// Add a new YouTube video to the LazyPi videos page. Use when given a YouTube URL to add to the site. Fetches title, channel, duration, and publish date automatically via agent-browser; Shorts are placed in Short Pi automatically, while regular videos ask for a category.
| name | add-video |
| description | Add a new YouTube video to the LazyPi videos page. Use when given a YouTube URL to add to the site. Fetches title, channel, duration, and publish date automatically via agent-browser; Shorts are placed in Short Pi automatically, while regular videos ask for a category. |
Use this skill for this repository only.
Invoke it with:
/skill:add-video <youtube-url>
Pi appends the command arguments to this skill as User: <args>.
Add a YouTube video to docs/_data/videos.yml with all metadata fetched automatically, inserted in the correct category and sorted in reverse chronological order. YouTube Shorts belong in the Short Pi category at the bottom of the videos page.
Parse the YouTube URL to extract the video ID.
Supported formats:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_IDhttps://youtu.be/VIDEO_IDhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/VIDEO_IDIf the provided URL path contains /shorts/VIDEO_ID, mark the video as a Short. Shorts always go in the Short Pi category and do not require a category prompt.
Use agent-browser to open the YouTube watch page and extract all four fields in a single session:
agent-browser open "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"
agent-browser eval "JSON.stringify({ title: document.querySelector('meta[name=title]')?.content || document.title.replace(/ - YouTube$/, ''), channel: document.querySelector('span[itemprop=author] link[itemprop=name]')?.getAttribute('content') || document.querySelector('meta[itemprop=channelId]')?.content, duration: document.querySelector('meta[itemprop=duration]')?.content, published: document.querySelector('meta[itemprop=datePublished]')?.content })"
The oEmbed API (https://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=URL&format=json) is a reliable fallback for title and author_name (channel) if agent-browser returns unexpected values. Use the original Shorts URL for the oEmbed URL when the provided URL was a Short.
duration — YouTube returns ISO 8601 (e.g. PT34M48S). Convert to M:SS or H:MM:SS:
PT9M24S → 9:24PT1H33M56S → 1:33:56PT0M38S → 0:38published — YouTube returns a full ISO 8601 timestamp (e.g. 2026-04-18T04:03:51-07:00). Truncate to the date portion only: 2026-04-18.
If the provided URL is a Short, set the category to Short Pi and skip the user prompt.
For regular YouTube videos, read docs/_data/videos.yml to get the current categories in order, excluding Short Pi. Present them as a numbered list:
Which category should this video go in?
1. Intro to Pi
2. Full Course Pi
3. Advanced Pi
4. Slice of Pi
Enter a number:
Use AskUserQuestion (or equivalent interactive prompt) to get the user's choice. Accept the number only.
Read docs/_data/videos.yml. Find the chosen category block and insert the new video entry at the top of that category's videos: list (newest-first ordering). For Shorts, find the Short Pi category block.
Entry format:
- id: VIDEO_ID
title: "Video title here"
channel: Channel Name
duration: "M:SS"
published: "YYYY-MM-DD"
Do not quote channel unless it contains a colon or special character. Always quote title and duration. Always quote published.
Preserve all existing entries, whitespace style, and ordering in the file.
Tell the user what was added:
id before inserting).Short Pi should stay as the final category in docs/_data/videos.yml so it appears at the bottom of the videos page.Search YouTube for new Pi coding agent videos using agent-browser, list candidates, ask which ones to add, then add selected videos on a new branch using the add-video skill workflow.
Add a new package to the LazyPi repository. Use when asked to add a Pi package URL or install source to LazyPi, update the installer catalog, and create or update the matching documentation.