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youtube-channels

Use when a YouTube channel is the focus: pasted @handles or channel URLs, requests to browse a creator's uploads, see what a channel has posted recently, search within a channel, or resolve a handle to a channel ID. Also use when the user names a creator and wants to explore their content or monitor their uploads. Not for creating channels or account management.

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ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills

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SKILL.md (original)

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YouTube Channels

YouTube channel tools 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.

All channel endpoints accept flexible input — @handle, channel URL, or UC... channel ID. No need to resolve first.

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

Convert @handle, URL, or UC... ID to canonical channel ID.

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

Param	Required	Validation
`input`	yes	1-200 chars — @handle, URL, or UC... ID

Response:

{ "channel_id": "UCsT0YIqwnpJCM-mx7-gSA4Q", "resolved_from": "@TED" }

If input is already UC[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{22}, returns immediately.

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

Latest 15 videos via RSS with exact stats.

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/latest?channel=@TED
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Param	Required	Validation
`channel`	yes	`@handle`, channel URL, or `UC...` ID

Response:

{
  "channel": {
    "channelId": "UCsT0YIqwnpJCM-mx7-gSA4Q",
    "title": "TED",
    "author": "TED",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsT0YIqwnpJCM-mx7-gSA4Q",
    "published": "2006-04-17T00:00:00Z"
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "videoId": "abc123xyz00",
      "title": "Latest Video Title",
      "channelId": "UCsT0YIqwnpJCM-mx7-gSA4Q",
      "author": "TED",
      "published": "2026-01-30T16:00:00Z",
      "updated": "2026-01-31T02:00:00Z",
      "link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123xyz00",
      "description": "Full video description...",
      "thumbnail": { "url": "https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/.../hqdefault.jpg" },
      "viewCount": "2287630",
      "starRating": {
        "average": "4.92",
        "count": "15000",
        "min": "1",
        "max": "5"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result_count": 15
}

Great for monitoring channels — free and gives exact view counts + ISO timestamps.

GET /api/v2/youtube/channel/videos — 1 credit/page

Paginated list of a channel's feed (~100 per page). Use tab to pick uploads (default), Shorts, or live streams, and the optional sort to order the Videos tab by latest, popular, or oldest.

# First page
GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/videos?channel=@NASA&tab=videos
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

# Most-viewed first (channel Videos tab, ~30 per page)
GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/videos?channel=@NASA&sort=popular
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

# Next pages (repeat the same tab AND sort)
GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/videos?continuation=TOKEN&sort=popular
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Param	Required	Validation
`channel`	conditional	`@handle`, channel URL, or `UC...` ID
`tab`	no	`videos` (default), `shorts`, or `streams`
`sort`	no	`latest`, `popular`, or `oldest` (omit for the uploads feed)
`continuation`	conditional	non-empty (next pages)

Provide exactly one of channel or continuation, not both. When paginating, pass the same tab and sort on every page.

Sorting. Add sort=latest, popular, or oldest to channel/videos to get a channel's videos in the order you want, for example its most-popular uploads first. A sorted page returns about 30 videos (an unsorted page returns about 100), and every page costs the same 1 credit.

When paging, send the same sort on each request.

Per-item fields by feed:

Field	uploads (no `sort`)	`tab=videos` + `sort`	`tab=streams`	`tab=shorts`
`lengthText`	populated	populated	populated (`LIVE` while live)	`null`
`publishedTimeText`	populated	populated	populated (`Streamed 2 years ago`)	`null`
`viewCountText`	populated	populated	populated (`null` while live)	populated
`channelId` / `channelTitle` / `channelHandle` / `index`	populated	`null`	`null`	`null`
`members_only`	always `false`	`true` on membership videos	`true` on membership streams	always `false`

members_only is true only when YouTube badges the item "Members only". Such items carry no viewCountText, because YouTube does not publish view counts for membership content.

Response:

{
  "results": [{
    "videoId": "abc123xyz00",
    "title": "Video Title",
    "channelId": "UCsT0YIqwnpJCM-mx7-gSA4Q",
    "channelTitle": "TED",
    "channelHandle": "@TED",
    "lengthText": "15:22",
    "viewCountText": "3.2M views",
    "publishedTimeText": "2 years ago",
    "thumbnails": [...],
    "index": "0",
    "members_only": false
  }],
  "playlist_info": {"title": "Uploads from TED", "numVideos": "5000", "ownerName": "TED"},
  "continuation_token": "4qmFsgKlARIYVVV1...",
  "has_more": true
}

Keep calling with continuation until has_more: false.

