Kai YouTube
v1.0.0Download and transcribe YouTube videos using yt-dlp and Whisper CLI, saving audio and transcripts for playback and summary from any YouTube URL.
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LicenseMIT-0 · Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
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OpenClaw
Benign
high confidencePurpose & Capability
Name/description, SKILL.md, and the included script all consistently implement downloading audio with yt-dlp and transcribing with the Whisper CLI. Required binaries (yt-dlp, whisper) are appropriate. Minor oddity: the script hard-codes WORKSPACE=/home/kai/.openclaw/workspace/kai-yt-videos which may not match the agent environment or desired workspace and could cause permission or path surprises; otherwise there are no unrelated requirements.
Instruction Scope
Runtime instructions (SKILL.md) and the script limit actions to extracting a YouTube video ID, downloading audio via yt-dlp, transcribing with whisper, writing files to the workspace, and printing the transcript. The skill does not read unrelated files or environment variables, nor does it contact external endpoints other than what yt-dlp uses to fetch YouTube content.
Install Mechanism
No install spec is provided (instruction-only plus a shell script). This is lower risk because nothing is silently downloaded/installed by the skill itself. It does rely on the user/system to have yt-dlp and whisper installed.
Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables or credentials. It writes files to a local folder (hard-coded path under /home/kai). No secret access or unrelated credentials are requested.
Persistence & Privilege
Skill does not request persistent platform privileges, does not set always:true, and does not modify other skills or system config. It simply writes audio and transcript files under the workspace directory.
Assessment
This skill appears to do what it says: it will download audio from a YouTube URL using yt-dlp and transcribe it locally with the Whisper CLI, saving files under /home/kai/.openclaw/workspace/kai-yt-videos. Before installing/running: (1) ensure you trust the source of the script (owner unknown) — running scripts from unknown authors has risk; (2) install and verify yt-dlp and the Whisper CLI yourself (the skill will not install them); (3) note the script hard-codes the workspace path to /home/kai — edit it to use your agent's workspace or a path you control to avoid permission or path mismatches; (4) be aware content is downloaded locally (copyright/privacy considerations) and transcription may be CPU/GPU intensive; (5) if you want stronger guarantees, inspect or run the script in a sandbox first. If you want, I can suggest a safer variant that uses a non-hardcoded workspace and basic input validation.Like a lobster shell, security has layers — review code before you run it.
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License
MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.