alexeygrigorev/fetch-youtube
skills/fetch-youtube/SKILL.md
Fetch YouTube video transcripts. Use when the user asks to get a YouTube video transcript, subtitles, or captions, or wants to analyze/summarize a YouTube video.
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SKILL.md
- name:
- fetch-youtube
- description:
- Fetch YouTube video transcripts. Use when the user asks to get a YouTube video transcript, subtitles, or captions, or wants to analyze/summarize a YouTube video.
- allowed-tools:
- Bash(uv run *)
- argument-hint:
- [video-url-or-id]
Fetch YouTube Transcript
Fetch the transcript/subtitles of a YouTube video and return it as timestamped text.
Fetching a playlist
To get all video IDs and titles from a playlist:
python3 ~/.claude/skills/fetch-youtube/playlist.py <playlist-id-or-url>
Example:
python3 ~/.claude/skills/fetch-youtube/playlist.py PL3MmuxUbc_hIB4fSqLy_0AfTjVLpgjV3R
Output (tab-separated: video ID and title):
FgnelhEJFj0 LLM Zoomcamp 2025 Launch Stream
Q75JgLEXMsM LLM Zoomcamp 1.1 – Einführung in LLM und RAG
...
Note: this only fetches the first page of results (typically the first ~100 videos). For longer playlists with pagination, the script would need to be extended.
Fetching a single video transcript
Requirements
Ensure youtube-transcript-api is installed:
pip install youtube-transcript-api
Alternative - No installation required (using uv):
uv run --with youtube-transcript-api python ~/.claude/skills/fetch-youtube/youtube.py <video-id-or-url>
Usage
Run the fetch script with a YouTube video ID or URL:
uv run --with youtube-transcript-api --with python-dotenv ~/.claude/skills/fetch-youtube/youtube.py <video-id-or-url>
The script accepts either:
- A video ID:
dQw4w9WgXcQ - A full URL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ - A short URL:
https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
Proxy support (if YouTube blocks your IP)
The script automatically loads Oxylabs proxy credentials from ~/.config/youtube/.env if present. If the direct request fails, the retry will use the proxy. No extra flags needed - just run the same command above.
The .env file should contain:
OXYLABS_USER=...
OXYLABS_ENDPOINT=...
OXYLABS_PASSWORD=...
Output
The script prints the transcript as timestamped subtitles to stdout:
0:00 Hello and welcome
0:05 Today we're going to talk about...
1:23:45 And that wraps up our discussion
What to do with the output
After fetching the transcript, ask the user what they'd like to do with it. Common tasks:
- Summarize the video
- Extract key points or action items
- Answer questions about the video content
- Search for specific topics mentioned
- Create notes from the video
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