youtube-skills
youtube-skills is an MCP server, listed under social & video. It reaches transcript. It needs TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY to authenticate. Its repository has 1,107 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-23.
Fetches YouTube video transcripts and provides search and channel browsing capabilities for AI agents, requiring no specific credentials. Compatible with OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, and other agent runtimes.
Install
Read from youtube-skills’s own README, close to verbatim -- not written by us, and not guessed.
npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill youtube-full
What it reaches, and what it needs
Maintenance
YouTube Transcript API skills for AI agents. Get transcripts, search videos, browse channels. Works with OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, and other agent runtimes.
What youtube-skills can do
8 tools documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.
youtube-full- Everything — transcripts, search, channels, playlists
transcript- Get video transcripts with timestamps
youtube-search- Search YouTube for videos and channels
youtube-channels- Browse uploads, get latest videos, resolve @handles
youtube-playlist- Extract all videos from a playlist
youtube-data- Get YouTube video and channel data (lightweight alternative to Google's API)
youtube-api- YouTube API access for AI agents — no Google quota hassle
video-transcript- Convert YouTube videos to text transcripts
Read from the README; names are kept only if the README contains them.
youtube-skills compared with similar servers
| Server | Reaches | Needs | Stars | Last update | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| youtube-skills (this page) | transcript | TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY | 1,107 | 2026-10-20 | MIT |
| x-twitter-scraper | xquik | XQUIK_API_KEY, X_TWITTER_SCRAPER_API_KEY | 220 | 2026-10-19 | MIT |
| ig-mcp | facebook, instagram | FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET, INSTAGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN | 199 | 2026-02-09 | MIT |
| mcp-server-reddit | — | None listed | 184 | 2026-06-10 | MIT |
| linkedin-mcp | — | None listed | 90 | 2026-10-21 | MIT |
| tiktok-ads-mcp-server | tiktok | TIKTOK_APP_SECRET | 54 | 2026-10-09 | MIT |
Ranked by services in common with youtube-skills, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about youtube-skills
- What does youtube-skills do?
- Fetches YouTube video transcripts and provides search and channel browsing capabilities for AI agents, requiring no specific credentials. Compatible with OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, and other agent runtimes.
- How do I install youtube-skills?
- Its own README gives this command: npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill youtube-full. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.
- What does youtube-skills connect to, and what does it need?
- It reaches transcript. The credentials we found in its source are TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY.
- Is youtube-skills official and is it maintained?
- We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 1,107 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-20.
- What licence does youtube-skills use?
- The repository declares the MIT licence.
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