/yt-channel-optimizer
Audit and rewrite a YouTube channel end-to-end for 2026: name and @handle, banner (2560x1440 with the 1235x338 mobile/TV safe area), profile picture, About plus searchable keywords, trailer for non-subscribers vs featured video for subscribers, sections and playlist layout,
$ npx -y skills add sergebulaev/youtube-skills --skill yt-channel-optimizer --agent claude-codeHow it fires
How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/yt-channel-optimizer
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The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.
Audit and rewrite a YouTube channel end-to-end for 2026: name and @handle, banner (2560x1440 with the 1235x338 mobile/TV safe area), profile picture, About plus searchable keywords, trailer for non-subscribers vs featured video for subscribers, sections and playlist layout,
Part of the linkedin-skills family (400+ stars). Same voice engine and approve-before-publish flow, now for YouTube. Also available for Instagram · X · TikTok · Threads · Facebook. 9 skills that turn Claude Code and Codex into your YouTube packaging team.
Other skills on youtube-skills.
- /yt-audience-insights
Read your YouTube audience from the comments: pull commenters and top comments on any video, surface recurring questions and themes (content ideas), repeat commenters (superfans), sentiment, and which comments to reply to or pin. Also channel stats and niche trending, via the
Open skill - /yt-community-post-writer
Write YouTube community-tab posts: text updates, polls, image-caption posts, and questions that drive comments and bring subscribers back between video uploads. Tuned to the community tab's role as a low-friction touchpoint that keeps a channel warm and feeds session signals.
Open skill - /yt-content-planner
Build a weekly YouTube upload plan: long-form vs YouTube Shorts mix, posting cadence, per-slot title and thumbnail pairing, hook angle, community-tab posts between uploads, and a goal balance across CTR, retention, and subscribes. Maps Shorts as top-of-funnel that points at
Open skill - /yt-description-writer
Write a full YouTube video description under 5,000 characters with a first-150-character hook (the only part visible before Show more, and what shows in search and suggested), timestamped chapters, naturally placed keywords, links, and a clear call to action. Covers long-form
Open skill - /yt-hook-scripter
Script the spoken opening that decides retention: the first 30 seconds of a long-form YouTube video or the first 3 seconds of a YouTube Short. Uses 2026 patterns (restate-and-raise, cold-open payoff tease, question-and-contract, and the 3-second frame-one Shorts hook with a
Open skill - /yt-repurposer
Repurpose off-platform content into a native YouTube surface. Take a blog, X thread, LinkedIn post, or newsletter and turn it into a community post or poll, or a video brief (title, spoken hook, description with chapters). Leads with the payoff, converts listicles into chapters,
Open skill