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baoyu-youtube-transcript

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Get YouTube transcripts with speaker labels.

What it does

Downloads YouTube transcripts and cover images, with optional translation, chapters, and speaker labels.

When to use it

Use when the user requests a YouTube transcript, subtitles, captions, or a video cover image.

How to use it

Give it a YouTube URL or video ID; it saves the transcript and supporting files and returns the output path.

What you provide

  • a YouTube URL or video ID

Uses

Good to know

  • starts 1 helper agents
  • acts without asking

Latest review

What you need · 2

Runs the TypeScript CLI with Bun, using an installed bun binary or obtaining it through npx -y bun.

Optional browser cookies support the yt-dlp fallback when blocking persists; YOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPT_COOKIES_FROM_BROWSER selects the browser, but the files do not specify the underlying credential file.


Access · 4

This skill

YouTube

Read

Downloads YouTube captions and covers

yt-dlp

Execute

Installs missing yt-dlp fallback tooling