YouTube Marketing Skills plugin
9 skills for Claude Code and Codex: titles, descriptions, hooks, thumbnail briefs and channel audit, published after approval
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Why this level
- With a Publora key the skills upload videos and schedule publication on a channel, but publish only after your approval
Install
- Works in
In your terminal, with SkillFoxx CLI
npx skillfoxx add plugins/sergebulaev-youtube-skillsDetects the agents on your machine, shows the access level and pins the version.
Other ways to install
Access and checks
How we reviewExtended accessThe tool runs code or makes network calls and only reads external data.
- With a Publora key the skills upload videos and schedule publication on a channel, but publish only after your approval
This is third-party code. Review the repository files before installing.
What it does
The nine skills turn Claude Code and Codex into a YouTube packaging team. They write titles under 100 characters with 2026 formulas and 3-5 A/B variants, descriptions under 5,000 characters with a hook in the first 150, chapters and keywords, a script for the opening (the first 30 seconds of a long video or 3 seconds of a Short), a designer-ready thumbnail brief and community-tab posts. Other skills audit the channel page, plan a content week, repurpose material for other formats and read audience data. Every skill shows a draft first and waits for approval. By default the text is pasted into YouTube Studio by hand. With `PUBLORA_API_KEY` set, the skills create a draft through the Publora service, upload the video to S3 and schedule publication. Community posts are manual only because Publora has no endpoint for them. Install routes exist for Claude Code, Codex, claude.ai and Claude Desktop, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent and through `npx skills add`.
Who it is for. YouTube creators and content marketers who want title, description and opening options from Claude Code or Codex.
Good fit when
- A video needs five titles with different formulas, each tagged by goal
- The description needs timestamped chapters and keywords and a hook in the first 150 characters
- A Short needs a first three seconds that keep the viewer
- A video and metadata should be uploaded and scheduled from the agent through Publora
Not a fit when
- You want publishing with no approval step: the skills always wait for confirmation
- The video has to be generated: the skills write packaging and you bring the video yourself
- You need another platform: the author ships separate sets for Instagram, X, TikTok and LinkedIn
Example request
Write five titles for a video about how I cut render time in half and show a draft description with chaptersLimitations
- Auto-upload works only through the third-party Publora API: an account and a `PUBLORA_API_KEY` are needed. Without it the skills stay in draft mode.
- YouTube requires a video on every post. The thumbnail is uploaded separately in the Publora dashboard or in YouTube Studio.
- Community posts and polls are published by hand: there is no public API for them.
- The set is built for English content. Test it on your own examples for a Russian-language channel.
How to disable. Disable the plugin with `/plugin` in Claude Code or delete the skills folder. Remove the Publora key from `.env` and revoke it in the Publora dashboard.
FAQ
How do I install YouTube Marketing Skills in Claude Code?
Run `/plugin marketplace add sergebulaev/youtube-skills`, then `/plugin install youtube-skills@youtube-skills`. In Codex it is `codex plugin marketplace add sergebulaev/youtube-skills` and `codex plugin add youtube-skills@youtube-skills`.
Which nine skills are in the set?
Titles, descriptions, hook scripts, thumbnail briefs, community posts, channel audit, content planning, repurposing and audience insights: `yt-title-optimizer`, `yt-description-writer`, `yt-hook-scripter`, `yt-thumbnail-brief`, `yt-community-post-writer`, `yt-channel-optimizer`, `yt-content-planner`, `yt-repurposer`, `yt-audience-insights`.
Does the set publish videos on its own?
Only after your approval and only with Publora connected. Without `PUBLORA_API_KEY` the skills return drafts that you paste into YouTube Studio.
How do I install the skills in Hermes Agent or OpenClaw?
For Hermes Agent clone the repository into `~/.hermes/skills/youtube-skills`. For OpenClaw clone into the working directory and add a system prompt line saying the skills live in `./youtube-skills/`.
How does the set differ from other YouTube skills?
Every skill waits for draft approval, strips AI tells and can read real niche data. The author ships similar sets for LinkedIn, Instagram, X, TikTok, Threads and Facebook.
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Comparison with similar tools
Cards that share the main search query, and how they differ.
| Tool | Official | Repository stars | Main difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube Marketing Skills (this card) | no | 97 | |
| claude-youtube-editor | no | 379 | turns a talking-head recording into a video with graphics, sound and thumbnail, while this one handles packaging: titles, descriptions, hooks |
| ChatGPT YouTube agent skill | no | 234 | skills for ChatGPT and Codex run a channel, while this set is built around draft approval and auto-upload through Publora |
README in short
The README opens with an overview of the nine skills and sample requests, then install routes for Codex, claude.ai, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent and `npx skills add`. Next come a skills table, optional auto-upload through Publora with a four-step order, an explanation of why community posts are copied by hand and notes on the authoring company.