YouTube Transcript & Summary

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name: ytb-transcript description: Fetch YouTube video transcripts, subtitles, and generate summaries. Use when the user wants to extract text from a YouTube video, download subtitles (similar to downsub.com), get timestamped transcripts, or get AI-generated summaries of video content. Supports raw transcript extraction, timestamped subtitles, and structured key point summaries. Ideal for research, academic study, lecture note-taking, content analysis, or processing long videos without watching them.

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YTB Transcript

Overview

This skill fetches transcripts and subtitles from YouTube videos and can generate intelligent summaries.

Use this skill for:

Extracting text content from YouTube videos

Downloading subtitles (downsub.com style)

Getting timestamped transcripts

Generating summaries of video content

How to Use

Provide a YouTube URL or video ID. The skill will:

1. Extract the video ID from the URL 2. Attempt to fetch the transcript using available services 3. If requested, generate a summary of the content 4. Return clean, usable output

Examples

Get transcript:

"Get the transcript from https://youtu.be/xxxxxx"

"Extract subtitles from this video: [url]"

Get summary:

"Summarize this YouTube video: [url]"

"What are the key points from this lecture?"

Combined request:

"Get the transcript and summarize this video: [url]"

Available Functions

Transcript Fetching

Returns full transcript text

Can include timestamps when available

Supports multiple languages (prioritizes Chinese/English)

Summarization

Generates concise or detailed summaries

Can focus on key arguments, technical content, or main ideas

Adjustable summary length

Notes

Works best with videos that have subtitles (auto-generated or uploaded)

For videos without subtitles, it may fall back to metadata-based summarization

Long videos may take longer to process

Output is clean markdown/text suitable for research or note-taking

Resources

See references/methods.md for implementation details and supported services. See scripts/fetch.py for the core fetching logic.

Get transcript:

"Get the transcript from https://youtu.be/xxxxxx"

"Extract subtitles from this video: [url]"

Get summary:

"Summarize this YouTube video: [url]"

"What are the key points from this lecture?"

Combined request:

"Get the transcript and summarize this video: [url]"

Works best with videos that have subtitles (auto-generated or uploaded)

For videos without subtitles, it may fall back to metadata-based summarization

Long videos may take longer to process

Output is clean markdown/text suitable for research or note-taking