| name | youtube-watcher |
| description | Fetch and read transcripts from YouTube videos. Use when you need to summarize a video, answer questions about its content, or extract information from it. |
| author | michael gathara |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| triggers | ["watch youtube","summarize video","video transcript","youtube summary","analyze video"] |
| metadata | {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"📺","requires":{"bins":"[Truncated]"},"install":["[Truncated]","[Truncated]"]}} |
YouTube Watcher
Fetch transcripts from YouTube videos to enable summarization, QA, and content extraction.
Usage
Get Transcript
Retrieve the text transcript of a video.
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/get_transcript.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"
Examples
Summarize a video:
- Get the transcript:
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/get_transcript.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
- Read the output and summarize it for the user.
Find specific information:
- Get the transcript.
- Search the text for keywords or answer the user's question based on the content.
Notes
- Requires
yt-dlp to be installed and available in the PATH.
- Works with videos that have closed captions (CC) or auto-generated subtitles.
- If a video has no subtitles, the script will fail with an error message.
