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YouTube Summary - Auto Video Summarizer

by @potatosolo

Automatically fetch YouTube video subtitles and generate concise summaries. Use when you need to summarize a YouTube video, get key points from a talk, or ex...

Versionv1.0.0
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TERMINAL
clawhub install youtube-video-summary

πŸ“– About This Skill

name: youtube-summary description: Automatically fetch YouTube video subtitles and generate concise summaries. Use when you need to summarize a YouTube video, get key points from a talk, or extract main ideas from long videos without watching. Supports different summary lengths and multiple languages.

YouTube Summary

Automatically get subtitles from any public YouTube video and generate a clean, structured summary with key points. Saves hours of watching long videos when you just need the main ideas.

Core Capabilities

1. Get full subtitles from any public YouTube video

  • Works with videos that have auto-generated captions
  • Supports multiple languages
  • Outputs clean formatted text

    • 2. Generate concise summaries

  • Extracts all key points and main arguments
  • Adjusts summary length based on your needs (short/medium/detailed)
  • Structures output with bullet points for easy reading

    • 3. Export results

  • Save summary as markdown or text file
  • Copy-paste ready for note-taking

    • Quick Start

    Given a YouTube URL:

    1. Extract video ID from the URL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ β†’ ID: dQw4w9WgXcQ - https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ β†’ ID: dQw4w9WgXcQ

    2. Fetch subtitles using the Python script: 

       from scripts.youtube_subtitles import get_youtube_subtitles
   subtitles = get_youtube_subtitles(video_id)

    3. Generate summary with the AI model using the subtitle text

    4. Format and present the result with: - Video title and link - Executive summary (1-paragraph overview) - Key points (bulleted list) - Detailed notes (optional)

    Usage Examples

    Example request: "Summarize this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyz"

    Expected output: 

    # Video Summary: [Title]
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyz
    Executive Summary
    
One paragraph overview of the entire video's main message.
    Key Points
    

  • Point 1: Main argument or finding
    • 

  • Point 2: Second important topic
    • 

  • Point 3: Key takeaway
    • 

  • ...
    • Detailed Notes (optional for longer videos)
    
More detailed breakdown...

    Language Support

  • The script automatically gets the available subtitle tracks
  • Default to first available track (usually the video's original language)
  • Can specify preferred language (e.g., "summarize in English" or "summarize in Chinese")

    • Scripts

    scripts/youtube_subtitles.py

    Python utility to fetch subtitles from YouTube using youtube-transcript-api.

    Usage: 

    python scripts/youtube_subtitles.py  [language-code]

    Requirements: 

    pip install youtube-transcript-api

    scripts/summarize.py

    Helper script to format subtitles for summarization.

    When to use this skill

    βœ… Use when:

  • You want the main ideas from a long YouTube video without watching
  • You need to take notes from a lecture or talk
  • You want to share key points from a video with others
  • You're doing research and need to process multiple videos quickly

    • ❌ Don't use when:

  • The video is private and has no public captions
  • The video has no captions/subtitles at all
  • You need a full word-for-word transcription (this skill focuses on summarization)

    • πŸ’‘ Examples

    Given a YouTube URL:

    1. Extract video ID from the URL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ β†’ ID: dQw4w9WgXcQ - https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ β†’ ID: dQw4w9WgXcQ

    2. Fetch subtitles using the Python script: 

       from scripts.youtube_subtitles import get_youtube_subtitles
   subtitles = get_youtube_subtitles(video_id)

    3. Generate summary with the AI model using the subtitle text

    4. Format and present the result with: - Video title and link - Executive summary (1-paragraph overview) - Key points (bulleted list) - Detailed notes (optional)