YouTube CLI (yt-cli)

An Agent-Aware Command-Line Interface for interacting with the YouTube API.

Core Features

• Dual-Mode Experience: Built for both human operators (rich TUI) and AI agents (deterministic --json output).
• Headless Auth: Designed to gracefully handle authentication in autonomous environments.
• Mutative Safety: Built-in --dry-run flags for destructive actions.
• Agent Skill: Includes an agentskills.io compliant SKILL.md for seamless discovery by other agents.

Installation

You can install yt-cli directly using Go:

go install github.com/ghchinoy/yt-cli@latest

Getting Started

1. Download your OAuth 2.0 client_secret.json from the Google Cloud Console (Desktop App type).
2. Place it in the XDG configuration directory:

   mkdir -p ~/.config/yt-cli
   cp path/to/your/client_secret.json ~/.config/yt-cli/client_secret.json

3. Run any command to start the initial interactive OAuth flow:

   yt-cli channel info --mine

Agent Usage

This repository includes an Agent Skill that provides instructions on how to use yt-cli.

If you are using Gemini CLI, you can install the skill directly from this repository:

gemini skills install https://github.com/ghchinoy/yt-cli.git --path skills/yt-cli

Once installed, your agent will understand how to list your videos, look up channel information, and securely upload new content! See the skills/yt-cli/SKILL.md file for full instructions.

Prerequisites

• Google Cloud Project
• YouTube Data API v3 enabled (gcloud enable services youtube.googleapis.com)
• YouTube Key and/or OAuth Client ID (preferred)
• A video to upload (optional)

Disclaimer

This is not an official Google project.

Made with ❤️ by Gemini CLI and agentskills.