name: fetch-youtube description: Fetch YouTube video transcripts. Use when the user asks to get a YouTube video transcript, subtitles, or captions, or wants to analyze/summarize a YouTube video. allowed-tools: Bash(python *), Bash(pip install *) argument-hint: [video-url-or-id]

Fetch YouTube Transcript

Fetch the transcript/subtitles of a YouTube video and return it as timestamped text.

Requirements

Ensure youtube-transcript-api is installed:

bash

pip install youtube-transcript-api

Usage

Run the fetch script with a YouTube video ID or URL:

bash

python ~/.claude/skills/fetch-youtube/youtube.py <video-id-or-url>

The script accepts either:

•A video ID: dQw4w9WgXcQ
•A full URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
•A short URL: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

Output

The script prints the transcript as timestamped subtitles to stdout:

code

0:00 Hello and welcome
0:05 Today we're going to talk about...
1:23:45 And that wraps up our discussion

What to do with the output

After fetching the transcript, ask the user what they'd like to do with it. Common tasks:

•Summarize the video
•Extract key points or action items
•Answer questions about the video content
•Search for specific topics mentioned
•Create notes from the video