RonanCodes/yt-transcript
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Extract transcript from a YouTube video as clean readable text. Use when user shares a youtube.com or youtu.be link and wants the transcript, content summary, or to read what was said.
$ install --global
skillsauthnpx skillsauth add RonanCodes/llm-wiki yt-transcriptInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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SKILL.md
- name:
- yt-transcript
- description:
- Extract transcript from a YouTube video as clean readable text. Use when user shares a youtube.com or youtu.be link and wants the transcript, content summary, or to read what was said.
- argument-hint:
- <youtube-url>
- disable-model-invocation:
- true
- allowed-tools:
- Bash(yt-dlp *) Bash(cat *) Bash(sed *) Read
YouTube Transcript Extractor
Extract auto-generated or manual subtitles from YouTube videos as clean text.
Usage
/yt-transcript https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123
Steps
-
Extract video ID from
$ARGUMENTS:youtube.com/watch?v={id},youtu.be/{id},youtube.com/live/{id}
-
Download subtitles with yt-dlp:
yt-dlp --write-auto-sub --sub-lang en --skip-download --sub-format srt \
-o '/tmp/yt-transcript-{id}' '$ARGUMENTS'
- Clean the SRT into readable text:
sed '/^[0-9]*$/d; /^$/d; /-->/d' '/tmp/yt-transcript-{id}.en.srt' \
| awk '!seen[$0]++' \
> '/tmp/yt-transcript-{id}.txt'
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Read and display the cleaned transcript.
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If the user wants a summary, provide one. Otherwise display the full transcript.
Troubleshooting
- No subtitles available: Some videos have no auto-generated or manual captions. Try
--sub-lang en,en-USor list available:yt-dlp --list-subs --skip-download {url} - yt-dlp version warnings: Ignore version warnings, subtitles still download
- JS challenge errors: These affect video download, not subtitle extraction — subtitles still work
Notes
- yt-dlp is required (
brew install yt-dlporpip install yt-dlp) - Auto-generated subtitles have no punctuation — the transcript will be rough but readable
- For videos without English subs, try other language codes
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