| name | zoom-to-youtube |
| description | This skill should be used when the user asks to "upload Zoom recordings to YouTube", "publish Zoom videos", "download and upload recordings", or wants to run the full Zoom-to-YouTube pipeline. It orchestrates the zoom-download, youtube-publish, and youtube-thumbnails sub-skills with checkpoint stages between each phase.
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| version | 0.1.0 |
Zoom Cloud Recordings → YouTube Pipeline
Overview
End-to-end workflow to download Zoom cloud recordings, upload them to YouTube with proper metadata, and generate custom thumbnails. This is an orchestrator skill — each stage is handled by a focused sub-skill that can also be used independently.
The pipeline has checkpoint stages between each action phase. At each checkpoint, gather context, present a summary to the user, and get confirmation before proceeding. This catches mismatches, duplicates, and edge cases early.
Stage 0: Pre-Flight Scan
Goal: Understand the current state of both Zoom and YouTube before doing anything.
0a. Scan Zoom Recordings
- Navigate to
zoom.us/recording (log in via Google SSO if needed)
- List all recent recordings: meeting name, date, duration
- Note which have "Shared screen with gallery view" available vs only "Gallery view"
0b. Scan YouTube Channel Content
- Navigate to YouTube Studio → Content (Videos tab)
- Verify you're on the correct channel — check the channel name in the sidebar
- List recent uploads: title, date, status (Published/Unlisted/Draft)
0c. Cross-Reference & Present Plan
Compare the two lists and identify:
- New recordings on Zoom that don't yet exist on YouTube (match by date and meeting name)
- Already uploaded recordings (skip these)
- Unusual situations to flag:
- Recordings with no "Shared screen with gallery view" (host didn't share screen?)
- Very short recordings (<10 min — test calls?)
- Very long recordings (>2 hrs — may need splitting or was left running?)
- Multiple recordings for the same meeting (Zoom split it?)
- Recordings from unknown/unexpected meeting names
- Draft or Private videos on YouTube that might be incomplete uploads from a previous attempt
→ CHECKPOINT: Present the user a table like this and ask for confirmation:
Zoom recordings found:
1. AI in Action Weekly Jam! — 7 Feb 2026 — 53:46 — NEW, will download
2. AI in Action Weekly Jam! — 31 Jan 2026 — 58:45 — Already on YouTube, skip
3. Johan Duramy and swyx — 12 Feb 2026 — 56:22 — NEW (Paper Club), will download
Flags:
- None
Proceed with downloading #1 and #3?
Wait for user confirmation. They may say "skip #3" or "also grab the Jan 31 one" etc.
Stage 1: Download from Zoom
Sub-skill: zoom-download
Only download the recordings confirmed in Stage 0. For each:
- Download "Shared screen with gallery view" only
- Verify filename contains
_gallery_ (not _gvo_)
- Extract frames with ffmpeg for content analysis
→ CHECKPOINT: Present download results and frame analysis:
Downloaded 2 recordings:
1. Feb 7 — SpaceMolt demo by Ian Langworth (statico)
- 53:46, screen share shows space game UI
- Participants: Ian, swyx, Sebastian, Ted
- Type: AI in Action (weekly jam demo)
2. Feb 12 — SDPO paper reading by Ted Kyi
- 56:22, screen share shows arxiv paper
- Paper: Self-Distillation Preference Optimization
- Participants: Ted, Johan, swyx
- Type: Paper Club
Proposed titles:
1. "SpaceMolt - AI Agents in Multiplayer Space Games: AI in Action 7 Feb 2026"
2. "RL via Self-Distillation (SDPO) Paper Reading: AI in Action 12 Feb 2026"
Proposed playlists:
1. → AI in Action
2. → Paper Club
Any changes to titles or classifications?
Wait for user feedback. They might correct a presenter name, adjust the title wording, or reclassify a video.
Stage 2: Upload & Publish on YouTube
Sub-skill: youtube-publish
- User manually uploads the downloaded files to YouTube Studio (browser file picker limitation)
- For each video, set:
- Title (as confirmed in Stage 1 checkpoint)
- Description with timestamps
- Playlist assignment
- Visibility: Unlisted, publish immediately
→ CHECKPOINT: Present published video summary:
Published 2 videos:
1. "SpaceMolt - AI Agents in Multiplayer Space Games: AI in Action 7 Feb 2026"
- URL: https://youtu.be/XXXXX
- Playlist: AI in Action
- Status: Unlisted ✓
2. "RL via Self-Distillation (SDPO) Paper Reading: AI in Action 12 Feb 2026"
- URL: https://youtu.be/YYYYY
- Playlist: Paper Club
- Status: Unlisted ✓
Ready to generate thumbnails?
Stage 3: Generate & Set Thumbnails
Sub-skill: youtube-thumbnails
- Open Gemini, enable Create Images in Pro mode
- Generate one thumbnail per video using content-appropriate prompts
- Compress all to under 2MB
- Upload to YouTube Studio
→ CHECKPOINT: Confirm thumbnails are set:
Thumbnails set:
1. SpaceMolt — space-themed, neon ships & asteroids ✓
2. SDPO — academic brain/neural net with formulas ✓
All done! Anything to adjust?
Stage 4: Cleanup
- Ask user if they want to delete the Zoom cloud recordings that were successfully uploaded
- User must perform the actual deletion (permanent deletion is a prohibited action)
- Optionally delete local downloaded .mp4 files from ~/Downloads to free space
Sub-Skills
| Skill | Use Standalone When |
|---|
zoom-download | Just need to grab recordings, no YouTube work |
youtube-publish | Videos already downloaded, just need to upload & title |
youtube-thumbnails | Videos already published, just need thumbnails |
Common Pitfalls
- Wrong Zoom file:
_gvo_ = gallery view only (no screen share). Always use _gallery_.
- Wrong YouTube channel: Studio may default to your primary channel. Switch accounts if needed.
- File upload limitation: Browser security prevents programmatic file selection. User must pick files manually.
- Thumbnail too large: Gemini Pro outputs ~3-4MB. Compress with
convert -resize 1280x720 -quality 85.
- Left as Draft: Always click through to Visibility → Unlisted → Save. Don't stop at Details.
- Skipping checkpoints: Don't skip the confirmation stages. A wrong title or missed duplicate is much harder to fix after publishing.
