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Youtube Lite

v1.0.0

Complete YouTube toolkit — transcripts, search, channels, playlists, and metadata all in one skill. Use when you need comprehensive YouTube access, want to s...

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LicenseMIT-0 · Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
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Purpose & Capability
Name/description advertise YouTube transcripts/search/playlists/channel endpoints via TranscriptAPI and the SKILL.md exclusively references transcriptapi.com endpoints and OpenAPI — the TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY is the expected credential for that service.
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Instruction Scope
Most instructions are scoped to calling TranscriptAPI endpoints via curl. However, the SKILL.md also documents commands that write the API key into ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json (backing up the existing file first). That file-path write is not declared in the skill metadata's required config paths; the write is plausibly intended to persist the key for the agent but it is an on-disk modification worth noting.
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Install Mechanism
Instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files. No packages are downloaded or installed by the skill itself.
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Credentials
Only a single environment variable (TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY) is required and it directly corresponds to calls to transcriptapi.com. No unrelated credentials or broad access are requested.
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Persistence & Privilege
The skill will (per its instructions) persist the API key into the agent's config (~/.openclaw/openclaw.json) and enable the skill entry. Backing up the existing file is documented. Persisting its own credential entry is reasonable for usability, but users should be aware that the agent config on disk will be modified.
Assessment
This skill appears to do exactly what it claims: call TranscriptAPI endpoints for YouTube transcripts, search, channels, and playlists, using a single TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY. Before installing, decide whether you accept the skill persisting the key into your agent config (~/.openclaw/openclaw.json); the skill says it will back up the existing file first. If you prefer not to allow on-disk writes, set TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY in your environment manually (or avoid running the 'verify and save-key' step). Verify you obtained the key from https://transcriptapi.com, and consider creating a key with minimal privileges or a usage-limited account. If anything about the write to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json worries you, inspect that file (and its .bak) after the first run to confirm contents and that only this skill's entry was added.

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License

MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
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Runtime requirements

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EnvTRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
Primary envTRANSCRIPT_API_KEY

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