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Yt Assemblyai Monitor

by @azazlf09

YouTube channel monitor and video transcription using AssemblyAI cloud API. Pure Python + requests only — no ffmpeg, no Whisper, no extra tools needed. Monit...

Versionv1.0.1
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clawhub install yt-assemblyai-monitor

📖 About This Skill

name: yt-assemblyai-monitor description: > YouTube channel monitor and video transcription using AssemblyAI cloud API. Pure Python + requests only — no ffmpeg, no Whisper, no extra tools needed. Monitors YouTube channels for new videos, extracts audio URLs via innertube API, submits to AssemblyAI for cloud transcription, and returns text + AI summary. Works on Mac, Linux, Windows. Only dependency: requests (usually pre-installed). Use when: user asks to monitor YouTube channels, transcribe YouTube videos, summarize video content, or set up YouTube content monitoring.

YouTube Channel Monitor (AssemblyAI)

Monitor YouTube channels and auto-transcribe new videos using AssemblyAI cloud API. Zero local dependencies beyond requests.

Prerequisites

1. AssemblyAI account: https://www.assemblyai.com/app/signup (free, 100 hours/month) 2. API Key: from Dashboard 3. requests library (usually pre-installed with OpenClaw/Python)

Setup API Key

Choose one:

# Option A: environment variable
export ASSEMBLYAI_API_KEY="your-key"
Option B: config file

echo '{"api_key": "your-key"}' > data/config.json

How It Works

Channel page → innertube API → audio direct URL → AssemblyAI cloud → text + summary

No local audio download, no Whisper, no ffmpeg. AssemblyAI handles everything server-side.

Commands

# Transcribe a single video
python3 scripts/monitor.py now "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"
Add a channel to monitor

python3 scripts/monitor.py add "https://www.youtube.com/@ChannelName/videos" "Alias"
Check all channels for new videos + transcribe

python3 scripts/monitor.py check [count_per_channel]
List channels

python3 scripts/monitor.py list
Remove channel

python3 scripts/monitor.py remove "Alias"

Important Notes

  • Audio URL extraction uses YouTube's innertube API (pure requests).
  • Works on normal residential IPs. Datacenter IPs may get blocked by YouTube.
  • If audio URL extraction fails with UNPLAYABLE, the IP may be flagged — this is a YouTube limitation, not a bug.
  • Free tier: 100 hours/month of transcription.
  • Transcription takes ~70-80% of video duration.
  • Results saved to data/summaries/{video_id}.json.

    • Output Format

    Each result includes:

  • text: full transcription
  • summary: AI-generated paragraph summary
  • confidence: transcription confidence score
  • utterances: timestamped segments with speaker labels

    • Files

    | Path | Purpose | |------|---------| | data/channels.json | monitored channels | | data/processed.json | already-transcribed video IDs | | data/summaries/*.json | transcription results | | data/config.json | API key (optional) |

    ⚙️ Configuration

    1. AssemblyAI account: https://www.assemblyai.com/app/signup (free, 100 hours/month) 2. API Key: from Dashboard 3. requests library (usually pre-installed with OpenClaw/Python)