# YouTube influencer finder API skill Human Guide

## What This Is For
YouTube Influencer Finder API Skill 📖 Brief This skill provides a one-stop YouTube influencer data extraction service using the BrowserAct YouTube Influencer Finder API template. It gives the agent a clearer input/output frame for YouTube influencer finder API skill: what context to ask for, what decisions to make, and what usable artifact to return.

Use this as a human-readable version of the YouTube influencer finder API skill agent skill. It is meant for marketers, operators, founders, and other non-coders who want the workflow without reading agent-specific implementation instructions.

## When To Use This
- Use this when you need a repeatable process for YouTube influencer finder API skill.
- Use this when the task needs judgment, examples, constraints, or a clear output format rather than a one-off prompt.
- Use this when you want to hand an AI assistant enough context to produce a usable marketing artifact.

## When Not To Use This
- Do not use this when you only need a quick factual answer.
- Do not use this when the work depends on private data you cannot share with the assistant.
- Do not use this as a replacement for legal, compliance, financial, or medical review.

## What You Need Before Starting
- The goal or business outcome you want.
- The audience, customer segment, or market context.
- Any source material the assistant should respect, such as notes, briefs, examples, URLs, or brand guidance.
- Constraints such as tone, length, channel, deadline, region, or approval requirements.
- A clear definition of what a good final answer should look like.

## Step-By-Step Workflow
1. State the job clearly: "Use the YouTube influencer finder API skill guide to help me with..."
2. Add context: audience, goal, offer, channel, source material, and constraints.
3. Ask the assistant to identify missing inputs before producing the final output.
4. Have the assistant follow the skill-specific guidance below.
5. Review the result against the final checklist and ask for revisions where needed.

## Skill-Specific Guidance
- **No hallucinations, ensuring stable and accurate data extraction**: Pre-set workflows avoid generative AI hallucinations.
- **No CAPTCHA issues**: No need to handle reCAPTCHA or other verification challenges.
- **No IP restrictions or geo-blocking**: No need to deal with regional IP limits.
- **Faster execution**: Tasks execute faster compared to purely AI-driven browser automation solutions.
- **Extremely high cost-efficiency**: Significantly reduces data acquisition costs compared to AI solutions that consume massive amounts of tokens.
- **Description**: Search keywords for finding YouTube influencers. Can be any keyword.
- **Example**: `openclaw`, `tech reviewer`, `gaming`
- **Description**: Filter creators by their recent upload date.
- While waiting for the script to return results, please keep an eye on the terminal output.
- As long as the terminal continues to output new status logs, it means the task is running normally. Do not misjudge it as a deadlock or unresponsiveness.
- If the status remains unchanged for a long time or the script stops outputting without returning a result, only then consider triggering the retry mechanism.
- `total_views`: Total channel views

## Decision Points And Nuance
The original skill emphasizes: 📖 Brief, ✨ Features, 🔑 API Key Guide, 🛠️ Input Parameters, 🚀 Invocation Method (Recommended), ⏳ Running Status Monitoring, 📊 Data Output, ⚠️ Error Handling & Retry.

Use these questions to steer the work:
- What is the intended audience or buyer?
- What source material must be preserved?
- What should the assistant optimize for: clarity, persuasion, accuracy, speed, creativity, or conversion?
- What examples represent the desired quality bar?
- What should the assistant avoid?

## Common Mistakes
- **No hallucinations, ensuring stable and accurate data extraction**: Pre-set workflows avoid generative AI hallucinations.
- Before running, you must check the `BROWSERACT_API_KEY` environment variable. If it is not set, do not take other actions first; you should ask and wait for the user to provide it.
- **Agent must inform the user**:
- As long as the terminal continues to output new status logs, it means the task is running normally. Do not misjudge it as a deadlock or unresponsiveness.
- If the output **contains** `"Invalid authorization"`, it means the API Key is invalid or expired. At this point, **do not retry**, but guide the user to recheck and provide the correct API Key.

## Copy-And-Paste Prompt
```text
Use the YouTube influencer finder API skill human guide.

My goal:
[Describe the business outcome]

Audience:
[Describe who this is for]

Context and source material:
[Paste notes, examples, links, or existing copy]

Constraints:
[Tone, length, channel, timeline, must-include items, must-avoid items]

Before producing the final output, ask me for any missing information that would materially improve the result.
```

## Final Checklist
- [ ] The output matches the original goal.
- [ ] The audience and context are reflected in the answer.
- [ ] Important constraints and source material were preserved.
- [ ] The assistant made the relevant decisions explicit.
- [ ] The final artifact is ready to use, review, or hand to the next person.

