Claude Code, Skill
Youtube Transcript Skills
Get YouTube transcripts, search videos, browse channels, and pull playlists — from any AI agent, with no dashboard visit required to get started.
Compatibility: Not stated.
Grade B
Minor issues only, no Medium or High. Worth a quick look at the findings below before installing.
Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.
Rescanned at commit 8ea4c213075f, unchanged since the check below.
NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST
Why this grade
- NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST Low
Makes a network call whose host is not written as a fixed address.
skills/youtube-transcript/SKILL.md, line 148
curl -s "https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/v1/transcript?v=<VIDEO_ID_OR_URL>&language=en" \
Any High, or two or more Medium findings, give D. One Medium gives C. Low findings or a security Note give B. Each code names a finding behind the letter.
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What was checked
Plain notes from the hygiene checks.
Permissions
Pass
No shell or command execution found, and no extra permission was declared.
Install and update
Pass
No install-time script found, and dependencies are pinned or absent.
Network
Concern
can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address.
NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST
skills/youtube-transcript/SKILL.md, line 148
curl -s "https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/v1/transcript?v=<VIDEO_ID_OR_URL>&language=en" \
skills/youtube-transcript/scripts/check_credits.sh, line 11
curl -s "${API_BASE}/credits" \
skills/youtube-transcript/scripts/fetch_batch.sh, line 17
curl -s -G "${API_BASE}/batch" \
Show more
skills/youtube-transcript/scripts/fetch_channel_latest.sh, line 14
curl -s -G "${API_BASE}/channel/latest" \
skills/youtube-transcript/scripts/fetch_channel_search.sh, line 24
curl -s -G "${API_BASE}/channel/search" \
skills/youtube-transcript/scripts/fetch_channel_search.sh, line 28
curl -s -G "${API_BASE}/channel/search" \
skills/youtube-transcript/scripts/fetch_channel_videos.sh, line 23
curl -s -G "${API_BASE}/channel/videos" \
skills/youtube-transcript/scripts/fetch_channel_videos.sh, line 27
curl -s -G "${API_BASE}/channel/videos" \
skills/youtube-transcript/scripts/fetch_languages.sh, line 15
curl -s -G "${API_BASE}/transcript/languages" \
Secrets
Pass
No read of a credential file or secret environment variable found.
Agent instructions
Pass
No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.
Obfuscation
Pass
No encoded or minified payload found.
Licence
Pass
A licence file is present (LICENSE).
Maintainer activity
Pass
The latest commit is within the last 365 days.
Note
Hygiene check of commit 8ea4c213075f. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address.
Date and source
Date checked:
github.com
Commit graded: 8ea4c213075f0fde59f03653b5ccd37d11bb35cc
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