youtube-api-skill
youtube-api-skill is an agent skill published by browser-act, listed under building agents. It lives in the browser-act/skills repository, which has 6,277 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-09-16.
This skill automatically extracts detailed video metrics and channel information from YouTube based on keyword searches, requiring no specific credentials.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads browser-act/skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.
npx skills add browser-act/skills
Maintenance
This skill helps users automatically extract detailed video metrics and channel information from YouTube based on keyword searches using the BrowserAct API. The Agent should proactively apply this skill when users express needs such as extract specific keyword YouTube video detailed data, monitor the latest video performance of competitor channels, collect comment and like counts for videos on a specific topic, find AI agent tutorials published this week and extract metrics, evaluate total views and subscriber info for specific videos, scrape detailed metrics of marketing campaign videos, track video trends for a tech topic periodically, get high quality video list data for specified keywords on YouTube, mine detailed information of the latest YouTube videos, collect video duration and engagement data for specific industries, or monitor YouTube content creator performance metrics.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Common questions about youtube-api-skill
- What does youtube-api-skill do?
- This skill automatically extracts detailed video metrics and channel information from YouTube based on keyword searches, requiring no specific credentials.
- How do I install youtube-api-skill?
- Run npx skills add browser-act/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes youtube-api-skill?
- browser-act.
- Is youtube-api-skill maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 6,277 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-08-24. The repository declares the MIT licence.
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