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Fetch YouTube video transcripts, subtitles, and generate summaries. Use when the user wants to extract text from a YouTube video, download subtitles (similar...
--- 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. --- # 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.