youtube-transcript
michalparkola840 installs
Get readable transcripts from YouTube videos.
What it does
Downloads YouTube video transcripts as subtitle files and optionally converts them to readable plain text.
When to use it
Use when the user wants a transcript, captions, subtitles, or text content from a YouTube video.
How to use it
Give it a YouTube video URL; it downloads a transcript file and reports where it was saved.
What you provide
- a YouTube video URL
Uses
Good to know
- acts without asking
- works out of sight
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What you need · 2
Uses yt-dlp to retrieve transcripts; checks for it and attempts installation if it is missing.
Runs Python 3 for the optional conversion from VTT subtitles to deduplicated plain text.
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This skill
YouTube
Read
Downloads captions from YouTube
yt-dlp
Execute
Installs yt-dlp if missing