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youtube-search

GitHub

通过TranscriptAPI搜索YouTube视频或频道，获取内容元数据及字幕，用于主题研究、教程查找或创作者发现。

clawhub/youtube-search/SKILL.md ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills

Trigger Scenarios

用户想搜索YouTube上的特定主题视频或频道用户希望利用YouTube作为信息来源进行话题调研

Install

npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill youtube-search -g -y

More Options

Non-standard path

npx skills add https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills/tree/main/clawhub/youtube-search -g -y

Use without installing

npx skills use ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills@youtube-search

指定 Agent (Claude Code)

npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill youtube-search -a claude-code -g -y

安装 repo 全部 skill

npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --all -g -y

预览 repo 内 skill

npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --list

SKILL.md

Frontmatter

{
    "name": "youtube-search",
    "version": "1.5.0",
    "metadata": {
        "hermes": {
            "tags": [
                "youtube",
                "search",
                "video",
                "channels",
                "discovery",
                "research"
            ],
            "category": "media"
        },
        "openclaw": {
            "emoji": "🔍",
            "homepage": "https:\/\/transcriptapi.com",
            "requires": {
                "env": [
                    "TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"
                ]
            },
            "primaryEnv": "TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"
        }
    },
    "description": "Use when the user wants to find YouTube content on any topic: searching for videos or channels, finding creators who cover a subject, discovering tutorials, talks, or expert discussions, or looking up a channel by name or handle. Also use proactively when the user wants to research a topic and YouTube is a good source. Not for account management or written-source-only research.",
    "compatibility": "Requires internet access to reach transcriptapi.com. No additional runtimes or dependencies needed.",
    "user-invocable": true,
    "required_environment_variables": [
        {
            "help": "Free account at https:\/\/transcriptapi.com — 100 credits, no card required. Or let the agent create one for you.",
            "name": "TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY",
            "prompt": "Your TranscriptAPI key (starts with sk_)",
            "required_for": "all API requests"
        }
    ]
}

YouTube Search

Search YouTube and fetch transcripts via TranscriptAPI.com.

Setup

If $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY is not set, read references/auth-setup.md and follow the instructions there to get and store the key.

Required Headers

Every request needs two headers:

Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: your agent's name and version if known (e.g. HermesAgent/0.11.0, ClaudeCode/1.0). Version is optional — agent name alone is fine. Do not omit this header or send a bare default — Cloudflare will return a 403 (error code 1010) and block the request.

API Reference

Full OpenAPI spec: transcriptapi.com/openapi.json — consult this for the latest parameters and schemas.

GET /api/v2/youtube/search — 1 credit

Search YouTube globally for videos or channels.

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/search?q=QUERY&type=video&limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY" \
  -H "User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0"

Param	Required	Default	Validation
`q`	yes	—	1-200 chars (trimmed)
`type`	no	`video`	`video` or `channel`
`limit`	no	`20`	1-50

Video search response:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "type": "video",
      "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
      "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up",
      "channelId": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
      "channelTitle": "Rick Astley",
      "channelHandle": "@RickAstley",
      "channelVerified": true,
      "lengthText": "3:33",
      "viewCountText": "1.5B views",
      "publishedTimeText": "14 years ago",
      "hasCaptions": true,
      "thumbnails": [{ "url": "...", "width": 120, "height": 90 }]
    }
  ],
  "result_count": 20
}

Channel search response (type=channel):

{
  "results": [{
    "type": "channel",
    "channelId": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
    "title": "Rick Astley",
    "handle": "@RickAstley",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@RickAstley",
    "description": "Official channel...",
    "subscriberCount": "4.2M subscribers",
    "verified": true,
    "rssUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UC...",
    "thumbnails": [...]
  }],
  "result_count": 5
}

GET /api/v2/youtube/channel/search — 1 credit

Search videos within a specific channel. Accepts channel — an @handle, channel URL, or UC... ID.

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/search\
?channel=@TED&q=climate+change&limit=30" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY" \
  -H "User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0"

Param	Required	Validation
`channel`	yes	`@handle`, channel URL, or `UC...` ID
`q`	yes	1-200 chars
`limit`	no	1-50 (default 30)

Returns up to ~30 results (YouTube limit). Same video response shape as global search.

GET /api/v2/youtube/channel/resolve — FREE

Convert @handle to channel ID:

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/resolve?input=@TED" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY" \
  -H "User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0"

Workflow: Search → Transcript

# 1. Search for videos
curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/search\
?q=python+web+scraping&type=video&limit=5" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY" \
  -H "User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0"

# 2. Get transcript from result
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" \
  -H "User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0"

Errors

Code	Meaning	Action
401	Bad API key	Check key
402	No credits	transcriptapi.com/billing
403/1010	Cloudflare block	Add or fix User-Agent header
404	Not found	Resource doesn't exist
408	Timeout	Retry once
422	Invalid param	Check param format