analyze-youtube

name	analyze-youtube
description	Analyze YouTube videos using Gemini's native video understanding — summarize, extract insights, answer questions. Use when analyzing, summarizing, or extracting information from a YouTube video.
argument-hint	<YouTube URL>

When the user asks to analyze, summarize, or extract information from a YouTube video:

How to analyze

Use the youtube-analyze CLI tool. It sends the video to Gemini, which processes both visual and audio content natively.

bun ~/.pal/skills/analyze-youtube/tools/youtube-analyze.ts -- <youtube-url> [--prompt "your question"]

• Without --prompt, it returns a structured summary with key insights, topics, people, and quotes.
• With --prompt, it answers the specific question about the video.

What to do with the result

Follow the user's request. Common tasks:

• Summarize the video content
• Answer a specific question about what's shown or discussed
• Extract entities (defer to /entities if installed)
• Extract wisdom (defer to /extract-wisdom if installed)
• Compare with other content

Guidelines

• For long videos, consider asking a focused question via --prompt rather than a full analysis
• Gemini sees both visuals and audio — mention on-screen content (slides, code, diagrams) when relevant
• Quote speakers verbatim when the user asks about specific statements
• If the tool reports a missing API key, tell the user to get one at https://aistudio.google.com/apikey and set PAL_GEMINI_API_KEY in their shell profile or PAL settings