| name | video |
| description | Video & Podcast Digest — send a video/podcast link, get full transcript + structured summary. Supports YouTube, Bilibili, X/Twitter video, Xiaoyuzhou, Apple Podcasts, and direct audio/video links. Uses yt-dlp for subtitles and Groq Whisper for transcription. |
Video & Podcast Digest Skill
Send a video/podcast link → get full transcript + structured summary
Supported Platforms
| Platform | Type | Subtitles | Whisper Transcription |
|---|
| YouTube | Video | ✅ | ✅ |
| Bilibili | Video | ✅ | ✅ |
| X/Twitter | Video | ❌ | ✅ |
| Xiaoyuzhou (小宇宙) | Podcast | ❌ | ✅ |
| Apple Podcasts | Podcast | ❌ | ✅ |
| Direct links (mp3/mp4/m3u8) | Any | ❌ | ✅ |
Trigger
Auto-triggered when a media URL is detected:
- YouTube:
youtube.com, youtu.be
- Bilibili:
bilibili.com, b23.tv
- X/Twitter:
x.com, twitter.com (tweets with video)
- Xiaoyuzhou:
xiaoyuzhoufm.com
- Apple Podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com
- Direct:
.mp3, .mp4, .m3u8, .m4a, .webm
Pipeline
Step 0: Detect Media Type
| URL Pattern | Type | Pipeline |
|---|
xiaoyuzhoufm.com/episode/ | Podcast | → Step 1b (Xiaoyuzhou) |
podcasts.apple.com | Podcast | → Step 1c (Apple) |
bilibili.com, b23.tv | Video | → Step 1d (Bilibili API) |
.mp3, .m4a direct link | Audio | → Step 2b (direct download) |
| Other | Video | → Step 1a (subtitle extraction) |
Step 1a: Video — Extract Subtitles
rm -f /tmp/media_sub*.vtt /tmp/media_audio.mp3 /tmp/media_transcript*.json /tmp/media_segment_*.mp3 2>/dev/null || true
yt-dlp --skip-download --write-auto-sub --sub-lang "en,zh-Hans" -o "/tmp/media_sub" "VIDEO_URL"
yt-dlp --skip-download --write-auto-sub --sub-lang "zh-Hans,zh" -o "/tmp/media_sub" "VIDEO_URL"
Check for subtitles:
ls /tmp/media_sub*.vtt 2>/dev/null
- Has subtitles → Read VTT content, skip to Step 3
- No subtitles → Step 2a (download audio)
Step 1b: Xiaoyuzhou (小宇宙) — Extract Audio URL
AUDIO_URL=$(curl -sL -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36" \
"EPISODE_URL" \
| grep -oE 'https://media\.xyzcdn\.net/[^"]+\.(m4a|mp3)' \
| head -1)
echo "Audio URL: $AUDIO_URL"
curl -L -o /tmp/media_audio.mp3 "$AUDIO_URL"
→ Step 2b
Step 1c: Apple Podcasts — via yt-dlp
yt-dlp -f "ba[ext=m4a]/ba/b" --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 5 \
-o "/tmp/media_audio.%(ext)s" "APPLE_PODCAST_URL"
→ Step 2b
Step 1d: Bilibili — API Direct Audio Stream
BV="BV1xxxxx"
curl -s "https://api.bilibili.com/x/web-interface/view?bvid=$BV" \
-H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0" -H "Referer: https://www.bilibili.com/" \
| python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin)['data']; print(f\"Title: {d['title']}\nDuration: {d['duration']}s\nCID: {d['cid']}\")"
CID=<CID from previous step>
AUDIO_URL=$(curl -s "https://api.bilibili.com/x/player/playurl?bvid=$BV&cid=$CID&fnval=16&qn=64" \
-H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0" -H "Referer: https://www.bilibili.com/" \
| python3 -c "import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['data']['dash']['audio'][0]['baseUrl'])")
curl -L -o /tmp/media_audio.m4s \
-H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0" -H "Referer: https://www.bilibili.com/" "$AUDIO_URL"
ffmpeg -y -i /tmp/media_audio.m4s -acodec libmp3lame -q:a 5 /tmp/media_audio.mp3
→ Step 2b
Step 2a: Video — Download Audio (when no subtitles)
yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser chrome -f "ba[ext=m4a]/ba/b" --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 5 \
-o "/tmp/media_audio.%(ext)s" "VIDEO_URL"
Step 2b: Check Audio Size & Segment
FILE_SIZE=$(stat -f%z /tmp/media_audio.* 2>/dev/null || stat -c%s /tmp/media_audio.* 2>/dev/null)
echo "File size: $FILE_SIZE bytes"
- ≤ 25MB → Step 2c (transcribe directly)
- > 25MB → Split into 10-minute segments:
DURATION=$(ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration -of csv=p=0 /tmp/media_audio.* | head -1)
SEGMENT_SEC=600
SEGMENTS=$(python3 -c "import math; print(math.ceil(float('$DURATION')/$SEGMENT_SEC))")
for i in $(seq 0 $((SEGMENTS-1))); do
START=$((i * SEGMENT_SEC))
ffmpeg -y -i /tmp/media_audio.* -ss $START -t $SEGMENT_SEC -acodec libmp3lame -q:a 5 \
"/tmp/media_segment_${i}.mp3" 2>/dev/null
done
→ Call Step 2c for each segment sequentially (parallel triggers Groq 524 timeout)
Step 2c: Whisper Transcription
Prerequisite: GROQ_API_KEY environment variable
if [ -z "$GROQ_API_KEY" ]; then
echo "❌ GROQ_API_KEY not set. Get one at: https://console.groq.com/keys"
exit 1
fi
curl -s -X POST "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1/audio/transcriptions" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GROQ_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
-F "file=@AUDIO_FILE" \
-F "model=whisper-large-v3-turbo" \
-F "response_format=verbose_json" \
-F "language=zh" \
> /tmp/media_transcript.json
python3 -c "import json; print(json.load(open('/tmp/media_transcript.json'))['text'])"
Step 3: Structured Summary
Video (≤20 min):
- Overview (1-2 sentences)
- Key Points (3-5 bullet points)
- Notable Quotes (if any)
- Action Items (if applicable)
Podcast (>20 min):
- Overview (2-3 sentences)
- Chapter Summary (segmented by topic)
- Key Points (5-8 bullet points)
- Notable Quotes
- Action Items (if applicable)
Error Handling
| Situation | Action |
|---|
| No subtitles + no GROQ_API_KEY | Prompt user to set API key |
| Audio >25MB | ffmpeg segment (10min/segment), transcribe sequentially |
| Podcast >2 hours | Warn user, confirm before proceeding |
| Groq 524 timeout | Do NOT parallelize — transcribe sequentially, sleep 5-8s between |
| Groq 429 rate limit | Wait for retry-after header, then retry |
| yt-dlp Bilibili 412 | Use Bilibili API instead (Step 1d) |
| yt-dlp YouTube bot detection | Add --cookies-from-browser chrome |
| Spotify links | Not supported (DRM protected) |
Dependencies
yt-dlp: video download + subtitle extraction
ffmpeg: audio conversion + segmentation
curl: audio download, API calls
GROQ_API_KEY: Whisper transcription (free at https://console.groq.com/keys)