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claude-youtube

by AgriciDaniel · AgriciDaniel/claude-youtube

Claude becomes your YouTube strategist — channel audits, retention-driven scripts, SEO titles, thumbnail briefs, Shorts ideas.

claude-youtube is a creator-ops skill: it runs channel audits, drafts retention-optimized scripts (cold open, patterns, pattern interrupts), proposes SEO-worthy titles and descriptions, writes thumbnail briefs, and plans Shorts derivatives. It does not post to YouTube for you — it's the brain, not the hand.

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Why use it

Key features

Live Demo

What it looks like in practice

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Install

Author repository · Claude Skills documentation

Use Cases

Real-world ways to use claude-youtube

How to audit a YouTube channel and get a growth plan

👤 Creators plateauing or rebooting a channel ⏱ ~60 min intermediate

When to use: Views are flat and you don't know if the problem is niche, hooks, or cadence.

Flow
  1. Dump the data
    Audit channel <url>. Here's the last 20 videos with title, duration, views, and average retention %.✓ Copied
    → Findings on niche signal, hooks, thumbnails, cadence
  2. Pick the biggest lever
    Which one change would move views the most over the next 4 weeks?✓ Copied
    → One clear lever with justification
  3. Turn it into a plan
    Produce a 4-week content plan focused on that lever.✓ Copied
    → Video-by-video plan with titles and hooks

Outcome: A focused growth plan, not 'post more consistently' platitudes.

Pitfalls
  • Too many simultaneous changes — no signal — Change one variable at a time; measure for 2–4 weeks
Combine with: filesystem

Write a retention-optimized video script

👤 Creators scripting a long-form video ⏱ ~45 min intermediate

When to use: You have the video idea but writing retention-aware scripts is a weak spot.

Flow
  1. Brief Claude on the video
    Video idea: 'How Apple's M-series chips actually work'. Audience: curious but non-technical. Length: ~12 min.✓ Copied
    → Proposed structure with hook, promise, payoffs
  2. Script with pattern interrupts
    Write a full script with visual cues, B-roll callouts, and pattern interrupts every 45–60 seconds.✓ Copied
    → Paced script with timing anchors
  3. Cold-open variants
    Give me 3 cold-open variants optimized for 30-second hold.✓ Copied
    → 3 distinct hooks

Outcome: A production-ready script your editor can cut from.

Pitfalls
  • Pattern interrupts feel forced — Let them emerge from content shifts, not arbitrary timers

Iterate titles and thumbnails for a video

👤 Creators at post-production ⏱ ~20 min beginner

When to use: Video is done and you want to maximize CTR.

Flow
  1. Generate title variants
    Give me 10 title variants targeting curiosity, stakes, and specificity.✓ Copied
    → 10 distinct angles
  2. Score for intent match
    Which ones actually match the video's payoff? No clickbait.✓ Copied
    → Filtered list with reasoning
  3. Thumbnail brief
    Write a thumbnail brief (composition, text, emotion, contrast) for the best title.✓ Copied
    → Brief the designer can execute in 20 minutes

Outcome: A title + thumbnail pair that earns its CTR.

Pitfalls
  • Overpromising — high CTR, bad retention — Reject titles whose promise the video doesn't deliver

Combinations

Pair with other MCPs for X10 leverage

claude-youtube-skill + claude-shorts-skill

Strategy (this skill) plus automated cutting (claude-shorts)

Generate Shorts ideas for this episode, then hand them to claude-shorts for auto-rendering.✓ Copied
claude-youtube-skill + social-media-caption-generator-claude-skill

Turn YouTube video concepts into cross-platform posts

For this video, generate posting captions for Instagram Reels, TikTok, and LinkedIn.✓ Copied

Tools

What this MCP exposes

ToolInputsWhen to callCost
channel-audit channel data (videos, metrics) Quarterly or after a plateau 0
retention-script video brief Pre-production 0
title-generation video topic + stance Before publish 0
thumbnail-brief video + chosen title Before publish 0
shorts-derivatives long-form video Post-publish multiplier 0

Cost & Limits

What this costs to run

API quota
none beyond LLM
Tokens per call
~5–20k per audit or script
Monetary
free
Tip
Batch all script tasks for a given video into one session to preserve context

Security

Permissions, secrets, blast radius

Credential storage: none
Data egress: none

Troubleshooting

Common errors and fixes

Titles all sound like clickbait

Constrain to 'curiosity but delivers-on-promise'; provide the actual payoff

Audit is generic

Provide real per-video data (retention %, CTR) — audits need data to bite

Alternatives

claude-youtube vs others

AlternativeWhen to use it insteadTradeoff
claude-shorts-skillYou want automated rendering, not strategyPipeline vs brain
aso-skillYou're in App Store optimization, not YouTubeDifferent platform

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