Skill

YouTube Transcript Extractor

Name: YouTube Transcript Extractor
Author: Qwen

extract YouTube video transcripts

Covers Content Creation Summarization Transcription

Description

Extracts timestamped transcripts from YouTube videos for translation, summarization, and content creation.

Terminal Output: Prints the transcript with [HH:MM:SS] timestamps.
Local File: Writes youtube_transcript_{video_id}.txt in the current working directory.
- Includes the source video URL and the full transcript content.

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install -U pip

python -m pip install youtube-transcript-api

Run from the repository root (recommended for the clearest path):

python skills/youtube-transcript-extractor/scripts/get_youtube_transcript.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDSAMqip6ms"

The transcript will be saved to youtube_transcript_{video_id}.txt in the current working directory.

Output youtube_transcript_{video_id}.md. Note: Ensure the content is not altered or truncated.

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