YouTube Summarizer
Fetch the transcript of a YouTube video so you can summarize it or answer questions about its content.
Command
Use the youtube_transcript_api CLI to fetch the transcript as JSON.
bash
youtube_transcript_api <VIDEO_ID> --format json
Usage
- •Extract the
VIDEO_IDfrom the user's URL (e.g.,dQw4w9WgXcQ). - •Run the command.
- •Parse the JSON output (it contains text segments).
- •Summarize the content for the user.
Example
User: "Summarize this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
Action: Run youtube_transcript_api dQw4w9WgXcQ --format json