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Kb Collector by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Kb Collector
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: modbender

File contents

KB Collector

Knowledge Base Collector - Save YouTube, URLs, and text to Obsidian with automatic transcription and summarization.

Features

YouTube Collection - Download audio, transcribe with Whisper, auto-summarize
URL Collection - Fetch and summarize web pages
Plain Text - Direct save with tags
Digest - Weekly/Monthly/Yearly review emails

Installation

# Install dependencies
pip install yt-dlp faster-whisper requests beautifulsoup4

# For AI summarization (optional)
pip install openai anthropic

Usage (Python Version - Recommended)

# Collect YouTube video
python3 scripts/collect.py youtube "https://youtu.be/xxxxx" "stock,investing"

# Collect URL
python3 scripts/collect.py url "https://example.com/article" "python,api"

# Collect plain text
python3 scripts/collect.py text "My note content" "tag1,tag2"

Usage (Bash Version - Legacy)

# Collect YouTube
./scripts/collect.sh "https://youtu.be/xxxxx" "stock,investing" youtube

# Collect URL
./scripts/collect.sh "https://example.com/article" "python,api" url

# Collect text
./scripts/collect.sh "My note" "tag1,tag2" text

Configuration

Edit the script to customize:

VAULT_PATH = os.path.expanduser("~/Documents/YourVault")
NOTE_AUTHOR = "YourName"

Output Format

Notes saved to: {VAULT_PATH}/yyyy-mm-dd-title.md

---
created: 2026-03-03T12:00:00
source: https://...
tags: [stock, investing]
author: George
---

# Title

> **TLDR:** Summary here...

---

Content...

---
*Saved: 2026-03-03*

Dependencies

yt-dlp
faster-whisper (for transcription)
requests + beautifulsoup4 (for URL fetching)
Optional: openai/anthropic (for AI summarization)

Credits

Automated note-taking workflow for Obsidian.

---name: kb-collectordescription: Knowledge Base Collector - save YouTube, URLs, text to Obsidian with AI summarization. Auto-transcribes videos, fetches pages, supports weekly/monthly digest emails.--- # KB Collector Knowledge Base Collector - Save YouTube, URLs, and text to Obsidian with automatic transcription and summarization. ## Features - **YouTube Collection** - Download audio, transcribe with Whisper, auto-summarize - **URL Collection** - Fetch and summarize web pages - **Plain Text** - Direct save with tags - **Digest** - Weekly/Monthly/Yearly review emails ## Installation ```bash # Install dependencies pip install yt-dlp faster-whisper requests beautifulsoup4 # For AI summarization (optional) pip install openai anthropic ``` ## Usage (Python Version - Recommended) ```bash # Collect YouTube video python3 scripts/collect.py youtube "https://youtu.be/xxxxx" "stock,investing" # Collect URL python3 scripts/collect.py url "https://example.com/article" "python,api" # Collect plain text python3 scripts/collect.py text "My note content" "tag1,tag2" ``` ## Usage (Bash Version - Legacy) ```bash # Collect YouTube ./scripts/collect.sh "https://youtu.be/xxxxx" "stock,investing" youtube # Collect URL ./scripts/collect.sh "https://example.com/article" "python,api" url # Collect text ./scripts/collect.sh "My note" "tag1,tag2" text ``` ## Configuration Edit the script to customize: ```python VAULT_PATH = os.path.expanduser("~/Documents/YourVault") NOTE_AUTHOR = "YourName" ``` ## Output Format Notes saved to: `{VAULT_PATH}/yyyy-mm-dd-title.md` ```markdown --- created: 2026-03-03T12:00:00 source: https://... tags: [stock, investing] author: George --- # Title > **TLDR:** Summary here... --- Content... --- *Saved: 2026-03-03* ``` ## Dependencies - yt-dlp - faster-whisper (for transcription) - requests + beautifulsoup4 (for URL fetching) - Optional: openai/anthropic (for AI summarization) ## Credits Automated note-taking workflow for Obsidian.

Frequently asked questions

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