ytdlp-transcript — YouTube to Text via yt-dlp

Fetch and summarize transcripts from any YouTube video. Paste a URL and your agent reads the video for you — summarize, translate, extract insights.

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Install

openclaw skills install ytdlp-transcript

youtube-transcript

Fetch and summarize transcripts from any YouTube video using yt-dlp.

Usage

Ask your agent:

"Get the transcript of [YouTube URL]"
"Summarize this video: [YouTube URL]"
"What is the main message of [YouTube URL]?"
"Translate and explain this video: [YouTube URL]"

How It Works

Uses yt-dlp to download auto-generated or manual captions from YouTube. Supports all languages — defaults to Portuguese (pt), falls back to English (en).

Requirements

yt-dlp installed: brew install yt-dlp
Node.js 18+

Script

node skills/youtube-transcript/transcript.js <youtube-url-or-id> [lang]

Example

node skills/youtube-transcript/transcript.js https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAdJsmTe8LM pt