youtube-video-evaluatorlisted
Install: claude install-skill ErickRamirezAU/claude-skills
# YouTube Idea Evaluator
Takes video candidates (usually from `youtube-idea-finder`) and produces an
actionable diagnostic report per video: what its thumbnail and editing
actually look like and why, what topics/tech/format it covers, and a
concrete "replicate this, fix that, do this for your own calendar" brief.
This skill does not search YouTube or apply any pass/fail filter — every
candidate handed to it gets a full write-up. The point isn't to find gaps to
exploit, it's to reverse-engineer what worked (and what didn't) well enough
to turn it into a content calendar entry.
**Do not modify `youtube-idea-finder`.** It stays a standalone skill. This
skill only consumes its output (or a manually supplied list of video IDs/URLs).
## Inputs
- A JSON output file from `youtube_idea_finder.py` (has a `candidates` array
with `video_id` per entry), or
- A plain list of YouTube video IDs or URLs the user pastes in directly
If the user hasn't run the finder yet and asks for both in one request, run
the finder first, show its table, then feed its candidates into this skill.
The finder needs a search term/niche to run — if the user hasn't given one
(e.g. they just said "find me some video ideas and evaluate them"), ask for
it before invoking the finder. Don't guess a query on their behalf.
If a `--finder-json` file is supplied instead (e.g. from an earlier
session, or handed off without restating the query in this conversation),
read the search term for the output filename direc