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

Search within a specific channel.

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/search?channel=@TED&q=climate+change&limit=30
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
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)

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

A channel's profile: title, handle, verified flag, subscriber/video counts, description, tags, thumbnails, banners, and the tabs it exposes.

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/info?channel=@TED
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Param	Required	Validation
`channel`	yes	`@handle`, channel URL, or `UC...` ID

Response:

{
  "channelId": "UCAuUUnT6oDeKwE6v1NGQxug",
  "title": "TED",
  "handle": "@TED",
  "verified": true,
  "subscriberCountText": "23.8M subscribers",
  "videoCountText": "4,300 videos",
  "description": "The TED Talks channel features ...",
  "tags": ["TED", "TED Talks"],
  "thumbnails": [...],
  "banners": [...],
  "availableTabs": ["videos", "shorts", "playlists", "community"]
}

Counts are display strings and null when YouTube hides them — never 0. Check availableTabs before calling channel/sections or channel/videos with a tab.

GET /api/v2/youtube/channel/playlists — 1 credit/page

List the playlists shown on a channel — useful for finding a playlist ID to feed into playlist/videos.

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/playlists?channel=@TED
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Param	Required	Validation
`channel`	conditional	`@handle`, channel URL, or `UC...` ID
`continuation`	conditional	non-empty (next pages)

Provide exactly one of channel or continuation, not both. Returns results (playlistId, title, url, videoCountText, thumbnails), continuation_token, has_more.

GET /api/v2/youtube/channel/posts — 1 credit/page

List a channel's community (Posts tab) content — text, publish time, like counts, and any attachment (image, video, playlist, or poll).

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/posts?channel=@TED
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Param	Required	Validation
`channel`	conditional	`@handle`, channel URL, or `UC...` ID
`continuation`	conditional	non-empty (next pages)

Provide exactly one of channel or continuation, not both. Channels with no community tab return an empty results list (not an error).

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

The curated shelves on a channel's Home page (or its podcasts/releases pages) — each shelf holds videos, playlists, shorts, or featured channels, in the channel's own order. Not paginated.

GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/sections?channel=@TED
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Param	Required	Default	Validation
`channel`	yes	—	`@handle`, channel URL, or `UC...` ID
`tab`	no	`featured`	`featured` (Home), `podcasts`, `releases`

podcasts and releases only exist on channels that have them (empty results otherwise — check availableTabs from channel/info first).

Typical workflow

# 1. Check latest uploads (free — pass @handle directly)
GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/latest?channel=@TED
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

# 2. Get transcript of recent video
GET https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/transcript?video_url=VIDEO_ID&format=text&include_timestamp=true&send_metadata=true
Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0

Errors

Code	Meaning	Action
400	Invalid param combination	Both or neither channel/continuation
402	No credits	transcriptapi.com/billing
403/1010	Cloudflare block	Add or fix User-Agent header
404	Channel not found	Check handle or URL
408	Timeout	Retry once
422	Invalid channel identifier	Check param format

Free tier: 100 credits, 300 req/min. Free endpoints (resolve, latest) require auth but don't consume credits.

Copy-paste examples

Every request in this file as a ready-to-run one-liner: references/curl-examples.md

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Install

Install with a command

npx skills add https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill youtube-channels

Paste it into your terminal and run it (requires Node.js). You can choose which agents to install it for, such as Claude Code or Codex.

Ask your agent

Please install the following Agent Skill.
https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-channels

First review SKILL.md and the bundled files and confirm there is nothing suspicious (such as sending data externally or reading credentials). Then place it in ~/.claude/skills/youtube-channels/ for Claude Code, or ~/.agents/skills/youtube-channels/ for Codex.

Send this text to Claude Code or Codex as is. It checks the contents before installing.

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Repository: ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills
Stars: 1,114
Forks: 129
Category: Media
License: MIT
Original language: English
Last updated: Oct 21, 2026

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