What breaks without openclaw youtube watcher skill

Missed channel uploads. Manual transcript hunting. Research pipelines with no content feed.

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Automated upload alerts and transcript extraction × 250-star watcher skill ÷ 10–15 minutes ÷ YouTube Data API quota = content pipelines that fill themselves.

openclaw youtube watcher skill — what it actually does

Monitors YouTube channels for new uploads and sends alerts immediately.

Extracts video transcripts for research digests and newsletter pipelines.

Runs /youtube watch <channel_id> to subscribe to any channel.

Respects the 10,000-unit free-tier quota with one unit per channel check.

Security check — openclaw youtube watcher skill

Privacy score: 7/10 — accesses connected platform APIs only. Lock it: review OAuth scopes before install, confirm macOS, Linux; OpenClaw ≥1.0 compatibility.

Quick start — openclaw youtube watcher skill in 10–15 minutes

Setup time: 10–15 minutes

You need:

OpenClaw core
YouTube Data API v3 key

Install the package:

# Install via ClawhHub
clawhub install michaelgathara/youtube-watcher

Get a YouTube Data API key at console.cloud.google.com

Set YOUTUBE_API_KEY in .env

Install the skill

Run /youtube watch <channel_id> to subscribe to a channel

Troubleshooting openclaw youtube watcher skill

1. Free tier quota is 10,000 units/day — each channel check costs ~1 unit

2. Transcripts require the video to have auto-generated or uploaded captions

Compatibility & status

Works with: macOS, Linux; OpenClaw ≥1.0 beginner Last updated: Nov 2025 ★ 250 on GitHub MIT

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