youtube-research-video-topic

# YouTube Video Topic Research

## Overview

This skill conducts pure research for YouTube video topics. Execute all steps to produce actionable insights that identify content gaps and analyze competitors. This skill focuses ONLY on research - it does not generate titles, thumbnails, or hooks.

**Core Principle**: Focus on insights and big levers, not data dumping. Research should be comprehensive yet concise, backed by data, and designed to inform strategic decisions.

## When to Use

Use this skill when:
- You need to research a video topic before planning production
- The user asks to research a video idea or topic
- You want to understand the competitive landscape
- You need to identify content gaps and opportunities

## Youtube Researcher Subagents

You have access to youtube research subagents that can be used to conduct specific, focused research tasks. Youtube Researchers have access to all of the youtube analytics tools.

### Subagent Usage

Youtube Researchers can be invoked using the `Task` tool. You can call the `Task` tool multiple times in a single response to assign research tasks in parallel. This greatly improves performance. All research findings will be reported back to you for synthesis.

Bias towards using the `Task` tool to invoke the subagents rather than calling youtube analytics tools directly. Each `Task` prompt should be focused and specific, with a clear objective.

## Research Workflow

Execute all steps below to complete the research.

### Step 0: Create Research.md

Create a new research file for the video idea under `./youtube/episode/[episode]/`. If the user is organizing their videos into a series, include the episode number in the folder name. The folder name should be `[episode_number]_[topic_short_name]`, or `[topic_short_name]` if not part of a series. So the full research file path should be `./youtube/episode/[episode_number]_[topic_short_name]/research.md`.

All research **MUST** be written to this file.

If the file already