youtube-content

# YouTube Content Tool Extract transcripts from YouTube videos and convert them into useful formats. ## Setup ```bash pip install youtube-transcript-api ``` ## Helper Script `SKILL_DIR` is the directory containing this SKILL.md file. The script accepts any standard YouTube URL format, short links (youtu.be), shorts, embeds, live links, or a raw 11-character video ID. ```bash # JSON output with metadata python3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/fetch_transcript.py "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" # Plain text (good for piping into further processing) python3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/fetch_transcript.py "URL" --text-only # With timestamps python3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/fetch_transcript.py "URL" --timestamps # Specific language with fallback chain python3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/fetch_transcript.py "URL" --language tr,en ``` ## Output Formats After fetching the transcript, format it based on what the user asks for: - **Chapters**: Group by topic shifts, output timestamped chapter list - **Summary**: Concise 5-10 sentence overview of the entire video - **Chapter summaries**: Chapters with a short paragraph summary for each - **Thread**: Twitter/X thread format — numbered posts, each under 280 chars - **Blog post**: Full article with title, sections, and key takeaways - **Quotes**: Notable quotes with timestamps ### Example — Chapters Output ``` 00:00 Introduction — host opens with the problem statement 03:45 Background — prior work and why existing solutions fall short 12:20 Core method — walk...