claude-youtube
claude-youtube is a Claude Code skill that provides YouTube creator-focused command workflows (channel audits, video SEO, scripts, hooks, thumbnails briefs, strategy, calendars, Shorts packages, analytics interpretation, competitor analysis, upload metadata, and ideation). It can operate with manual input, and optionally fetch live channel data via YouTube Data API (API key and OAuth2 for private analytics) and keyword/trend data via optional MCP integrations (e.g., DataForSEO, NanoBanana).
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
Security controls are not described in detail. The README suggests credentials are supplied via environment variables and MCP server settings (username/password, Gemini API key, OAuth for private analytics), but it does not document secure storage practices, token lifecycle, logging redaction, or least-privilege OAuth scopes. TLS is assumed for HTTPS endpoints, but enforcement is not explicitly stated.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
You want an agent workflow inside Claude Code to generate structured, YouTube-specific creative and planning outputs, optionally enriched with your own channel data and third-party keyword/trend data via MCP or APIs.
Avoid When
You need a turnkey production-grade API service with well-defined error codes, pagination contracts, and proven operational reliability; or you must comply with strict security requirements without verifying how secrets and OAuth tokens are handled in the Python scripts.
Use Cases
- • Channel health audits (SEO, performance, content, monetization) for YouTube creators
- • Generating copy-paste-ready YouTube SEO assets (titles, descriptions, tags, chapters, hashtags, VideoObject metadata)
- • Writing retention-engineered scripts and hook variants with structured outputs
- • Producing thumbnail briefs (and optionally AI-generated thumbnails via an MCP integration)
- • Creating content calendars and Shorts optimization plans
- • Interpreting YouTube analytics and recommending priority actions
- • Competitor research and data-driven video ideas
- • Cross-platform repurposing plans (Shorts clips, blog, social posts, podcast outline)
Not For
- • Fully automated publishing to YouTube without user review
- • Teams needing a managed hosted SaaS with SLAs
- • Use cases requiring a formal OpenAPI/REST API contract for third-party system integration
- • Organizations requiring strong, documented security controls around OAuth handling and secret storage
Interface
Authentication
Auth is optional depending on whether the skill fetches live channel data or private analytics. The README indicates an API key via YOUTUBE_API_KEY and OAuth 2.0 for private analytics, but it does not document specific OAuth scopes.
Pricing
Core skill appears self-hosted (MIT license) within Claude Code; additional costs depend on optional external MCP providers (e.g., DataForSEO) and potentially YouTube API quota.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ Skill is designed for Claude Code command execution; not a standalone API service for external systems.
- ⚠ Live-data modes depend on correct setup of YouTube API key/OAuth and optional MCP servers; missing or misconfigured credentials can cause failures.
- ⚠ Because detailed operational/error-handling and retry/idempotency behavior are not documented in the README, agent orchestration may need conservative retries and careful handling of partial outputs.
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-30.