| name | youtube-transcribe-skill |
| description | Extract subtitles/transcripts from YouTube videos. Triggers: "youtube transcript", "extract subtitles", "video captions", "视频字幕", "字幕提取", "YouTube转文字", "提取字幕". |
YouTube Transcript Extraction
Extract subtitles/transcripts from a YouTube video URL and save them as a local file.
Input YouTube URL: $ARGUMENTS
Step 1: Verify URL
Confirm the input is a valid YouTube URL (supports youtube.com/watch?v=, youtu.be/, and youtube.com/shorts/ formats). If no URL is provided via arguments, check the conversation context for a YouTube link.
Step 2: CLI Quick Extraction (Priority Attempt)
Use command-line tools to quickly extract subtitles.
2.1 Check Tool Availability
Execute which yt-dlp.
- If
yt-dlp is found, proceed to 2.2.
- If
yt-dlp is not found, skip to Step 3.
2.2 Get Video Title
yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser=chrome --get-title "[VIDEO_URL]"
- Tip: Always add
--cookies-from-browser to avoid sign-in restrictions. Default to chrome.
- If it fails with a browser error (e.g., "Could not open Chrome"), ask the user to specify their available browser (e.g.,
firefox, safari, edge) and retry.
2.3 Download Subtitles
yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser=chrome --write-auto-sub --write-sub --sub-lang zh-Hans,zh-Hant,en --skip-download --output "<Video Title>.%(ext)s"
