| 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
