Requirements
- Target platform
- OpenClaw
- Install method
- Manual import
- Extraction
- Extract archive
- Prerequisites
- OpenClaw
- Primary doc
- SKILL.md
Work with YouTube channels — resolve handles to IDs, browse uploads, get latest videos, search within channels. Use when the user asks about a specific channel, wants to see recent uploads, or says "what has X posted lately", "latest from TED", "show me their channel", "list channel videos", "browse channel uploads".
Work with YouTube channels — resolve handles to IDs, browse uploads, get latest videos, search within channels. Use when the user asks about a specific channel, wants to see recent uploads, or says "what has X posted lately", "latest from TED", "show me their channel", "list channel videos", "browse channel uploads".
Hand the extracted package to your coding agent with a concrete install brief instead of figuring it out manually.
I downloaded a skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder and install it by following the included instructions. Tell me what you changed and call out any manual steps you could not complete.
I downloaded an updated skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder, compare it with my current installation, and upgrade it while preserving any custom configuration unless the package docs explicitly say otherwise. Summarize what changed and any follow-up checks I should run.
YouTube channel tools via TranscriptAPI.com.
If $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY is not set, help the user create an account (100 free credits, no card): Step 1 — Register: Ask user for their email. node ./scripts/tapi-auth.js register --email USER_EMAIL → OTP sent to email. Ask user: "Check your email for a 6-digit verification code." Step 2 — Verify: Once user provides the OTP: node ./scripts/tapi-auth.js verify --token TOKEN_FROM_STEP_1 --otp CODE API key saved to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json. See File Writes below for details. Existing file is backed up before modification. Manual option: transcriptapi.com/signup → Dashboard → API Keys.
The verify and save-key commands save the API key to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json (sets skills.entries.transcriptapi.apiKey and enabled: true). Existing file is backed up to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json.bak before modification. To use the API key in terminal/CLI outside the agent, add to your shell profile manually: export TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY=<your-key>
Full OpenAPI spec: transcriptapi.com/openapi.json — consult this for the latest parameters and schemas. All channel endpoints accept flexible input — @handle, channel URL, or UC... channel ID. No need to resolve first.
Convert @handle, URL, or UC... ID to canonical channel ID. curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/resolve?input=@TED" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY" ParamRequiredValidationinputyes1-200 chars — @handle, URL, or UC... ID Response: { "channel_id": "UCsT0YIqwnpJCM-mx7-gSA4Q", "resolved_from": "@TED" } If input is already UC[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{22}, returns immediately.
Latest 15 videos via RSS with exact stats. curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/latest?channel=@TED" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY" ParamRequiredValidationchannelyes@handle, channel URL, or UC... ID Response: { "channel": { "channelId": "UCsT0YIqwnpJCM-mx7-gSA4Q", "title": "TED", "author": "TED", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsT0YIqwnpJCM-mx7-gSA4Q", "published": "2006-04-17T00:00:00Z" }, "results": [ { "videoId": "abc123xyz00", "title": "Latest Video Title", "channelId": "UCsT0YIqwnpJCM-mx7-gSA4Q", "author": "TED", "published": "2026-01-30T16:00:00Z", "updated": "2026-01-31T02:00:00Z", "link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123xyz00", "description": "Full video description...", "thumbnail": { "url": "https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/.../hqdefault.jpg" }, "viewCount": "2287630", "starRating": { "average": "4.92", "count": "15000", "min": "1", "max": "5" } } ], "result_count": 15 } Great for monitoring channels — free and gives exact view counts + ISO timestamps.
Paginated list of ALL channel uploads (100 per page). # First page curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/videos?channel=@NASA" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY" # Next pages curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/videos?continuation=TOKEN" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY" ParamRequiredValidationchannelconditional@handle, channel URL, or UC... IDcontinuationconditionalnon-empty (next pages) Provide exactly one of channel or continuation, not both. Response: { "results": [{ "videoId": "abc123xyz00", "title": "Video Title", "channelId": "UCsT0YIqwnpJCM-mx7-gSA4Q", "channelTitle": "TED", "channelHandle": "@TED", "lengthText": "15:22", "viewCountText": "3.2M views", "thumbnails": [...], "index": "0" }], "playlist_info": {"title": "Uploads from TED", "numVideos": "5000", "ownerName": "TED"}, "continuation_token": "4qmFsgKlARIYVVV1...", "has_more": true } Keep calling with continuation until has_more: false.
Search within a specific channel. curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/search\ ?channel=@TED&q=climate+change&limit=30" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY" ParamRequiredValidationchannelyes@handle, channel URL, or UC... IDqyes1-200 charslimitno1-50 (default 30)
# 1. Check latest uploads (free — pass @handle directly) curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/latest?channel=@TED" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY" # 2. Get transcript of recent video curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/transcript\ ?video_url=VIDEO_ID&format=text&include_timestamp=true&send_metadata=true" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"
CodeAction400Invalid param combination (both or neither channel/continuation)402No credits — transcriptapi.com/billing404Channel not found408Timeout — retry once422Invalid channel identifier Free tier: 100 credits, 300 req/min. Free endpoints (resolve, latest) require auth but don't consume credits.
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