Watch Videos

Goal

Reality-check YouTube videos with structured skeptical analysis: what claims are made, which are verified, hype vs. substance scoring, and cataloging as reviews.

Use Cases

—Analyze a specific YouTube video you found for accuracy and hype levels
—Search YouTube by topic and select multiple videos to review in batch
—Build a catalog of video reviews with verified vs. unverified claims tracking

Prerequisites

•Authenticated CLI (radar login)
•At least one research engine configured
•Write access via your Radar token

Commands

radar watch <youtube-url>

Reality-check a single YouTube video. Analyzes transcript, extracts claims, verifies against primary sources, scores hype level, and publishes the review.

radar videos <topic>

Search YouTube by topic without an API key, browse results, and select multiple videos (comma-separated) to review in batch.

Example Session

$ radar videos "cursor skills"

Searching YouTube for "cursor skills"…

1. Building Cursor Skills in 10 Minutes
   1.2M views · 12:34
   https://youtube.com/watch?v=example1

2. Advanced Cursor Agent Workflows
   450K views · 18:22
   ...

Add which? e.g. 1,3 (comma-separated), or q to skip: 1

Adding Building Cursor Skills in 10 Minutes

Research engine: Codex CLI
  ⚙ Fetch transcript
  ⚙ Extract and verify claims
  ⚙ Judge/editor review
  ⚙ Publish to shared catalog

✓ Added to the shared catalog.

Hype score: 6.2/10 — Some promotional language, core techniques verified