocks for direct scraping

Common Use Cases

Daily digest of new uploads across tracked channels
Turning a lecture playlist into study notes
Competitive research across a channel's back catalog
Content repurposing — video into blog post, thread, or newsletter

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