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youtube-batch-transcript-extractor-api-skill

v1.0.0

This skill helps users automatically extract YouTube video transcripts and metadata in batch via the BrowserAct API. The Agent should proactively apply this...

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MIT-0
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LicenseMIT-0 · Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
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Purpose & Capability
Name/description, SKILL.md, and the Python script consistently implement a BrowserAct workflow call to extract YouTube transcripts and metadata. The only required binary (python) and the single required env var (BROWSERACT_API_KEY) are appropriate for this task. The workflow template ID and BrowserAct API URL are hardcoded, which is coherent with a template-driven extractor.
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Instruction Scope
The SKILL.md instructs the agent to check for the API key, invoke the included Python script with keywords/upload_date/limit, and follow a limited retry policy. The script only calls BrowserAct endpoints, polls for status, and prints/parses the API response; it does not read arbitrary files, access other environment variables, spawn shell commands, or transmit data to unexpected hosts.
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Install Mechanism
There is no install spec (instruction-only plus an included script) which minimizes install risk. Note: the script uses the Python requests library but the skill does not declare or install that dependency; runtime failure (not a covert behavior) is the likely result if requests is missing.
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Credentials
The skill requests only BROWSERACT_API_KEY, which is directly required to authenticate to BrowserAct. There are no unrelated secrets or additional credentials requested. Be aware that the provided API key will be sent to api.browseract.com as part of normal operation.
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Persistence & Privilege
always is false and the skill does not modify other skills or system config. It does not persist new credentials or change agent-wide settings. Autonomous invocation is allowed by default but not excessive here.
Assessment
This skill appears to do what it says: it calls the BrowserAct API to run a specific workflow template and returns the results. Before installing or running it, verify you trust BrowserAct and the template ID (87198942474882969) because the API key you supply will be sent to their service. Make sure the execution environment has Python and the requests library installed (pip install requests), and consider using a least-privilege API key or an account you control for this purpose. If you need stronger guarantees, run the script in an isolated environment or inspect the BrowserAct dashboard/task outputs to confirm no unexpected data sharing occurs.

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License

MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
Termshttps://spdx.org/licenses/MIT-0.html

Runtime requirements

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EnvBROWSERACT_API_KEY

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