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Yt Search Download

  • 725 installs
  • 113 repo stars
  • Updated March 6, 2026
  • joeseesun/yt-search-download

yt-search-download is an agent automation skill that searches YouTube via Data API v3 and downloads videos, audio, subtitles, and metadata with yt-dlp for developers building media ingestion workflows.

About

yt-search-download is a Claude agent skill combining YouTube Data API v3 for advanced search with yt-dlp for media extraction. Developers can run keyword search, channel browsing, and sorting by time, views, or relevance, then download full videos, extract MP3 audio, or pull Chinese and English subtitles plus detailed video metadata. The skill triggers on YouTube, YT, or 油管 mentions paired with search, download, subtitle, or channel intents across agent conversations. It centralizes six capability areas—search, channel browse, video download, audio extraction, subtitle capture, and video info—behind one skill entry point. Teams reach for it when agents must fetch reference talks, transcribe conference footage, or archive channel updates without leaving the coding session.

  • Combines YouTube Data API v3 for advanced keyword and channel search with yt-dlp for reliable downloads.
  • Supports full-site keyword search, channel browsing, sorting by time, view count or relevance.
  • Downloads video, extracts MP3 audio, or grabs Chinese/English subtitles in one command.
  • Returns rich video details including duration, view stats and metadata.
  • Keyword-triggered: activates on any message containing YouTube/YT/油管 plus search, download, subtitle or channel actions.

Yt Search Download by the numbers

  • 725 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • +2 installs in the week ending Aug 2, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
  • Ranked #1,401 of 16,546 AI & Agent Building skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Security screen: MEDIUM risk (skills.sh audit)
  • Data as of Aug 2, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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Last updatedMarch 6, 2026
Repositoryjoeseesun/yt-search-download

How do you search and download YouTube videos from an agent?

Instantly search YouTube, download videos, extract audio, subtitles, or fetch video metadata directly from Claude-powered agents.

Who is it for?

Developers automating YouTube search, download, subtitle extraction, or metadata lookup inside Claude-powered agent workflows.

Skip if: Production video hosting pipelines, copyright-sensitive bulk archiving without API compliance review, or tasks unrelated to YouTube media ingestion.

When should I use this skill?

A user message mentions YouTube, YT, or 油管 with search, download, subtitle, channel browse, or video metadata requests.

What you get

Downloaded video or audio files, subtitle tracks, channel listings, and structured YouTube metadata from search or direct URLs.

  • downloaded media files
  • subtitle files
  • video metadata JSON

By the numbers

  • Covers 6 core capability areas: search, channel browse, video download, audio, subtitles, and metadata

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

YouTube 搜索 & 下载

基于 YouTube Data API v3 进行高级搜索,配合 yt-dlp 下载。

前置条件

1. YouTube API Key

   echo $YT_BROWSE_API_KEY

如果为空:Google Cloud Console → 启用 YouTube Data API v3 → 创建 API Key → 写入 ~/.zshrc

   export YT_BROWSE_API_KEY=your_key

2. yt-dlp(下载用):

   brew install yt-dlp   # macOS
   pip install yt-dlp     # 或 pip 安装

命令说明

脚本路径:~/.claude/skills/yt-search-download/scripts/yt_search.py

全站关键词搜索

python3 scripts/yt_search.py search "关键词" -n 20
参数说明
-n 20最多返回条数(默认 20)
-o date按时间排序(默认 relevance)
-o viewCount按播放量排序(API 级,准确)
--sort-by views本地二次排序(按播放量降序)
--sort-by duration-asc本地排序:时长从短到长
--sort-by duration-desc本地排序:时长从长到短
--min-duration 30m过滤:最短时长(支持 30m1h1h30m、纯数字=分钟)
--max-duration 1h过滤:最长时长
--after 2024-01-01发布时间起
--before 2024-12-31发布时间止
-c @handle限定频道
-d显示简介
--jsonJSON 格式输出

浏览频道视频

# 频道最新视频(按时间倒序)
python3 scripts/yt_search.py channel @channelHandle -n 10

# 频道内关键词搜索
python3 scripts/yt_search.py channel @channelHandle -q "关键词"

# 频道内按播放量排序
python3 scripts/yt_search.py channel @channelHandle -o viewCount

# 只看长视频(超过 1 小时)
python3 scripts/yt_search.py channel @channelHandle --min-duration 1h

# 只看短视频(30 分钟内),按时长升序
python3 scripts/yt_search.py channel @channelHandle --max-duration 30m --sort-by duration-asc

频道格式支持:@handlehttps://youtube.com/@handle、频道 ID(UCxxxx

下载视频

# 最佳画质下载到 ~/Downloads
python3 scripts/yt_search.py download "VIDEO_URL"

# 指定画质
python3 scripts/yt_search.py download "VIDEO_URL" -q 1080p

# 指定目录
python3 scripts/yt_search.py download "VIDEO_URL" --dir ~/Desktop

# 仅下载音频(MP3)
python3 scripts/yt_search.py download "VIDEO_URL" --audio-only

视频详情查询

python3 scripts/yt_search.py info "VIDEO_URL"

