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Youtube Content by ichichuang — Agent Skill

Name: Youtube Content
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: ichichuang

Youtube Content

Fetch YouTube video transcripts and transform them into structured content (chapters, summaries, threads, blog posts). Use when the user shares a YouTube URL or video link, asks to summarize a video, requests a transcript, or wants to extract and reformat content from any YouTube video.

ichichuang Updated Aug 19, 2026 0 repo stars

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YouTube Content Tool

Extract transcripts from YouTube videos and convert them into useful formats.

Setup

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.

# 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 — walkthrough of the proposed approach
24:10 Results — benchmark comparisons and key takeaways
31:55 Q&A — audience questions on scalability and next steps

Workflow

Fetch the transcript using the helper script with --text-only --timestamps.
Validate: confirm the output is non-empty and in the expected language. If empty, retry without --language to get any available transcript. If still empty, tell the user the video likely has transcripts disabled.
Chunk if needed: if the transcript exceeds ~~50K characters, split into overlapping chunks (~~40K with 2K overlap) and summarize each chunk before merging.
Transform into the requested output format. If the user did not specify a format, default to a summary.
Verify: re-read the transformed output to check for coherence, correct timestamps, and completeness before presenting.

Error Handling

Transcript disabled: tell the user; suggest they check if subtitles are available on the video page.
Private/unavailable video: relay the error and ask the user to verify the URL.
No matching language: retry without --language to fetch any available transcript, then note the actual language to the user.
Dependency missing: run pip install youtube-transcript-api and retry.

---name: youtube-contentdescription: > Fetch YouTube video transcripts and transform them into structured content (chapters, summaries, threads, blog posts). Use when the user shares a YouTube URL or video link, asks to summarize a video, requests a transcript, or wants to extract and reformat content from any YouTube video.---# YouTube Content ToolExtract transcripts from YouTube videos and convert them into useful formats.## Setup```bashpip 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 metadatapython3 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 timestampspython3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/fetch_transcript.py "URL" --timestamps# Specific language with fallback chainpython3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/fetch_transcript.py "URL" --language tr,en```## Output FormatsAfter 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 statement03:45 Background — prior work and why existing solutions fall short12:20 Core method — walkthrough of the proposed approach24:10 Results — benchmark comparisons and key takeaways31:55 Q&A — audience questions on scalability and next steps```## Workflow1. **Fetch** the transcript using the helper script with `--text-only --timestamps`.2. **Validate**: confirm the output is non-empty and in the expected language. If empty, retry without `--language` to get any available transcript. If still empty, tell the user the video likely has transcripts disabled.3. **Chunk if needed**: if the transcript exceeds ~50K characters, split into overlapping chunks (~40K with 2K overlap) and summarize each chunk before merging.4. **Transform** into the requested output format. If the user did not specify a format, default to a summary.5. **Verify**: re-read the transformed output to check for coherence, correct timestamps, and completeness before presenting.## Error Handling- **Transcript disabled**: tell the user; suggest they check if subtitles are available on the video page.- **Private/unavailable video**: relay the error and ask the user to verify the URL.- **No matching language**: retry without `--language` to fetch any available transcript, then note the actual language to the user.- **Dependency missing**: run `pip install youtube-transcript-api` and retry.

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