youtube-transcript

Fetch and save YouTube video transcripts as clean plain text. Use when the user provides a YouTube URL or wants to extract a transcript from a podcast, interview, or talk.

Extracts clean, deduplicated plain-text transcripts from YouTube videos using yt-dlp.

Dependencies

• yt-dlp (must be installed and on PATH)
• Python 3.10+

Usage

Fetch a transcript and save it to a file:

bash

python3 .pi/skills/youtube-transcript/yt_transcript.py "YOUTUBE_URL" -o transcript.txt

Options:

• -l LANG — subtitle language code (default: en)
• -o FILE — output file path (default: stdout)

Workflow

When the user gives a YouTube URL:

1. Fetch transcript — Run the script, optionally with -o <path> to save to a file.
2. Review — Read through the transcript and summarise the key points if the user asks.