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Youtube Content by intertwine — Agent Skill

Name: Youtube Content
Author: intertwine

File contents

YouTube Content Tool

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

Setup

pip install youtube-transcript-api

Helper script

This skill includes fetch_transcript.py — use it to fetch transcripts quickly:

# JSON output with metadata
python3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/fetch_transcript.py "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

# With timestamps
python3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/fetch_transcript.py "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" --timestamps

# Plain text output (good for piping into further processing)
python3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/fetch_transcript.py "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" --text-only

# Specific language with fallback
python3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/fetch_transcript.py "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" --language tr,en

# Timestamped plain text
python3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/fetch_transcript.py "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" --text-only --timestamps

SKILL_DIR is the directory containing this SKILL.md file.

URL formats supported

The script accepts any of these formats (or a raw 11-character video ID):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID
https://youtube.com/shorts/VIDEO_ID
https://youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID
https://youtube.com/live/VIDEO_ID

Output formats

After fetching the transcript, format it based on what the user asks for:

Chapters: Group by topic shifts, output timestamped chapter list (00:00 Introduction, 03:45 Main Topic, etc.)
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

Workflow

Fetch the transcript using the helper script
If the transcript is very long (>50K chars), summarize in chunks
Transform into the requested output format using your own reasoning

Error handling

Transcript disabled: Some videos have transcripts turned off — tell the user
Private/unavailable: The API will raise an error — relay it clearly
No matching language: Try without specifying a language to get whatever's available
Dependency missing: Run pip install youtube-transcript-api first

---name: youtube-contentdescription: Fetch YouTube video transcripts and transform them into structured content (chapters, summaries, threads, blog posts).---# YouTube Content ToolExtract transcripts from YouTube videos and convert them into useful formats.## Setup```bashpip install youtube-transcript-api```## Helper scriptThis skill includes `fetch_transcript.py` — use it to fetch transcripts quickly:```bash# JSON output with metadatapython3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/fetch_transcript.py "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"# With timestampspython3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/fetch_transcript.py "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" --timestamps# Plain text output (good for piping into further processing)python3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/fetch_transcript.py "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" --text-only# Specific language with fallbackpython3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/fetch_transcript.py "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" --language tr,en# Timestamped plain textpython3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/fetch_transcript.py "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" --text-only --timestamps````SKILL_DIR` is the directory containing this SKILL.md file.## URL formats supportedThe script accepts any of these formats (or a raw 11-character video ID):- `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID`- `https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID`- `https://youtube.com/shorts/VIDEO_ID`- `https://youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID`- `https://youtube.com/live/VIDEO_ID`## Output formatsAfter fetching the transcript, format it based on what the user asks for:- **Chapters**: Group by topic shifts, output timestamped chapter list (`00:00 Introduction`, `03:45 Main Topic`, etc.)- **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## Workflow1. Fetch the transcript using the helper script2. If the transcript is very long (>50K chars), summarize in chunks3. Transform into the requested output format using your own reasoning## Error handling- **Transcript disabled**: Some videos have transcripts turned off — tell the user- **Private/unavailable**: The API will raise an error — relay it clearly- **No matching language**: Try without specifying a language to get whatever's available- **Dependency missing**: Run `pip install youtube-transcript-api` first

Frequently asked questions

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