Import Videos

Import Videos Skill

This skill lets you automatically import YouTube videos into your Astro documentation site. It parses a list of video URLs, fetches their metadata using yt-dlp, and generates dedicated markdown files with rich frontmatter and video embeds.

Prerequisites

• The command line utility yt-dlp must be installed and available in the system path.
• A videos.txt file should exist in the root of your workspace, containing one YouTube video URL per line.

When to Use

Use this skill whenever:

• You want to sync your YouTube video uploads into the local Astro content collections.
• You have updated videos.txt with new YouTube URLs that need importing.

How it Works

The under-the-hood import script:

1. Reads videos.txt from the project root.
2. For each URL, executes yt-dlp --dump-json to fetch the video's title, description, id, and upload date.
3. Automatically fetches the video transcript from https://defuddle.md/youtube.com/watch?v=<id> using curl.
4. Handles rate limits dynamically (with automatic sleep/retry backoffs).
5. Generates a clean URL slug.
6. Generates a markdown file under src/content/docs/videos/<slug>.md with structured Astro frontmatter (title, summary, date, draft, tags), an embedded <SocialEmbed /> component, and the full timestamped transcript.

Execution

Ensure videos.txt has the target YouTube URLs, then run this command from the project root to import them:

node .agents/skills/import-videos/scripts/import-videos.mjs

Refresh / Bulk Update Existing Transcripts

To batch-refresh transcripts for existing markdown files in the repository (e.g., if transcripts were missing or failed to download), use the companion update-transcripts.js script:

• Process Everything (Both podcasts and videos):

  node .agents/skills/import-videos/scripts/update-transcripts.js
  

• Podcasts Only:

  node .agents/skills/import-videos/scripts/update-transcripts.js --podcasts-only
  

• Videos Only:

  node .agents/skills/import-videos/scripts/update-transcripts.js --videos-only