YouTube Daily Digest: Auto Monitor & Summary 🥥Meow

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name: youtube-summarizer-bot description: A Python bot that monitors YouTube channels via RSS, summarizes new videos using Google Gemini AI (with audio fallback for videos without subtitles), and sends bilingual (Chinese + English) summaries to a Telegram chat daily.

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YouTube 每日视频总结 Telegram 机器人

This skill deploys a YouTube monitoring bot that: 1. Polls configured YouTube channels via RSS feed (no API key needed for this step) 2. Extracts video transcripts using youtube-transcript-api 3. Falls back to audio download via yt-dlp if no subtitles are available 4. Summarizes content using Google Gemini 2.5 Flash (supports both text and audio input natively) 5. Sends a beautifully formatted bilingual (Chinese + English) summary to Telegram

Prerequisites

You need these three secrets configured in your environment:

GEMINI_API_KEY — from Google AI Studio

TG_BOT_TOKEN — from Telegram @BotFather

TG_CHAT_ID — your personal or group Telegram chat ID

File Structure

| File | Purpose | |------|---------| | config.py | All configuration, API keys, and YouTube channel settings | | youtube_monitor.py | RSS polling and local deduplication via db.json | | extractor.py | Transcript fetching or audio download fallback | | ai_summarizer.py | Gemini API integration (text + audio) | | tg_notifier.py | Telegram message delivery with chunking | | main.py | Main entry point with daily 8:00 AM scheduling | | requirements.txt | All Python dependencies |

Setup & Usage

Step 1: Configure channels and secrets

Edit config.py and add your API keys and the YouTube Channel IDs you want to monitor:

YOUTUBE_CHANNELS = {
    "UCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx": "Channel Name Here"
}

Step 2: Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 3: Run

For a one-off immediate check:

python main.py

For long-running background mode (runs daily at 8 AM Izmir time):

nohup python main.py > bot.log 2>&1 &

How to Find a YouTube Channel ID

1. Go to the YouTube channel page 2. Click the channel name, then go to About 3. Click "Share Channel" and copy the link — the ID starts with UC... 4. Or use commentpicker.com/youtube-channel-id.php

Notes

The bot tracks processed videos in db.json so it never sends duplicate summaries

If Gemini API is not configured, the bot will fail gracefully with a clear error message

Long videos with audio fallback may take 1–2 minutes to upload and process

You need these three secrets configured in your environment:

GEMINI_API_KEY — from Google AI Studio

TG_BOT_TOKEN — from Telegram @BotFather

TG_CHAT_ID — your personal or group Telegram chat ID

The bot tracks processed videos in db.json so it never sends duplicate summaries

If Gemini API is not configured, the bot will fail gracefully with a clear error message

Long videos with audio fallback may take 1–2 minutes to upload and process