youtube-learn
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Use when Charlie sends a YouTube link and wants to learn from it, extract key ideas, find content angles, or build knowledge from the video.
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- dotanminh/youtube-learn-skilltheir own version, first seen Jul 6, 2026
- VanKyle00/claude-skillstheir own version, first seen Jun 17, 2026
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- dotanminh/youtube-learn-skill★ 29same name
- VanKyle00/claude-skills★ 0same name
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6 rules. About 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.
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- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 8
Use this skill whenever Charlie drops a YouTube URL — no setup, no extra instructions needed.
- Very specific: line 17
Call youtube_video_fetch with the URL to get title, channel, duration, description, and stats.
- Very specific: line 20
Call youtube_transcript_fetch with the same URL.
- Distinctive: line 21
If transcript fails, work from the title, description, and metadata only — do NOT mention the save path or any file operation in the output.
- Distinctive: line 66
Create the directory if needed.
- Distinctive: line 80
If the video is very long (1h+), focus key points on the densest 20% of the transcript.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
YouTube Learn
Use this skill whenever Charlie drops a YouTube URL — no setup, no extra instructions needed.
Trigger
Any message containing a YouTube URL (youtube.com, youtu.be, Shorts).
Workflow
Step 1 — Fetch video metadata
Call youtube_video_fetch with the URL to get title, channel, duration, description, and stats.
Step 2 — Fetch transcript
Call youtube_transcript_fetch with the same URL.
- If transcript fails, work from the title, description, and metadata only — do NOT mention the save path or any file operation in the output.
Step 3 — Analyze and output
Produce the structured note below. Nothing else before it, nothing after it except the "WHAT WE CAN DO" section.
📺 [Title] — [Channel] ([Duration])
TL;DR 2 sentences. What this is actually about and why it matters.
KEY POINTS
- [Real insight, not chapter heading]
- [What was surprising or non-obvious]
- [The thing most people miss]
- [4th point if earned]
- [5th point if earned]
BEST QUOTES
"[direct pull from transcript or description]" "[second pull]"
CONTENT ANGLES
- [Specific article/post idea — not generic]
- [Argument to make or counter]
- [Hook, format, or frame worth stealing]
TAGS
[tag1] [tag2] [tag3] [tag4]
🎯 WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS
Based on what was learned, give Charlie 2–3 concrete moves specific to his world:
- Content he could create from this (specific angle, not "write about X")
- A trading or business insight if one applies
- A system, tool, or framework he could implement or test
These should feel like a smart operator speaking — not a list of suggestions. If something is obvious or generic, cut it.
Step 4 — Save silently
Save the full note as ~/.openclaw/workspace/knowledge/youtube/[YYYY-MM-DD]-[slug-from-title].md.
Create the directory if needed. Do not mention the save in the output — just do it.
Voice
- Be direct. Charlie reads fast.
- Flag if something in the video is wrong, outdated, or oversimplified.
- Content angles must be specific — not "write about mindset" but "write about why most people misread discipline as motivation."
- The "WHAT WE CAN DO" section is the most valuable part. Make it earn its place.
Notes
- Works on any YouTube video with captions/auto-captions.
- Shorts work but transcripts are often unavailable — use metadata only.
- Private videos will fail — tell Charlie immediately.
- If the video is very long (1h+), focus key points on the densest 20% of the transcript.
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