# Capture YouTube transcripts without browser automation using YouTube Transcript API

> Fetch manual or auto-generated YouTube subtitles, including translations, without Selenium or API keys before summarization, extraction, or quote-checking.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/capture-youtube-transcripts-without-browser-automation-using` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/capture-youtube-transcripts-without-browser-automation-using`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/capture-youtube-transcripts-without-browser-automation-using/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/capture-youtube-transcripts-without-browser-automation-using

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# Capture YouTube transcripts without browser automation using YouTube Transcript API

Fetch manual or auto-generated YouTube subtitles, including translations, without Selenium or API keys before summarization, extraction, or quote-checking.

## Prerequisites

Python, YouTube video ID

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- pip install youtube-transcript-api

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- <img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/youtube-transcript-api.svg" alt="Supported Python Versions">
- This is a python API which allows you to retrieve the transcript/subtitles for a given YouTube video. It also works for automatically generated subtitles, supports translating subtitles and it does not require a headl...
- python

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- It is recommended to [install this module by using pip](https://pypi.org/project/youtube-transcript-api/):
- You can either integrate this module [into an existing application](#api) or just use it via a [CLI](#cli).
- ## API

- Source: https://github.com/jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://github.com/jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/capture-youtube-transcripts-without-browser-automation-using-youtube-transcript-api/)