Track YouTube channels via RSS feeds and notify new uploads to Telegram.
npx skills add https://github.com/wlzh/skills --skill wlzh-youtube-tracker
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: wlzh-youtube-tracker Source: https://github.com/wlzh/skills/tree/main/wlzh-youtube-tracker Command: npx skills add https://github.com/wlzh/skills --skill wlzh-youtube-tracker
Manually checking dozens of YouTube channels for new uploads is tedious and easy to miss. This Skill monitors a list of channels and automatically notifies you on Telegram whenever a tracked channel publishes a new video, without needing a YouTube API key.
notify command sends new-video alerts directly through the Telegram Bot API and only marks videos as seen after a successful send, so failures retry automatically on the next run.systemEvent cron execution with no LLM overhead.notify command via cron, and receive formatted alerts (channel, title, link) automatically.Ask the assistant to add a YouTube channel like @veritasium to the tracker and run a check for new videos.
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Add channels with the add command using a channel URL, @handle, or channel ID, then run the check or notify command to detect new uploads. The script uses YouTube RSS feeds, so no API key is required and there are no quota limits.
Run the notify command, which detects new videos and sends them directly through the Telegram Bot API to a configured chat and topic. Videos are only marked as seen after a successful send, so failed deliveries retry on the next run.
No API key is needed in RSS mode, which is the default and recommended approach. A legacy API mode exists via youtube-tracker.js for users who prefer the official YouTube Data API with their own key.
Yes, all HTTP requests route through a proxy automatically detected from HTTPS_PROXY or HTTP_PROXY environment variables, falling back to a local proxy address. This makes the tracker usable in regions where YouTube is blocked.
Older versions used an LLM-based cron turn that consumed tokens and frequently hit rate limits or timeouts. Version 3.x runs the script directly via systemEvent cron with parallel fetching, completing in about 4-5 seconds with no LLM dependency.
There is no hard limit on tracked channels since RSS feeds have no quota. The deduplication state keeps up to 2000 seen video IDs, which may need increasing if you track many highly active channels.
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