hyper-fast-youtube-transcript

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hyper-fast-youtube-transcript

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Use when the user wants a YouTube transcript from a single URL or video ID. Optimized for one input and one output: fetch the transcript fast, default to plain transcript text only, and avoid extra commentary unless the user asks for timestamps, JSON, or metadata. Triggers on: youtube transcript, transcript from this video, get captions, extract transcript from YouTube, summarize this YouTube transcript after fetching it.

Hyper Fast YouTube Transcript

Use this skill when the job is simply to get a transcript from a YouTube URL or video ID with minimal token overhead.

Default Behavior

• Use the bundled script: python3 skills/hyper-fast-youtube-transcript/scripts/get_youtube_transcript.py "<youtube-url-or-id>"
• Pass exactly one input: a full YouTube URL, youtu.be URL, shorts URL, embed URL, or raw video ID.
• Default output is transcript text only. Do not add timestamps, summaries, bullet points, or metadata unless the user asked for them.
• If the transcript is too long for chat, write it to a file with --output <path> and return the path plus a short note.

Output Modes

• Plain transcript: default
• Timestamped transcript: add --timestamps
• JSON snippets: add --json
• Save to file: add --output /absolute/path.txt

Notes

• The script auto-installs youtube-transcript-api if it is missing.
• Prefer English when available, but fall back to the best available transcript if needed.
• If the user wants analysis after extraction, fetch the transcript first, then do the analysis as a separate step.