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youtube-transcript

Marketing, research and training teams that need the text of a video for notes, summaries or reuse in other content.

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npx degit michalparkola/tapestry-skills/youtube-transcript ~/.claude/skills/youtube-transcript
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What it does

A Claude Code skill that downloads the transcript of a YouTube video with yt-dlp. It lists the available subtitles, tries manual captions first, then auto-generated ones, and can use Whisper transcription only if you confirm. It can also clean the subtitle format into plain text and prepare a summary.

Use cases

  1. 01Get the transcript of a webinar recording
  2. 02Turn a YouTube talk into plain text notes
  3. 03Prepare a summary of a competitor video
  4. 04Pull quotes from a video for an article

Questions about
youtube-transcript.

What is youtube-transcript used for?

Marketing, research and training teams that need the text of a video for notes, summaries or reuse in other content. A Claude Code skill that downloads the transcript of a YouTube video with yt-dlp. It lists the available subtitles, tries manual captions first, then auto-generated ones, and can use Whisper transcription only if you confirm. It can also clean the subtitle format into plain text and prepare a summary.

How do I install youtube-transcript?

Run this in your terminal: npx degit michalparkola/tapestry-skills/youtube-transcript ~/.claude/skills/youtube-transcript

Is youtube-transcript open source?

Yes. The code is on GitHub (michalparkola/tapestry-skills) under the MIT licence.

Is youtube-transcript safe to use?

It passed our automatic scan for credential theft, hidden instructions and risky install commands. Third party open source software. Sabemos AI does not maintain it. Check the code and permissions before you connect it to company data.