AgentSkillsCN

youtube

从 YouTube 下载内容，包括字幕、标题、副标题、音乐、MP3 以及播放列表。当用户提供了 YouTube 链接，或请求下载、转录，或从 YouTube 视频或播放列表中获取内容时，可使用此技能。

SKILL.md
--- frontmatter
name: youtube
description: Download content from YouTube including transcripts, captions, subtitles, music, MP3s, and playlists. Use when the user provides a YouTube URL or asks to download, transcribe, or get content from YouTube videos or playlists.
allowed-tools: Bash,Read,Write

YouTube

Download and process content from YouTube videos and playlists.

Capabilities

This skill handles two main workflows:

TaskReferenceUse When
Transcriptsreferences/transcripts.mdUser wants captions, subtitles, or text content from a video
Music/MP3sreferences/mp3-download.mdUser wants to download audio, tag MP3s, or build a music library

Quick Start

For Transcripts

bash
# Check available subtitles
yt-dlp --list-subs "YOUTUBE_URL"

# Download auto-generated subtitles
yt-dlp --write-auto-sub --skip-download -o "transcript" "YOUTUBE_URL"

Load references/transcripts.md for the full workflow including VTT-to-text conversion and Whisper fallback.

For Music/MP3s

bash
# Check playlist info
ytmp3 info "YOUTUBE_URL"

# Download playlist
ytmp3 download "YOUTUBE_URL"

Load references/mp3-download.md for the full tagging and organization workflow.

Prerequisites

  • •yt-dlp — YouTube downloader (install via brew install yt-dlp)
  • •eyeD3 — MP3 tagging (install via brew install eye-d3, needed for MP3 workflow)

Workflow Selection

Based on the user's request:

  • •"transcript", "captions", "subtitles", "transcribe", "text from video" → Load references/transcripts.md
  • •"download music", "MP3", "playlist", "tag", "album", "music library" → Load references/mp3-download.md

If unclear, ask the user what they want to do with the YouTube content.