YouTube Tools skills for Claude Code and Codex
Skills that fetch YouTube transcripts, captions, channel uploads, playlists and search results, and turn videos into notes or posts.
Highest-scoring YouTube skills in the October 22, 2026 snapshot: transcriptapi from ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills (90/100), linkedin-repurposer from sergebulaev/linkedin-skills (88/100) and youtube-transcript from tubeagentkit/youtube-transcript-skills (80/100). Scores come from the Suede Skill Check.
- 21 listed skills
- 6 repositories
- 18 with full pages
2 bundle scripts. 14 connect to an outside service. Listed in Productivity and Knowledge Work (18), Marketing and SEO (2), Video, Image, Audio and Creative (1).
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| Skill | Repository | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| captions 87/100 · B | ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Fetches timestamped caption data from any YouTube video, for reading, quoting, translating, accessibility, content review, or language learning. |
| learn-this 77/100 · C | michalparkola/tapestry-skills-for-claude-code | Extracts content from a YouTube video, article, or PDF URL, detecting the content type automatically, and turns it into an action plan. |
| linkedin-repurposer 88/100 · B | sergebulaev/linkedin-skills | Rebuilds a tweet, thread, YouTube video, blog, or newsletter into a native LinkedIn post, with a new hook, CTA, and humanizer pass. |
| ship-learn-next 74/100 · C | michalparkola/tapestry-skills-for-claude-code | Transforms learning content such as YouTube transcripts, articles, and tutorials into actionable implementation plans using the Ship-Learn-Next framework. |
| subtitles 87/100 · B | ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Fetches timestamped subtitles from any YouTube video, for translating, reading along, following foreign-language content, language learning, or accessibility. |
| summarize 68/100 · D | swarmclawai/swarmclaw | Summarizes or extracts text and transcripts from URLs, podcasts, YouTube videos, and local files using the summarize CLI. |
| transcript 87/100 · B | ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Fetches the spoken content of YouTube videos from pasted links or IDs, for summarizing, quoting, transcribing, translating, fact-checking, or extracting information. |
| transcriptapi 90/100 · A | ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Provides YouTube access for transcripts, video and channel search, channel browsing, playlists, and within-channel search from pasted links, IDs, or handles. |
| video-transcript 87/100 · B | ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Extracts video content as text from pasted YouTube links or IDs, for transcribing, summarizing, quoting, translating, or finding out what a video says. |
| youtube-api 90/100 · A | ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Retrieves YouTube data without Google API quotas or OAuth setup, including transcripts, video metadata, channel info, search results, and playlists. |
| youtube-channels 90/100 · A | ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Browses a YouTube channel from a handle or URL, listing recent uploads, searching within the channel, and resolving a handle to a channel ID. |
| youtube-data 90/100 · A | ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Retrieves structured YouTube data without Google API quotas or OAuth, including transcripts, video metadata, channel upload history, search results, and playlist contents. |
| youtube-full 90/100 · A | ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Provides YouTube access for transcripts, video and channel search, channel browsing, playlists, and within-channel search, for video summaries, quotes, translations, and topic research. |
| youtube-playlist 90/100 · A | ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Lists and browses the videos in a YouTube playlist from pasted links or IDs, and works through a playlist for transcripts or research. |
| youtube-search 90/100 · A | ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Finds YouTube videos and channels on any topic, including creators who cover a subject, tutorials, talks, and channel lookups by name or handle. |
| youtube-transcript 74/100 · C | michalparkola/tapestry-skills-for-claude-code | Downloads YouTube video transcripts, captions, and subtitles when given a YouTube URL or a request to fetch or transcribe a video. |
| youtube-transcript 80/100 · B | tubeagentkit/youtube-transcript-skills | Fetches YouTube video transcripts through the metered getyoutubetranscript.com API, and also searches YouTube, resolves channel handles, lists playlist videos, and checks credit balance. |
| yt 87/100 · B | ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Handles quick YouTube lookups, including transcripts, search, summaries, and a channel's latest uploads, from pasted links, IDs, or handles. |
| transcript-intelligence 67/100 · D | gooseworks-ai/goose-skills | Turn TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Reddit, or Rumble transcripts into timestamped hooks, claims, objections, proof, calls to… |
| video-clipper 75/100 · C | gooseworks-ai/goose-skills | Repurposes long-form video (podcasts, interviews, talks) into short-form vertical clips for Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts. Handles… |
| youtube-watcher 77/100 · C | gooseworks-ai/goose-skills | Fetch and read transcripts from YouTube videos. Use when you need to summarize a video, answer questions about its content, or extract information… |
How to choose YouTube skills
Most listings use a third-party transcript API rather than Google's YouTube API, so they skip OAuth. Some are metered, so check pricing.
The ZeroPointRepo set splits by task (search, channel, playlist and transcript); install only the ones you need.
For learning, the learn-this and ship-learn-next skills turn a video into notes and an action plan.
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Related topics
Summarizer 16Social Media 40Subtitles and Captions 6Translation and Localization 11Short-Form Clips and Reels 7Video Analysis and Summaries 8
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