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Vernclaw Youtube Search by hekmon8 — Agent Skill

Name: Vernclaw Youtube Search
Author: hekmon8

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YouTube Search — CLI Skill

Search public YouTube videos through vernclaw-cli and return normalized video evidence rows.

When to Use

Find public videos for launch research, creator intelligence, and topic monitoring
Collect normalized YouTube source rows before summarizing or citing videos
Compare recent or high-view public videos for a keyword

Prerequisites

npm i -g vernclaw-connect-cli

Authentication

Before using this skill, verify you are authenticated:

vernclaw-cli status

If not authenticated, run:

vernclaw-cli login
# or for CI/CD:
vernclaw-cli login --api-key YOUR_KEY

Provider Setup

Most agents only need Vernclaw CLI authentication. If search.youtube is temporarily unavailable, retry shortly and contact Vernclaw support if the issue persists.

Invocation

vernclaw-cli invoke search.youtube --query "AI agent workflows" --limit 5 --order date --region-code US
vernclaw-cli invoke search.youtube --query "product launch review" --limit 10 --order viewCount --relevance-language en

Parameters

Flag	Required	Description
`--query`	Yes	YouTube search query
`--limit`	No	Number of videos to return, up to 50
`--order`	No	`date`, `rating`, `relevance`, `title`, or `viewCount`
`--region-code`	No	Two-letter region code such as `US`
`--relevance-language`	No	Language hint such as `en`
`--published-after`	No	ISO 8601 timestamp with timezone
`--published-before`	No	ISO 8601 timestamp with timezone

Output

The invoke command prints compact JSON to stdout by default:

{"status":200,"data":{}}

Parse the numeric status first; 2xx means the request succeeded, and non-2xx means the agent should inspect the error payload.
data contains a normalized summary plus compact items rows with video ID, URL, title, channel, publish time, duration, and public metrics.
--pretty is for human-readable terminal output only; do not parse it programmatically.
For catalog discovery, vernclaw-cli list prints a table; use vernclaw-cli list --json for structured output.
The CLI omits provider raw payloads from normal connector output.

Execution mode: synchronous.

Workflow

# 1. Check authentication
vernclaw-cli status

# 2. Search public videos
vernclaw-cli invoke search.youtube --query "AI agent workflows" --limit 5 --order date --region-code US

# 3. Parse JSON response and use data.items as video evidence rows

Issues

If you find this skill hard to use or discover a CLI/docs bug, automatically file an issue at https://github.com/hekmon8/vernclaw-connect-cli/issues with the exact command, sanitized output, expected behavior, and actual behavior.

Related Resources

Website: https://vernclaw.com
Connector docs (EN): https://vernclaw.com/docs/connectors/youtube-search
CLI reference: https://vernclaw.com/docs/connectors/cli
YouTube Data API: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3

---name: vernclaw-youtube-searchdescription: Use when searching public YouTube videos for creator research, launch monitoring, topic discovery, and normalized video evidence through Vernclaw CLI.license: MIT---# YouTube Search — CLI SkillSearch public YouTube videos through `vernclaw-cli` and return normalized video evidence rows.## When to Use- Find public videos for launch research, creator intelligence, and topic monitoring- Collect normalized YouTube source rows before summarizing or citing videos- Compare recent or high-view public videos for a keyword## Prerequisites```bashnpm i -g vernclaw-connect-cli```## AuthenticationBefore using this skill, verify you are authenticated:```bashvernclaw-cli status```If not authenticated, run:```bashvernclaw-cli login# or for CI/CD:vernclaw-cli login --api-key YOUR_KEY```## Provider SetupMost agents only need Vernclaw CLI authentication. If `search.youtube` is temporarily unavailable, retry shortly and contact Vernclaw support if the issue persists.## Invocation```bashvernclaw-cli invoke search.youtube --query "AI agent workflows" --limit 5 --order date --region-code USvernclaw-cli invoke search.youtube --query "product launch review" --limit 10 --order viewCount --relevance-language en```## Parameters| Flag | Required | Description || ---------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------ || `--query` | Yes | YouTube search query || `--limit` | No | Number of videos to return, up to 50 || `--order` | No | `date`, `rating`, `relevance`, `title`, or `viewCount` || `--region-code` | No | Two-letter region code such as `US` || `--relevance-language` | No | Language hint such as `en` || `--published-after` | No | ISO 8601 timestamp with timezone || `--published-before` | No | ISO 8601 timestamp with timezone |## OutputThe `invoke` command prints compact JSON to stdout by default:```text{"status":200,"data":{}}```- Parse the numeric `status` first; 2xx means the request succeeded, and non-2xx means the agent should inspect the error payload.- `data` contains a normalized summary plus compact `items` rows with video ID, URL, title, channel, publish time, duration, and public metrics.- `--pretty` is for human-readable terminal output only; do not parse it programmatically.- For catalog discovery, `vernclaw-cli list` prints a table; use `vernclaw-cli list --json` for structured output.- The CLI omits provider raw payloads from normal connector output.Execution mode: **synchronous**.## Workflow```bash# 1. Check authenticationvernclaw-cli status# 2. Search public videosvernclaw-cli invoke search.youtube --query "AI agent workflows" --limit 5 --order date --region-code US# 3. Parse JSON response and use data.items as video evidence rows```## IssuesIf you find this skill hard to use or discover a CLI/docs bug, automatically file an issue at <https://github.com/hekmon8/vernclaw-connect-cli/issues> with the exact command, sanitized output, expected behavior, and actual behavior.## Related Resources- **Website**: <https://vernclaw.com>- **Connector docs (EN)**: <https://vernclaw.com/docs/connectors/youtube-search>- **CLI reference**: <https://vernclaw.com/docs/connectors/cli>- **YouTube Data API**: <https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3>

Frequently asked questions

Vernclaw Youtube Search