YouTube Skill

Upload videos, manage playlists, search, and interact with YouTube.

Setup

Uses Google OAuth (same as gmail-skill). Enable YouTube Data API v3 in your Google Cloud project.

If you have gmail-skill set up, this should work. Otherwise:

1. Enable YouTube Data API v3 at console.cloud.google.com
2. Create/download OAuth credentials
3. Save to ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/credentials.json

Commands

Channel & Videos

python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py me
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py channels
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py videos [--channel CHANNEL_ID] [--limit N]
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py video VIDEO_ID

Search

python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py search "query" [--limit N] [--type video|channel|playlist]

Playlists

python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py playlists [--channel CHANNEL_ID]
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py playlist PLAYLIST_ID
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py create-playlist --title "Name" [--privacy public|private|unlisted]
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py add-to-playlist PLAYLIST_ID --video VIDEO_ID
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py remove-from-playlist PLAYLIST_ITEM_ID

Comments

python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py comments VIDEO_ID [--limit N]
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py comment VIDEO_ID --text "Great video!"
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py reply COMMENT_ID --text "Thanks!"

Subscriptions

python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py subscriptions
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py subscribe CHANNEL_ID
python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py unsubscribe SUBSCRIPTION_ID

Upload

python3 ~/.claude/skills/youtube-skill/youtube_skill.py upload --file video.mp4 --title "My Video" [--description "..."] [--privacy private]

Video IDs

Found in URLs: youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID

Privacy Options

• public – Anyone can see
• unlisted – Only people with link
• private – Only you

Output

All commands output JSON.