youtube-transcript

Fetch and summarize transcripts from any YouTube video using yt-dlp.

Usage

Ask your agent:

• "Get the transcript of [YouTube URL]"
• "Summarize this video: [YouTube URL]"
• "What is the main message of [YouTube URL]?"
• "Translate and explain this video: [YouTube URL]"

How It Works

Uses yt-dlp to download auto-generated or manual captions from YouTube.

Supports all languages — defaults to Portuguese (pt), falls back to English (en).

Requirements

• yt-dlp installed: brew install yt-dlp
• Node.js 18+

Script

node skills/youtube-transcript/transcript.js <youtube-url-or-id> [lang]

Example

node skills/youtube-transcript/transcript.js https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAdJsmTe8LM pt