Play Music from YouTube

What this skill does

Play music on YouTube via browser automation with playwright-cli. Use when the user wants to: (1) play a specific song (e.g. 'play Money Money Money by ABBA') (2) play songs by an artist as a playlist or mix (e.g. 'play Jay Chou's songs') (3) play genre or mood-based music (e.g. 'play relaxing spa music', 'play 60s Chinese oldies') (4) control playback — next, pause, resume, stop, skip ad, change song, close the player. Also handles song/artist name corrections from voice transcription errors.

Play Music from YouTube is part of the Automation & Workflows category — automation and workflow skills that schedule, trigger, and orchestrate tasks. You can install it on its own or alongside other automation & workflows skills from the OpenClaw catalog.

How to install Play Music from YouTube

The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:

1. Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
2. Open the in-app Skills panel.
3. Search for my-play-music-from-yt and click Install.
4. The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.

Install from the command line

If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add Play Music from YouTube with a single command:

openclaw skills add my-play-music-from-yt

This pulls my-play-music-from-yt from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/my-play-music-from-yt/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.

How to use Play Music from YouTube

Once installed, Play Music from YouTube activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.

Turning video into a finished short

Play Music from YouTube works with video. Getting from there to something postable is a separate job: ViralMint — an open-source video pipeline — reframes to vertical, cleans the audio, cuts dead air, burns animated captions, and exports a version sized for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.

It runs as an MCP server, so an OpenClaw agent can drive it from the same chat you already use: ask for a short, and the render comes back finished. See how to connect a video pipeline to your agent.

Manual install (advanced)

If you prefer manual installation:

1. Click the Download .zip button above to grab my-play-music-from-yt-0.0.9.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/my-play-music-from-yt/ (create the directory if it does not exist).
3. Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.

Frequently asked questions

How do I install Play Music from YouTube?

Install Play Music from YouTube in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for my-play-music-from-yt, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add my-play-music-from-yt. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/my-play-music-from-yt/.

Is Play Music from YouTube free?

Yes. Play Music from YouTube is free and open-source, distributed under the Apache-2.0 license through ClawHub. No account or payment is required to download or run it.

What does Play Music from YouTube do?

Play music on YouTube via browser automation with playwright-cli.

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