Youtube Transcript
Extracts transcripts from YouTube videos, providing searchable text and boosting accessibility for content creators & viewers.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add youtube-transcript npx -- -y @trustedskills/youtube-transcript
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/youtube-transcript"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
The youtube-transcript skill enables AI agents to extract and process transcripts from YouTube videos. It supports retrieving subtitles in multiple languages, handling both auto-generated and manually uploaded captions, and can also summarize or analyze the transcript content for key points.
When to use it
- To gather insights from educational or informational YouTube videos without watching them.
- For creating summaries or study notes based on video content.
- When translating video content into another language using the extracted transcript.
- To analyze speech patterns, sentiment, or recurring themes in a video’s dialogue.
Key capabilities
- Extracts subtitles from YouTube videos
- Supports multiple languages for captions
- Can summarize transcripts
- Handles both auto-generated and manually uploaded captions
Example prompts
- "Extract the transcript from this YouTube video link."
- "Summarize the key points of the YouTube video transcript."
- "Translate the YouTube video transcript into Spanish."
Tips & gotchas
- Ensure that the video has available subtitles; otherwise, the skill may not return useful data.
- Some videos may have incomplete or inaccurate captions, which can affect the quality of extracted transcripts.
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