Extracts and converts YouTube video transcripts into clean, readable text files directly within the terminal.
This skill empowers Claude to fetch subtitles and captions from any YouTube video by leveraging yt-dlp and OpenAI's Whisper. It manages the entire workflow—from checking availability and installing dependencies to post-processing VTT files into deduplicated plain text—making it an essential tool for summarizing videos or extracting documentation without leaving the CLI environment.
Key Features
01Automated yt-dlp installation and dependency management
02Priority-based fetching for manual and auto-generated captions
036 GitHub stars
04Whisper AI fallback for videos lacking native subtitles
05VTT-to-Text conversion with intelligent line deduplication
06Sanitized filename generation based on YouTube video titles
Use Cases
01Extracting text content from videos for documentation and blogs
02Analyzing video content using AI without manual transcription
03Summarizing technical video tutorials or conference talks
