YouTube channel review

What you get

• Headline vs last month
• Top videos table
• Traffic sources and search terms
• 2-3 video ideas with the evidence

Install

claude.ai and Claude Desktop

1. Download the .zip.
2. In Claude, go to Settings, Capabilities, Skills, and upload it.
3. Connect Caybl.ai from the connector directory if you haven’t already.

Claude Code

The skill

This is the full SKILL.md - the same file you download. View raw.

---
name: youtube-channel-review
description: Monthly review of a YouTube channel - how it did against the previous month, top videos by views and watch time, where views come from, what people searched on YouTube to find it, where viewers drop off in the top videos, Shorts vs long-form - ending with what to make next. Use when someone asks how their YouTube channel is doing, for a channel report, or what video to make next. Needs the Caybl.ai connector (youtube_ tools; Search Console optional).
---

# YouTube channel review

Uses the Caybl.ai connector. If its `youtube_` tools aren't available, tell the user to connect YouTube at https://caybl.ai/dashboard and stop. If more than one channel is connected, ask which one (pass it as `channel`).

## 1. Headline

Call `youtube_channel_overview`. Lead the review with one sentence: views and watch time for the last 28 days vs the 28 before, and net subscribers.

## 2. What worked

- `youtube_top_videos` by views and again by watchTime (limit 10). Videos that are high on watch time but not views are under-promoted; high views but low watch time usually means a weak hook or a misleading thumbnail.
- `youtube_performance_report` with `dimension: "creatorContentType"`: Shorts vs long-form, including subscribers gained.

- If the channel is monetized, `youtube_revenue` for the same period: estimated revenue, RPM, and the top earners. Videos with high views but low RPM, or the reverse, are worth calling out. If it says the channel isn't monetized, skip revenue.

## 3. How people find the channel

- `youtube_traffic_sources` (overall split), then with `type: "YT_SEARCH"` for search terms.
- If Search Console is connected, compare the top YouTube search terms with the site's top Google queries. Topics strong on Google but missing on YouTube are video ideas.

## 4. Where viewers leave

`youtube_video_retention` for the top 3 long-form videos. Report the flags in plain words (intro losses, sharp drops) and what they suggest.

## 5. Report

Keep it short:
1. Headline (1-2 sentences)
2. Top videos table (title, views, watch hours, average % watched, and revenue/RPM if monetized)
3. Where views come from, and the top search terms
4. Retention notes
5. **What to make next**: 2-3 concrete video ideas, each tied to evidence above (a search term with demand, a topic that holds attention, a gap vs Google)

Say which date range you used. YouTube Analytics lags 2-3 days, so the period ends 3 days ago.

More YouTube skills

• YouTube to website - Which videos send visitors to your website, whether they convert, and which videos earn their keep.
• YouTube revenue review - What your monetized channel earns, the RPM trend, which videos and countries make the money, and how to earn more.