Gives coding agents local YouTube search, transcripts, comments, and optional exact-frame checks without an API key or hosted account.
youtube-ctx: Local YouTube search, transcripts
Read public YouTube search results, transcripts, video metadata and storyboard context from a local agent session, with optional frame verification.
Source facts
- Repository
- devhims/video2ctx
- Last source activity
- October 19, 2026 at 16:13
- Detected SKILL.md language
- English
- Stars
- 3
- Forks
- 1
Uses
Use it for one-off, low-to-moderate public YouTube research. The visual route is useful when slides, charts or on-screen changes matter beyond the transcript.
Prerequisites
Requires Node.js 18.17 or newer. An account and hosted video2ctx service are not required for this local route; FFmpeg is optional for exact-frame verification.
How to use
Give the agent a YouTube URL or search question and state whether you need text, metadata or visual evidence. The Skill routes text requests to its direct-data workflow and visual requests to a transcript/storyboard scan; it extracts exact frames only when that detail is needed.
Limitations
For hosted production data, account information or recurring monitors, use the separate video2ctx-platform Skill.
Install options
The review-first prompt is selected by default. You can switch to a direct command or download a local copy.
Review the source files
Read SKILL.md and any companion files shown by SkillsMP before deciding whether to install.
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- name
- youtube-ctx
- description
- Personal, local-machine YouTube context for one-off, low-to-moderate usage. Use for public YouTube search, transcripts, metadata, comments, channels, playlists, storyboard inspection, and optional exact-frame verification without an account or hosted service. Also use to check suspected transcript misspellings, misheard names or terms, and inaccuracies against video context or on-screen evidence. Requires Node.js 18.17+; FFmpeg is optional and needed only for exact frames.