Learn-skills.dev youtube-outliers

Find viral YouTube videos in your niche for competitive intelligence. Use when user asks to find YouTube outliers, monitor competitors, or track viral videos.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/NeverSight/learn-skills.dev

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/NeverSight/learn-skills.dev "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/data/skills-md/aiagentwithdhruv/skills/youtube-outliers" ~/.claude/skills/neversight-learn-skills-dev-youtube-outliers && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: data/skills-md/aiagentwithdhruv/skills/youtube-outliers/SKILL.md

source content

YouTube Outlier Detection

Goal

Find high-performing videos in your niche for competitive intelligence and content inspiration.

Scripts

```
./scripts/scrape_youtube_outliers.py
```
- Scrape and score outliers
```
./scripts/update_transcripts.py
```
- Fetch transcripts for existing outliers

Usage

# Default run
python3 ./scripts/scrape_youtube_outliers.py

# Custom parameters
python3 ./scripts/scrape_youtube_outliers.py \
  --keywords "AI automation,AI agents" \
  --days 30 \
  --min_score 1.5 \
  --limit 50

How It Works

Searches YouTube for keywords
Calculates outlier score (views / channel average)
Applies recency boost
Fetches transcripts
Generates Claude summaries
Saves to Google Sheet

Output

Google Sheet with:

Outlier Score, Views, Duration
Title, Video Link, Channel
Thumbnail, Summary, Transcript
Publish Date

vs Cross-Niche Outliers

youtube_outliers: Your core niche (daily monitoring)
cross-niche-outliers: Adjacent niches (weekly inspiration)

Environment

APIFY_API_TOKEN=your_token
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_key

Schema

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
`keywords`	string	No	Comma-separated keywords (default: niche keywords)
`days`	integer	No	Lookback period in days (default: 30)
`min_score`	float	No	Minimum outlier score (default: 1.5)
`limit`	integer	No	Max results (default: 50)

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
`sheet_url`	string	Google Sheet with outlier videos

Credentials

Name	Source
`APIFY_API_TOKEN`	.env
`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`	.env

Composable With

Skills that chain well with this one:

title-variants

recreate-thumbnails

cross-niche-outliers

Cost

Apify credits + Claude API