## Source
This guide was generated from the browser-act/skills skill entry for `youtube-influencer-finder-api-skill`.

## Source Skill Notes
These notes preserve the nuance from the original skill. Use them as supporting reference when the workflow above feels too generic.

# YouTube Influencer Finder API Skill

## 📖 Brief
This skill provides a one-stop YouTube influencer data extraction service using the BrowserAct YouTube Influencer Finder API template. It directly extracts structured creator profile data from YouTube search results, including contact details, social links, and channel statistics. Just input search keywords and an upload date filter to get clean, usable influencer data.

## ✨ Features
1. **No hallucinations, ensuring stable and accurate data extraction**: Pre-set workflows avoid generative AI hallucinations.
2. **No CAPTCHA issues**: No need to handle reCAPTCHA or other verification challenges.
3. **No IP restrictions or geo-blocking**: No need to deal with regional IP limits.
4. **Faster execution**: Tasks execute faster compared to purely AI-driven browser automation solutions.
5. **Extremely high cost-efficiency**: Significantly reduces data acquisition costs compared to AI solutions that consume massive amounts of tokens.

## 🔑 API Key Guide
Before running, you must check the `BROWSERACT_API_KEY` environment variable. If it is not set, do not take other actions first; you should ask and wait for the user to provide it.
**Agent must inform the user**:
> "Since you haven't configured the BrowserAct API Key yet, please go to the [BrowserAct Console](https://www.browseract.com/reception/integrations) to get your Key."

## 🛠️ Input Parameters
When calling the script, the Agent should flexibly configure the following parameters based on user needs:

1. **keywords**
   - **Type**: `string`
   - **Description**: Search keywords for finding YouTube influencers. Can be any keyword.
   - **Example**: `openclaw`, `tech reviewer`, `gaming`
   - **Default**: `openclaw`

2. **Upload_Date**
   - **Type**: `string`
   - **Description**: Filter creators by their recent upload date.
   - **Options**:
     - `Today`
     - `This Week`
     - `This Month`
     - `This Year`
   - **Default**: `This Month`

## 🚀 Invocation Method (Recommended)
The Agent should execute the following independent script to achieve "one command gets results":

```bash
# Example invocation
python -u ./scripts/youtube_influencer_finder_api.py "keywords" "Upload_Date"
```

### ⏳ Running Status Monitoring
Since this task involves automated browser operations, it may take a long time (several minutes). The script will **continuously output status logs with timestamps** while running (e.g., `[14:30:05] Task Status: running`).
**Agent guidelines**:
- While waiting for the script to return results, please keep an eye on the terminal output.
- As long as the terminal continues to output new status logs, it means the task is running normally. Do not misjudge it as a deadlock or unresponsiveness.
- If the status remains unchanged for a long time or the script stops outputting without returning a result, only then consider triggering the retry mechanism.

## 📊 Data Output
After successful execution, the script will parse and print the results directly from the API response. The results include:
- `total_views`: Total channel views
- `video_count`: Total number of videos
- `subscriber_count`: Total subscriber count
- `registration_date`: Channel registration date
- `country`: Creator's country/region
- `youtube_channel`: Direct link to YouTube channel
- `email_action`: Contact email if available
- `link`: All visible social links (Platform: URL format, multiple links separated by line breaks)
- `profile_description`: Channel description and bio
- `profile_name`: Creator's channel name

## ⚠️ Error Handling & Retry
During script execution, if errors occur (such as network fluctuations or task failure), the Agent should follow this logic:

1. **Check the output content**:
   - If the output **contains** `"Invalid authorization"`, it means the API Key is invalid or expired. At this point, **do not retry**, but guide the user to recheck and provide the correct API Key.
   - If the output **does not contain** `"Invalid authorization"` but the task fails (for example, the output starts with `Error:` or returns an empty result), the Agent should **automatically try to run the script once more**.

2. **Retry limit**:
   - Automatic retry is limited to **once**. If the second attempt still fails, stop retrying and report the specific error message to the user.