youtube-api
youtube-api is an agent skill published by fetcher-sh, listed under deploy & operate. It lives in the fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills repository, which has 2 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-09-16.
Fetches YouTube data, including video and channel information, using pay-per-call with USDC or prepaid credits. Supports searches, channel and playlist management, and analytics without daily quota limits.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads fetcher-sh/fetcher-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 fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills
Maintenance
A YouTube API alternative on fetcher.sh — pay-per-call in USDC via x402, or prepaid credits with a Bearer key, no OAuth and no daily quota. Use when the user wants to search YouTube videos with filters for upload date, duration, or sort order, search channels or playlists, look up a channel by ID, @handle, or custom URL path, list a channel's videos, shorts, or live streams, fetch a video's or short's details and comments, list a playlist's videos, pull posts under a hashtag, or check trending videos by region. Also covers YouTube data pipelines, channel monitoring, video analytics input, and trend tracking without the official YouTube Data API's daily quota limits.
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Common questions about youtube-api
- What does youtube-api do?
- Fetches YouTube data, including video and channel information, using pay-per-call with USDC or prepaid credits. Supports searches, channel and playlist management, and analytics without daily quota limits.
- How do I install youtube-api?
- Run npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes youtube-api?
- fetcher-sh.
- Is youtube-api maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 2 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-09-05. The repository declares the MIT licence.
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