JakeschincariolInstall Yt Edit
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npx skills add Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill --skill yt-editThe open skills CLI detects your agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ more) and installs to the right folder. Add -g to install globally.
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Install it
Run the command above, or upload the folder in Claude.
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Ask naturally
Describe the task. Your agent loads yt-edit when the request matches its description.
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Name it if needed
If it does not trigger, say “use the yt-edit skill”. In Codex, type $yt-edit.
yt-edit
An edit decision list from a timestamped transcript. It prints the cuts. You apply them.
python3 deadair.py transcript.srt # srt, vtt or whisper json
python3 deadair.py transcript.srt --floor 0.35 --json
No transcript yet? Ask for one, or produce one first - whisper, faster-whisper, or the caption
track YouTube generates on an unlisted upload all work. Do not guess at timings.
What it finds
- DEAD - gaps longer than the floor, trimmed from the MIDDLE so both sides keep a breath. Cutting flush against speech is what makes a tightened take sound gasping.
- FILLER - cues that are nothing but "um", "so yeah", "basically".
- REPEAT - a sentence restarted. Compared against the last cue that was actually speech, not the literal previous cue, because most retakes have an "um" between the two attempts.
What it will not do
It does not touch media. It has no opinion about your B-roll. A 40% cut on the report is a 40% cut of SPEECH, and if the video has a long silent demo in it that number is wrong - check the report against the footage before you trust the runtime at the bottom.
The gate
Nothing here publishes. This skill writes and you publish. Every output ends in a block the user copies, and the last line of every run is the question: ship it, or change it?
Tips for Yt Edit
- • Start a fresh session after installing so your agent picks up the new skill.
- • This skill ships scripts. Read them before the first run, and run it in a project without secrets first.
- • It is part of a pack with 11 skills. Install only the ones you need with --skill to keep triggers precise.
- • If two skills overlap, mention the one you want by name.
Questions about Yt Edit
What does the Yt Edit skill do?
Turn a raw recording's transcript into an edit decision list - dead air, filler cues and retakes, with timecodes. Use for "edit this", "cut the dead space", "tighten this video", "I rambled", or any request to shorten footage from a transcript.
How do I install Yt Edit?
Run "npx skills add Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill --skill yt-edit" in your project. The skills CLI installs it for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ other agents. In Claude on the web, upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Customize > Skills.
Does Yt Edit work in Cursor and Codex?
Yes. Yt Edit uses the open SKILL.md format, so it works in Claude Code, Claude, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and other agents that support agent skills.
Is Yt Edit free?
Yt Edit is open source on GitHub under the MIT license. It is free to install; check the license before commercial use.
Who made Yt Edit?
Yt Edit is published by Jakeschincariol in the Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill repository, together with 10 other skills.
