YouTube Skills by artemchuikin: skill pack for Hermes Agent

Twelve Agent Skills for YouTube transcripts, search, channels, playlists and bulk exports, installable in Hermes Agent

What YouTube Skills does

The skills cover transcripts, YouTube search, channel listings, search within a channel, whole playlists and bulk transcript exports. Each skill names its endpoint, shows the exact request, lists parameters with defaults and limits and maps every error code to a recovery step. The README says no yt-dlp, headless browser or Google Cloud project is needed, since each answer is one HTTPS request.

The youtube-full skill covers the whole surface and is the recommended choice, while narrower skills exist so that workflows needing only transcripts do not carry playlist documentation in context. On first use the agent can create an API key without leaving the chat: it asks for your email, you read back a six-digit code, and a key is saved to your shell or agent config. The account is free, starts with 100 credits and does not ask for a card. Besides Hermes Agent the skills work with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenClaw and other tools that read the Agent Skills format. The license is MIT.

Key features

Twelve skills covering transcripts, search, channels and playlists
youtube-full skill for the whole surface
Subtitle export and bulk transcript queues
Transcripts in segments for RAG indexes
Error codes mapped to recovery steps
Key creation handled in chat

When to use it

Asking Hermes to summarize or quote a YouTube talk
Exporting subtitles as SRT files
Turning a lecture playlist into study notes

Who it is for: Hermes and other agent users who want their agent to work with YouTube content.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

The README lists Hermes Agent among supported agents and gives a hermes skills install command, so it is a skill pack that supports Hermes among others.

How to install YouTube Skills

These commands are copied from the project's README. Check the repository for the latest steps before you run them.

hermes skills install skills-sh/artemchuikin/youtube-skills/skills/youtube-full
npx skills add artemchuikin/youtube-skills

Requirements: A TranscriptOut API key, which the agent can create for you

Note: The skills depend on the TranscriptOut API and its key, which is a separate service from the repository.

FAQ

What is YouTube Skills?

YouTube Skills is a set of twelve Agent Skills that let an AI agent fetch YouTube transcripts, run searches, browse channels and playlists and export videos in bulk.

Does YouTube Skills work with Hermes Agent?

Yes. The README lists Hermes Agent as supported and shows hermes skills install skills-sh/artemchuikin/youtube-skills/skills/youtube-full.

How do I install YouTube Skills?

In Hermes run hermes skills install skills-sh/artemchuikin/youtube-skills/skills/youtube-full. To add all twelve at once, the README shows npx skills add artemchuikin/youtube-skills.

Is YouTube Skills free and open source?

The repository is published under the MIT license. The linked TranscriptOut account is free to start with 100 credits and needs no card.