ericmjl/youtube-ingestion
skills/youtube-ingestion/SKILL.md
Ingest YouTube videos into the vault. Triggers when user pastes a YouTube URL (youtube.com/watch or youtu.be). Fetches transcript using yt-dlp, extracts metadata, creates transcript note and summary note. User may provide additional context about the video.
$ install --global
skillsauthnpx skillsauth add ericmjl/skills youtube-ingestionInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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SKILL.md
- name:
- youtube-ingestion
- description:
- Ingest YouTube videos into the vault. Triggers when user pastes a YouTube URL (youtube.com/watch or youtu.be). Fetches transcript using yt-dlp, extracts metadata, creates transcript note and summary note. User may provide additional context about the video.
YouTube Video Ingestion
Ingest YouTube videos into your vault by fetching transcripts and creating structured notes.
Requirements
uv- Providesuvxcommand for running yt-dlp
Workflow
- Extract video ID from the YouTube URL (the
vparameter or from youtu.be short links) - Fetch metadata using yt-dlp (title, description, duration, uploader)
- Fetch transcript using yt-dlp (downloads VTT, converts to plain text)
- Create transcript note with full content and metadata
- Create summary note with key insights extracted from the transcript
- Run markdownlint on both notes
Usage
Fetching metadata
uvx yt-dlp --dump-json "YOUTUBE_URL"
Extract fields: title, description, duration, uploader, upload_date
Fetching transcript
uvx yt-dlp --write-auto-subs --sub-lang en --skip-download -o "/tmp/youtube_transcript" "YOUTUBE_URL"
This creates /tmp/youtube_transcript.en.vtt. Then strip VTT formatting:
grep -v "^WEBVTT\|^Kind:\|^Language:\|-->\|^[0-9]" /tmp/youtube_transcript.en.vtt | \
sed 's/<[0-9:.]*>//g' | \
tr -s '\n' | \
fold -s -w 80
Creating notes
Create two notes in the vault:
- Transcript note:
Evergreen Notes/<Video Title> - <Speaker Name> (Transcript).md - Summary note:
Evergreen Notes/<Video Title> - Key insights.md
Note structure
Transcript note structure:
# <Video Title> - <Speaker> (Transcript)
**Source**: [YouTube - <Video Title>](<youtube_url>)
**Speaker**: <speaker name>
**Duration**: <duration in mm:ss>
**Published**: <upload date>
---
## Full Transcript
<transcript text>
---
## Related
- [[<Summary note name>]]
Summary note structure:
# <Video Title> - Key insights
**Source**: [[<Transcript note name>]]
**Speaker**: <speaker name>
---
## Core argument
<1-2 sentence summary of main thesis>
## Key points
### <Section 1 heading>
<bullet points or prose summarizing key insights>
### <Section 2 heading>
<bullet points or prose summarizing key insights>
## Key takeaway
<final synthesis or call to action>
## Related
- [[<Transcript note name>]]
Guidelines
- Follow vault writing guidelines from AGENTS.md
- No em-dashes, use commas/semicolons/periods instead
- No AI-sounding phrases ("stands as", "serves as", "it's important to note")
- Headers: capitalize first word only
- Never hallucinate wikilinks. Only link to notes that actually exist
- Link the transcript and summary notes to each other
- Duration format: convert seconds to
mm:ssorhh:mm:ss
Why yt-dlp
This skill uses yt-dlp instead of youtube-transcript-api because:
- More reliable transcript fetching
- Handles rate limiting better
- Works with more video types
- Provides rich metadata in a single call
- Actively maintained with frequent updates
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