输出格式(Markdown 表格)

脚本已输出 Markdown 表格,AI 必须将每行的 `【译】___` 替换为实际中文翻译后再呈现给用户。

最终呈现效果:

#标题(原文 → 中文译文)日期时长播放量
1Rick Beato: Greatest Guitarists...<br>里克·贝阿托:史上最伟大的吉他手2026-03-012h33m302.2K
2State of AI in 2026: LLMs, Coding...<br>2026年AI现状:大模型、编程、Scaling法则2026-01-314h25m741.7K

🔴 强制规范

  • ✅ 保留原英文标题(作为可点击链接)
  • 【译】___ 替换为简洁中文译文(放在链接后同一单元格)
  • ✅ 所有视频逐行翻译,不得跳过
  • ❌ 不询问用户是否需要翻译(直接翻译)
  • ❌ 不把 【译】___ 原样输出给用户

典型工作流

找某频道最新视频并下载: 1. channel @handle -n 10 → 浏览结果 2. 问用户要下载哪个 3. download "URL" → 保存到 ~/Downloads

搜索 + 按播放量筛选: 1. search "关键词" -o viewCount -n 20

提取播客音频: 1. search "播客名" -o date -n 5 2. download "URL" --audio-only

下载字幕(默认同时输出 SRT + TXT)

标准流程:下载字幕转为 SRT,同时生成保留时间戳的 TXT(供 AI 总结用,时间戳有助于定位内容)。

# Step 1:下载字幕并转为 SRT(英文优先,无则用自动字幕)
yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser chrome \
  --write-auto-sub --write-sub \
  --sub-lang en,zh-Hans \
  --convert-subs srt \
  --skip-download \
  -o "~/Downloads/%(title)s.%(ext)s" \
  "VIDEO_URL"
# 输出:~/Downloads/视频标题.en.srt 或 .zh-Hans.srt

# Step 2:从 SRT 生成 TXT(保留时间戳,仅去除序号和空行,供 AI 总结使用)
python3 -c "
import re, sys
srt = open(sys.argv[1]).read()
# 去除序号行(纯数字行),保留时间戳和字幕文本
txt = re.sub(r'^\d+\s*\n', '', srt, flags=re.MULTILINE)
txt = re.sub(r'\n{3,}', '\n\n', txt).strip()
txt_path = sys.argv[1].replace('.srt', '.txt')
open(txt_path, 'w').write(txt)
print(f'已保存:{txt_path}')
" ~/Downloads/视频标题.en.srt
# 输出:~/Downloads/视频标题.en.txt(格式:时间戳 + 字幕文本)

TXT 格式示例(保留时间戳,便于 AI 总结时引用具体时间点):

00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,000
Welcome to the Lex Fridman podcast.

00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:09,000
Today we're talking about the greatest guitarists of all time.

其他场景

# 仅中文字幕(SRT + TXT)
yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser chrome --write-auto-sub --write-sub \
  --sub-lang zh-Hans --convert-subs srt --skip-download \
  -o "~/Downloads/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "VIDEO_URL"

# 字幕 + 视频一起下载
yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser chrome --write-auto-sub --write-sub \
  --sub-lang en --convert-subs srt \
  -o "~/Downloads/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "VIDEO_URL"
规范:下载字幕时始终加 `--convert-subs srt`,下载完成后始终执行 Step 2 生成 TXT,让用户同时拿到 .srt(带时间轴)和 .txt(纯文本)两个文件。

高级用法(直接用 yt-dlp)

# 列出可用格式
yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser chrome -F "VIDEO_URL"

# 下载整个播放列表
yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser chrome -o "~/Downloads/%(playlist_title)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "PLAYLIST_URL"

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FAQ

What APIs does yt-search-download use?

yt-search-download uses YouTube Data API v3 for search, channel browsing, and sorting, and yt-dlp for downloading videos, extracting MP3 audio, and fetching subtitle tracks.

Can yt-search-download extract subtitles?

yt-search-download can download subtitles, including Chinese and English tracks, and retrieve video text for transcription-style workflows. Subtitle download is one of its core trigger scenarios.

Is Yt Search Download safe to install?

skills.sh reports 2 of 3 security scanners passed. Review the Security Audits panel on this page before installing in production.

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