# Youtube

> Get YouTube video information, metadata, and transcripts/subtitles. Use when: user asks about a YouTube video, wants a video summary, needs a transcript, or asks to extract info from a YouTube URL. NOT for: downloading videos, live streams, or private/unlisted videos.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-ericwang915-pythonclaw-youtube`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [ericwang915](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/ericwang915)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [ericwang915](https://github.com/ericwang915)
- **Source:** https://github.com/ericwang915/PythonClaw/tree/main/pythonclaw/templates/skills/data/youtube
- **Website:** https://github.com/ericwang915/PythonClaw

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-ericwang915-pythonclaw-youtube
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# YouTube Skill

Extract information and transcripts from YouTube videos via yt-dlp and youtube-transcript-api.

## When to Use

✅ **USE this skill when:**
- "What's this video about? https://youtube.com/watch?v=xyz"
- "Get the transcript of this video"
- "Search YouTube for Python tutorials"
- "Video title, duration, and description"
- User provides a YouTube URL and wants metadata or transcript

## When NOT to Use

❌ **DON'T use this skill when:**
- Downloading videos or audio → use yt-dlp directly with download opts
- Live streams → transcript availability may be limited
- Private or unlisted videos → access may be restricted

## Usage/Commands

```bash
python {skill_path}/youtube_info.py URL [command] [options]
```

Commands:
- `info` (default) — video title, duration, views, description
- `transcript` — full transcript/subtitles
- `search` — search YouTube for videos (uses URL arg as search query)

Options:
- `--lang en` — transcript language (default: en)
- `--format json` — output as JSON
- `--max 5` — max results for search (default: 5)

### Examples

- "What's this video about? https://youtube.com/watch?v=xyz" → `python {skill_path}/youtube_info.py  info`
- "Get the transcript of this video" → `python {skill_path}/youtube_info.py  transcript`
- "Search YouTube for Python tutorials" → `python {skill_path}/youtube_info.py "Python tutorials" search`

## Notes

- Install dependencies: `pip install yt-dlp youtube-transcript-api`
- Transcript availability depends on whether the video has captions

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [ericwang915](https://github.com/ericwang915)
- **Source:** [ericwang915/PythonClaw](https://github.com/ericwang915/PythonClaw)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://github.com/ericwang915/PythonClaw

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-ericwang915-pythonclaw-youtube
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/ericwang915
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

---
Listed on AgentStack — the marketplace for AI agent skills and MCP servers. Every listing is security-reviewed. Creators keep 70%.