How to Automate YouTube Videos with Claude Skills: A Step-by-Step Guide

Claude is an AI app made by a company called Anthropic. It works like ChatGPT: you type in normal words, and it replies. You can even write in Hinglish. For YouTube, Claude can do most of the planning and writing work, so you can focus on recording.

Here is what Claude can do, and what it cannot:

• Give you video ideas that people are already watching
• Write what you will say in the video, in your style
• Suggest the video name and the words for your cover picture
• Tell you which parts of your recording to cut
• Write the description, tags and chapters
• Pick the best parts of your video for Shorts
• Shoot the video or speak in it for you
• Edit the video or upload it to YouTube by itself

Think of a new helper in your shop. On the first day, you write down on a card how you want things done: “Greet the customer, show the best items first, give the bill with a smile.” From then on, the helper follows the card every time.

A Claude skill is that card. It is a small saved file (called SKILL.md) with steps for one job, like writing a YouTube script. When you ask for that job, Claude reads the card and follows it.

In this guide we call each skill a “helper”, because each one does one job for you, like a person in your team.

There are two ways to start. If you are not from a computer background, choose Way A. It is very easy.

Way A: start in the Claude app

1. Open Claude. Go to claude.ai, or download the Claude app on your phone or computer, and sign up with your email.
2. Make a Project for your channel. A Project is like a folder that keeps all your chats in one place. Give it your channel’s name.
3. Tell Claude about your channel. Copy the “channel details” box below, fill it in, and paste it in the Project instructions. Now Claude always remembers your channel.
4. Use a helper. Go to the helpers section below, click Copy on any prompt, paste it in a chat and fill in the [BRACKETS].

You are my YouTube helper.
Channel name: [YOUR CHANNEL NAME]
My channel is about: [e.g. easy home cooking / mobile repair tips / study tips]
Who watches: [e.g. housewives, students, small shop owners in India]
My language: [e.g. simple English / Hindi / Hinglish]
My style: [e.g. friendly, simple, a little funny]
Video length: [e.g. 8-10 minutes, and Shorts]
My goal: [e.g. more subscribers / more customers for my business]
Always reply in simple words that are easy to understand.

Way B: set up skills with Claude Code

1. Install Claude Code. It is a version of Claude that runs on your computer. You install it with one command (you need a free tool called Node.js first).
2. Make a skills folder. Each skill gets its own folder inside .claude/skills.
3. Add the skill file. Put a SKILL.md file in the folder: from a skill pack you trust, or your own (template below).
4. Use it. Open Claude Code and type the command, like /yt-script. Or just ask for a script, and Claude will pick the right skill.

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
claude

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/yt-script
cd ~/.claude/skills/yt-script

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force "$HOME\.claude\skills\yt-script"
cd "$HOME\.claude\skills\yt-script"

/yt-script my next video is about "5 AI tools every shop owner should use"

Be careful: skills run on your computer. Only use skills from people you trust, and open the SKILL.md file to read it before you use it.

Each helper does one job. For each one you will see what it does, when to use it, what to give it and what you get back. Click Copy, paste the prompt into Claude and change the words in [BRACKETS] to your own details.

My YouTube channel is about [YOUR TOPIC, e.g. easy home cooking / mobile repair tips / Class 10 maths].
Here are 3 similar channels: [CHANNEL 1], [CHANNEL 2], [CHANNEL 3].

Find their videos that got many more views than their other videos.
For each one, tell me in simple words why people liked it.
Then give me 5 new video ideas for my channel.
Reply in simple English.

Make a YouTube posting plan for the next 4 weeks.

About me:
- My channel is about: [YOUR TOPIC]
- Free time I have each week: [e.g. 5 hours]
- My goal: [e.g. 1,000 subscribers / more customers for my shop]

Give me a simple table: week, day, video idea, and long video or Short.
Keep it easy for my free time. Add one very easy video for busy weeks.

Write a YouTube video script for me.

Topic: [YOUR VIDEO TOPIC]
Who will watch: [e.g. small shop owners / students / housewives]
Video length: [e.g. 8 minutes]
Language: [e.g. simple English / Hinglish]

First give me 5 opening lines for the first 15 seconds that make people keep watching.
Then write the full script with the best one.
Use short, simple sentences that are easy to speak.
At the end, ask viewers to subscribe in a natural way.

