youtube-transcript

Download YouTube transcripts using yt-dlp. Outputs markdown with timestamps (default) or VTT. Use when extracting subtitles/captions from YouTube for analysis or reference.

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Repository: samarv/Shanon
Last source activity: January 29, 2026 at 08:03
Detected SKILL.md language: English
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# Transcript

**[00:00:00]** Hello everyone and welcome back.

**[00:00:03]** Today we'll be discussing...

WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.500
Hello everyone and welcome back.

# Check environment
python scripts/download_transcript.py --check-setup

# Install yt-dlp
brew install yt-dlp    # macOS
pip install yt-dlp     # in venv

Option	Default	Description
`--lang LANG`	`en`	Language code
`--format {md,vtt}`	`md`	Output format
`--output-dir DIR`	`.`	Output directory
`--auto-only`	-	Auto-generated subs only
`--list`	-	List available subtitles
`--check-setup`	-	Verify environment

Option	Default	Description
`--lang LANG`	`en`	Language code
`--format {md,vtt}`	`md`	Output format
`--output-dir DIR`	`.`	Output directory
`--auto-only`	-	Auto-generated subs only
`--list`	-	List available subtitles
`--check-setup`	-	Verify environment

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