Is the YouTube Advisor skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from AlexanderAbramovPav/youtube-advisor. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the YouTube Advisor SkillProof Score?

9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 4/5.

How do I install YouTube Advisor?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use YouTube Advisor with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

YouTube Advisor

Turns any YouTube channel into a searchable Claude Code advisor skill.

by AlexanderAbramovPav · AlexanderAbramovPav/youtube-advisor

Works with setup

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Works with setup
Score: 9.2/10
Tested: Jul 16, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · c09211f

Ran the real bootstrap CLI end-to-end against @Google's live channel with zero LLM key: it fetched a real transcript, built a genuine BM25+embedding hybrid index, and returned correctly ranked, timestamped-linked quotes about the video's actual content -- a naive baseline (raw yt-dlp caption dump + grep) got the same words with no ranking, no links, no reusable skill artifact.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 9/10
Docs & honesty 4/5

What YouTube Advisor does

Wraps a real CLI (yt-dlp + fastembed hybrid BM25/semantic search) that ingests a YouTube channel's transcripts and builds a self-contained Claude Code skill answering questions with verbatim, timestamped quotes. Triggers when the user pastes a channel URL/@handle, names a creator to build an advisor on, or asks to refresh an existing advisor.

How to install YouTube Advisor

git clone https://github.com/AlexanderAbramovPav/youtube-advisor
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r youtube-advisor ~/.claude/skills/youtube-advisor
bash ~/.claude/skills/youtube-advisor/scripts/install.sh   # creates a uv venv, installs yt-dlp/fastembed/anthropic; requires ffmpeg pre-installed, deno recommended

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger YouTube Advisor

/youtube-advisor Turns any YouTube channel into a searchable Claude Code advisor skill.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Build me a searchable advisor from this YouTube channel's videos
Turn @Google's channel transcripts into a Q&A knowledge base
Refresh my existing channel advisor with the latest uploaded videos

Frequently asked questions

Is the YouTube Advisor skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from AlexanderAbramovPav/youtube-advisor. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does YouTube Advisor work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 16, 2026. Verdict: Works with setup. Ran the real bootstrap CLI end-to-end against @Google's live channel with zero LLM key: it fetched a real transcript, built a genuine BM25+embedding hybrid index, and returned correctly ranked, timestamped-linked quotes about the video's actual content -- a naive baseline (raw yt-dlp caption dump + grep) got the same words with no ranking, no links, no reusable skill artifact.
What is the YouTube Advisor SkillProof Score?: 9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 4/5.
How do I install YouTube Advisor?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use YouTube Advisor with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.