Help me with the title and thumbnail for my YouTube video.

My video is about: [1–2 LINES ABOUT YOUR VIDEO]
Who it is for: [WHO]

Give me 5 options. Each option should have:
- a title (short, under 60 letters)
- 2–4 big words to write on the thumbnail
The title and thumbnail words should not repeat each other.
Make people curious, but do not lie. Tell me which option is best.

Here is the text of my YouTube recording with times:

[PASTE TRANSCRIPT]

Tell me which parts I should cut to make the video better.
Look for long pauses, "umm/aaa", mistakes and lines I said twice.
For each part, give the start time, end time and the reason.
At the end, tell me how long the video will be after cutting.

Write the YouTube description and tags for my video.

Title: [VIDEO TITLE]
What the video is about: [SHORT SUMMARY]
My links: [WEBSITE / WHATSAPP NUMBER / INSTAGRAM]

Use the words people would type in YouTube search to find this video.
Write: 2 strong first lines, a short summary, my links, and 10–15 tags.
Keep it natural and easy to read.

Make YouTube chapters from this video text:

[PASTE TRANSCRIPT WITH TIMES]

Rules: start with 0:00, make at least 3 chapters,
each chapter at least 10 seconds long, in time order.
Keep chapter names short (max 5 words).
Give me a list I can paste in my description.

Here is the text of my long YouTube video with times:

[PASTE TRANSCRIPT WITH TIMES]

Find 5 parts that will work as YouTube Shorts (under 60 seconds).
For each part give: start time, end time, a strong first line,
text to show on screen, and a title.
Only pick parts that make sense without the full video.

This is the "audience retention" data of my YouTube video
(the graph that shows where people stopped watching):

[PASTE NUMBERS OR DESCRIBE THE GRAPH]
Video length: [LENGTH]
My script (optional): [PASTE]

Tell me where most people stopped watching and why.
Give me 3 simple changes for my next video so people watch longer.

Here are the latest comments on my YouTube video:

[PASTE COMMENTS]

Here are 3 replies I wrote before, so you know my style: [EXAMPLES]

Sort the comments into: reply first, reply later, skip.
Write short, friendly replies for the first two groups, in my style.
Tell me if any comment needs a careful or private answer.

Please check my YouTube channel and tell me what to improve.

Channel: [CHANNEL LINK or NAME]
My last 10 videos: [TITLE – VIEWS – UPLOAD DATE]
My goal: [e.g. more subscribers / more customers]

Check my titles, thumbnails, how often I post and how my videos start.
Explain the problems in simple words.
Give me the 3 most important things to fix first.

Posting regularly is more important than making a perfect video. This plan works even with a full-time job:

You can turn any prompt you like into a skill. A skill is just a small text file with two parts: a name and a short description at the top (so Claude knows when to use it), and your steps below. Save it as SKILL.md in its own folder.

---
name: yt-script
description: Write a YouTube video script from a simple idea, with opening line options and a full script. Use when the user asks for a video script or an opening line.
---

# YouTube script writer

1. If missing, ask for: topic, who will watch, video length and language.
2. Write 5 opening lines for the first 15 seconds. Score each out of 10.
3. Write the full script with the best opening line:
   - short, simple sentences that are easy to speak
   - a question, story or example every 1-2 minutes, so people keep watching
   - notes in [brackets] for what to show on screen
4. End by asking viewers to subscribe or comment.
5. Use simple words. No difficult English.

• In the description, write when to use it: “Use when the user asks for…”
• Make one skill for one job. Make more skills for other jobs
• Add one of your best scripts as an example, so Claude copies your style
• Try it on a real video and keep improving the steps

• If your video has a realistic AI voice or fake real-looking scenes, tick the AI label in YouTube Studio
• Using AI for scripts, titles and descriptions does not need any label
• Add something of your own: your opinion, experience or a live demo
• Check numbers, prices and facts before you say them in the video
• Never copy another creator’s script or thumbnail. Learn from them, don’t copy them
• Always read everything once yourself before you publish

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