Youtube Skills

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, strips off-platform artifacts, publishes via Publora on approval. Not for a fresh community post (use yt-community-post-writer), not for a hook script (use 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 designed loop) to confirm the title's promise, open a loop, and earn the next 30 seconds with no intro. Use to write or fix a video opening. Not for the title (use yt-title-optimizer) or description (use yt-description-writer).

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 long-form, and long-form as the loyalty and watch-time engine. Use to plan a week or a content calendar instead of shipping ad hoc. Not for writing a single title, description, or hook (use the dedicated yt skills).

Turn a YouTube video idea into a designer-ready thumbnail brief: focal subject, face and emotion, a text overlay of 4 words or fewer that the title does not repeat, contrast and composition, and 2 to 3 A/B concepts for Test and Compare. Built on 2026 principles (one focal point, legible at 120 pixels, complements the title). Outputs the brief plus the Publora attach step (the image upload itself is out of band). Use to plan a thumbnail. Not for title words (use yt-title-optimizer).

Write high-CTR YouTube and YouTube Shorts titles under 100 characters using 2026 packaging formulas (curiosity-gap, number, how-I outcome, mistake/loss, transformation, versus). Balances curiosity with a real keyword, front-loads the click-deciding words for the 60-char mobile cutoff, and returns 3 to 5 A/B variants tagged by goal for Test and Compare. Use to title or rework a video. Not for the description (use yt-description-writer) or the thumbnail overlay (use yt-thumbnail-brief).

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 free official YouTube Data API. Triggers on "who commented on my video", "analyze my comments", "audience insights", "trending on YouTube". Not for writing a community post (use yt-community-post-writer).

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, watermark, links. Triggers on "optimize my YouTube channel", "rewrite my channel about", "fix my banner", "channel audit", "set my trailer". Converts a viewer into a subscriber. Not for writing a video title (use yt-title-optimizer).

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 and YouTube Shorts. Becomes the create-post content that publishes with the video. Use to write or rework a description. Not for the title (use yt-title-optimizer) or the spoken opening (use yt-hook-scripter).

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. Returns a copy-paste block (community posts have no publishing API, so this is always manual by design). Use to write a community post or poll. Not for video titles or descriptions (use yt-title-optimizer and yt-description-writer).