Agent skill · writing content · mvanhorn
pp-youtube
Search YouTube in bulk, grab transcripts, get embed snippets, fetch top comments, list a channel's recent uploads — for the photo-keywords-to-blog-post workflow. Trigger phrases: `search youtube for`, `find youtube videos about`, `get youtube transcript`, `find videos like`, `youtube embed for`, `top comments on`, `recent uploads from`, `latest videos from @`, `use youtube-pp`, `run youtube-pp`.
Why this skill is useful
Adds specific commands for bulk YouTube searches, transcript retrieval, and embedding that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires youtube-pp-cli installed locally. About 7k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 1,890 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
YouTube — Printing Press CLI Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the youtube-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first: 1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows: 2. Verify: youtube-pp-cli --version 3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill. If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.6 or newer). This installs into $GOPATH/bin (default $HOME/go/bin), so add that directory to $PATH instead: If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds. The YouTube Data API v3 read surfaces that matter for market and competitor research with complete parameter wiring, feeding a local SQLite databank designed for competitor monitoring: watch your ~15 competitors, monitor refreshes them for ~20-40 quota units per run, and velocity, growth, breakouts, comments-mine, and packaging turn the accumulated snapshots into current market intelligence that lagging analytics platforms deliver one to two weeks late. When to Use This CLI Reach for this CLI whenever the task is YouTube market or competitor research: tracking a fixed set of competitor channels over time, measuring what is gaining views right now, discovering fresh breakout videos in a niche, mining comments for audience signal, or collecting titles, thumbnails, and hooks for packaging analysis. It is the right tool when the answer should come from a locally owned, regularly refreshed databank instead of a lagging external analytics platform. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/pp-youtube--f48b41