diff --git a/bot/scripts/stream-test/README.md b/bot/scripts/stream-test/README.md
index e41dbf5..36b3572 100644
--- a/bot/scripts/stream-test/README.md
+++ b/bot/scripts/stream-test/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@ real browsing session captured from the X display.
 - `scenario.mjs` - the browse scenario (YouTube -> IU live -> 1080p ->
   fullscreen -> Naver -> 나무위키), driven with the human helpers. Connects to a
   Chrome already running with `--remote-debugging-port` (`CDP_PORT`, default
-  9222) on the streamed display.
+  9222) on the streamed display. Captions default OFF, auto-enabling a Korean
+  track when one exists.
+- `ad-skip.mjs` - persistent YouTube ad auto-skipper. Connects over CDP and
+  injects a watcher into every tab (current and future) that clicks "Skip ad"
+  the instant it appears, closes overlay ads, and fast-forwards unskippable ads
+  (seek-to-end + 16x + mute). Run it alongside the broadcast. Reconnects across
+  Chrome restarts.
 
 ## Run
 ```
@@ -30,6 +36,9 @@ bun bot/scripts/stream-test/stream-hold.ts
 
 # Chrome on the streamed display with remote debugging, then:
 node bot/scripts/stream-test/scenario.mjs
+
+# keep YouTube ads auto-skipped for the whole broadcast (separate process):
+node bot/scripts/stream-test/ad-skip.mjs
 ```
 
 Recommended Chrome flags on the streamed display (avoids the "restore pages?"
diff --git a/bot/scripts/stream-test/ad-skip.mjs b/bot/scripts/stream-test/ad-skip.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ff4e71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bot/scripts/stream-test/ad-skip.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Persistent YouTube ad auto-skipper for the broadcast Chrome. Connects over
+// CDP and injects a small watcher into every tab (current and future). The
+// watcher clicks the "Skip ad" button the instant it appears, closes overlay
+// ads, and fast-forwards unskippable ads (seek to end + 16x + mute) so they are
+// gone in ~1s. Self-contained: no extension, no network/hosts changes.
+//
+//   node bot/scripts/stream-test/ad-skip.mjs   (CDP_PORT, default 9222)
+import { chromium } from 'playwright';
+
+const CDP = process.env.CDP_PORT || '9222';
+
+const WATCH = `(() => {
+  if (window.__ytAdSkip) return; window.__ytAdSkip = true;
+  const tick = () => {
+    try {
+      const p = document.getElementById('movie_player');
+      const adShowing = !!(p && p.classList && p.classList.contains('ad-showing'));
+      // 1) click any skip button
+      const skip = document.querySelector(
+        '.ytp-ad-skip-button, .ytp-ad-skip-button-modern, .ytp-skip-ad-button, .ytp-ad-skip-button-container button');
+      if (skip) skip.click();
+      // 2) close overlay/banner ads
+      document.querySelectorAll('.ytp-ad-overlay-close-button, .ytp-ad-overlay-close-container button').forEach((b) => b.click());
+      // 3) fast-forward an unskippable ad
+      const v = document.querySelector('video');
+      if (v) {
+        if (adShowing) {
+          v.muted = true;
+          if (isFinite(v.duration) && v.duration > 0) { try { v.currentTime = v.duration; } catch {} }
+          v.playbackRate = 16;
+        } else if (v.playbackRate > 2) {
+          v.playbackRate = 1; // restore after the ad
+        }
+      }
+    } catch {}
+  };
+  setInterval(tick, 250);
+})();`;
+
+async function arm(page) {
+  try { await page.addInitScript(WATCH); } catch {}        // survives navigations
+  try { await page.evaluate(WATCH); } catch {}             // arm the already-loaded doc
+}
+
+async function session() {
+  const b = await chromium.connectOverCDP(`http://localhost:${CDP}`);
+  const ctx = b.contexts()[0];
+  for (const p of ctx.pages()) await arm(p);
+  ctx.on('page', arm);                                     // new tabs
+  console.log('ad-skip armed on', ctx.pages().length, 'tab(s)');
+  await new Promise((resolve) => b.on('disconnected', resolve)); // until Chrome goes away
+}
+
+// Reconnect across Chrome restarts so the broadcast stays ad-free.
+while (true) {
+  try { await session(); } catch (e) { /* CDP down */ }
+  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 3000));
+}