YouTube Transcript Skill

When to Use

• Retrieve transcripts for YouTube videos (when available)
• Extract text content from videos for analysis or summarization

Prerequisites

Python Dependencies:

• The script uses uvx to run with yt-dlp dependency automatically

Procedure

Extract Transcript from YouTube Video

Use the script to extract transcript for a specific YouTube video:

./scripts/extract.py VIDEO_ID_OR_URL [--language LANG] [--info]

Examples

Get transcript for a specific video:

./scripts/extract.py dQw4w9WgXcQ

Get transcript from a YouTube URL:

./scripts/extract.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

Get transcript in Spanish:

./scripts/extract.py dQw4w9WgXcQ --language es

Get video info along with transcript:

./scripts/extract.py dQw4w9WgXcQ --info

Get raw VTT transcript:

./scripts/extract.py dQw4w9WgXcQ --raw

Output Format

The script outputs cleaned transcript text by default. With --info, it also outputs video metadata. With --raw, it outputs the raw VTT transcript.

Notes

• Transcripts are only available for videos that have captions enabled
• Some videos may not have transcripts available in the requested language
• For best results, provide video ID or full YouTube URL