Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-mcp --skill youtubegit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-mcpWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/zeropointrepo/youtube-mcp/youtube)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/zeropointrepo/youtube-mcp/youtube"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/zeropointrepo/youtube-mcp/youtube/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/zeropointrepo/youtube-mcp/youtube"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/zeropointrepo/youtube-mcp/youtube.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00000 | $0.01995 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00000 | $0.00798 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00000 | $0.00399 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00000 | $0.00199 |
Grade A, and why
youtube scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 107 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
YouTube (TranscriptAPI)
This plugin bundles the hosted transcriptapi MCP server (https://transcriptapi.com/mcp). Its 12 tools are the only data path: never scrape youtube.com and never call the REST API directly from this skill.
Authentication is automatic. The MCP server uses OAuth: the first tool call prompts the user to sign in (or create a free account, 100 credits, no card). There is no API key to configure. If tools fail with an auth error, tell the user to complete the sign-in prompt in their client, or re-enable the transcriptapi MCP server in settings.
When to use
DO use when the user:
- Pastes a YouTube link or 11-character video ID, or asks to summarize, quote, transcribe, translate or fact-check a video →
get_youtube_transcript - Asks what a video says, or wants the spoken content, even without saying "transcript" →
get_youtube_transcript - Wants to know what transcript languages are available before spending a credit →
get_youtube_video_info(free) - Wants view/like counts, publish date, description, duration, tags, or related videos for a video →
get_video_metadata - Wants to find videos, channels, playlists, or movies on a topic →
search_youtube - Wants a channel's profile (subscriber count, description, tabs, etc.) →
get_channel_info - Names a creator, pastes an
@handleor channel URL, or asks what a channel posted recently →get_channel_latest_videos(free) - Wants to search within a channel →
search_channel_videos - Wants a channel's full upload history, Shorts, or live streams →
list_channel_videos - Wants the list of playlists on a channel →
list_channel_playlists - Wants a channel's community posts →
list_channel_posts - Wants a channel's curated Home/podcasts/releases shelves →
get_channel_sections - Pastes a playlist link, or wants every video in a series or course →
list_playlist_videos - Is researching a topic where talks, lectures, tutorials or reviews are good sources →
search_youtube, then transcripts of the best hits
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 1mo ago Changed · +2 lines 6394a95d40b4
- 1mo ago Changed · +32 lines · -87 tokens per session 9fdc58a1acf4
- 2mo ago First seen · 73 lines · 87 tokens per session scan A 7adbb7e760c0
youtube is a skill published in the GitHub repository ZeroPointRepo/youtube-mcp (13 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 1,995 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.
youtube compared with skills from other repositories
| Mod | Type | Stars | Last push | Licence | Scan | Tokens | Works with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| youtubeZeroPointRepo/youtube-mcp | Skill | 13 | 1mo ago | MIT | A | 0 | Cursor |
| youtubeartemchuikin/youtube-mcp | Skill | 1 | 24d ago | MIT | A | 0 | Claude Code, Codex |
| youtube-searchZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Skill | 1.2k | 5d ago | MIT | A | 78 | Claude Code |
| youtube-channelsZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Skill | 1.2k | 5d ago | MIT | A | 78 | Claude Code |
| youtube-fullZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Skill | 1.2k | 5d ago | MIT | A | 112 | Claude Code |
| transcriptapiZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Skill | 1.2k | 5d ago | MIT | A | 110 | Claude Code |
| youtube-dataZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | Skill | 1.2k | 5d ago | MIT | A | 84 | Claude Code |