What do I need to use YouTube Script?

Topic / the idea; Audience; Target runtime; Creator voice.

Is YouTube Script free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

YouTube Script

Q: How do I know the YouTube Script output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: The cold open pays off within ~30s and opens a loop; no throat-clearing intro; The best value lands before the ~2-minute drop-off, not saved for the end; Every segment ends by opening the next (a visible chain of open loops); A pattern interrupt / re-hook sits at each cliff (~0:30, ~2:00, midpoint).

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-07-23 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-creator

Write a long-form video script for YouTube — an explainer, tutorial, video essay, review, or talking-head — built on the packaging→cold-open→value-stack→retention structure that holds watch-time past the drop-off cliffs. Use when asked to script a YouTube video, write a long-form or explainer/tutorial video script, outline a video essay, or turn a blog post/talk into a video. Produces title + thumbnail concepts, a timed cold open, a segmented body with retention devices and B-roll cues, integrated CTAs, an outro/end-screen, and a description with chapter timestamps. Distinct from [[short-form-script]] (15–60s vertical).

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft View SKILL.md ↗

What to give it

▸Topic / the idea — (or a source: blog post, transcript, docs) and the one promise the video delivers

▸Audience — and their level (complete beginner → practitioner)

▸Target runtime — ~5 / ~10 / ~20 min) and format (explainer, tutorial, video essay, review, talking-head/vlog

▸Creator voice — or pull from a [[creator-brand-kit]]) and the primary CTA (subscribe, a lead magnet, a product, the next video

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓The cold open pays off within ~30s and opens a loop; no throat-clearing intro

✓The best value lands before the ~2-minute drop-off, not saved for the end

✓Every segment ends by opening the next (a visible chain of open loops)

✓A pattern interrupt / re-hook sits at each cliff (~0:30, ~2:00, midpoint)

✓Title and thumbnail combine (don't repeat) and match the promise the script keeps

✓One primary CTA at the goodwill peak; the early ask follows real value

✓Chapter timestamps match the segments; spoken word count fits the runtime

⚠️ What it refuses to do

A slow intro before the hook ("Hey guys, welcome back to the channel, so today…")

Saving all the value for the end so the first two minutes are setup

A wall of narration with no B-roll, graphics, or visual cues — it's a *video* script, not an essay

Clickbait packaging the script never pays off (kills trust and session time)

Asking to subscribe before delivering any value

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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🔌 Embed this skill

Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:

<div data-pm-skill="youtube-script"></div>
<script src="https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/embed.js" async></script>

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