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Coding agents: install the skill

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1. Install the skill
2. Set your API key
3. Ask
What the agent does
Credits
Update or remove
Skill or MCP?

Let Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another coding agent make images, videos, music and voice with you.bot. Install the you.bot skill once, put your API key in an environment variable, then ask in plain words.

1. Install the skill

Run this once on each computer. It needs Node.js.

bash

npx skills add https://you.bot

The installer finds the coding agents on your computer and adds the youbot-media skill to the ones you pick. Running the same command again later brings it up to date.

2. Set your API key

Create a key in Dashboard → API Keys, then set it as YOUBOT_API_KEY in the terminal you start your agent from:

bash

export YOUBOT_API_KEY=sk-live-…

On Windows, in PowerShell — the first line covers the window you are in, the second every window you open after it:

powershell

$env:YOUBOT_API_KEY = "sk-live-…"
setx YOUBOT_API_KEY "sk-live-…"

Keep the key in the environment. Do not paste it into the chat or save it in your project files.

3. Ask

Start your agent from that terminal and say what you want. Mention you.bot so the agent reaches for the skill. If you do not name a model, your agent uses GPT Image 2.5 for images and Seedance 2.5 for video. Name any model from the Market to use it instead.

You want	Ask
An image	Make a 1:1 poster of a lighthouse in a storm with you.bot and save it to ./output.
A video	Use you.bot to make a 5-second video of waves at sunrise.
A song	Create a 2-minute lo-fi track with you.bot and save it in ./music.
A voice-over	Turn script.txt into a calm male voice-over with you.bot.
A feature in your app	Add an endpoint to my app that turns a prompt into an image with you.bot.

What the agent does

Step	What happens
Pick	Uses the model you named, or the default for the job. Other models come from the live list at /llms.txt.
Read	Opens that model's reference page for its parameters, allowed values and price.
Upload	Hosts any local input file through /api/v1/files/upload.
Run	Creates the task with POST /api/v1/generate and checks it until it is done.
Save	Downloads the result into your folder and tells you where it is.

Credits

Every task is charged from your credit balance at the same price as the Playground and the API. Failed tasks are refunded automatically.
The skill uses your API key, so that key's spending limits and IP allowlist apply. Give your agent its own key if you want a separate limit for it.
The skill tells your agent to ask you before a costly job, such as a long or high-resolution video.

Update or remove

The skill on your computer does not change by itself when we update it. Once per session your agent compares its copy with the current one on you.bot. If ours is newer, the agent follows the new version for that session and asks you to update:

bash

npx skills update youbot-media

It only downloads when the skill has changed, so it is safe to run anytime. To remove the skill:

bash

npx skills remove youbot-media

Skill or MCP?

	Skill	MCP connector
Best for	Coding agents in a terminal or editor: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others	Chat apps: claude.ai and Claude Desktop (also Cursor and VS Code)
Sign-in	Your API key in `YOUBOT_API_KEY`	Click Allow in your browser — no key to copy
Results	Saved as files in your project	Links in the chat
Setup	One command and one environment variable	Add a connector, sign in, click Allow
Updates	Your agent tells you when a newer skill is out — `npx skills update youbot-media` installs it	Automatic — nothing to update

Both spend the same credits at the same prices. See AI agents → Connect Claude, Cursor & VS Code for the connector.

The skill covers image, video and audio models. For chat models, call the API directly.

Quickstart Connect Claude, Cursor & VS Code