youtube-transcript

name	youtube-transcript
description	Fetch the transcript of a YouTube video (timestamped text) for summarization, notes, or analysis. Use when a task references a YouTube URL or video ID.

YouTube Transcript

Fetch the caption transcript of a YouTube video as timestamped text. Everything is already installed — do NOT run npm install.

Usage

node ~/.bakin/npm/youtube-transcript/scripts/transcript.js <video-id-or-url>

Accepts a video ID or any YouTube URL form:

• EBw7gsDPAYQ
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBw7gsDPAYQ
• https://youtu.be/EBw7gsDPAYQ

Output

Timestamped transcript lines on stdout:

[0:00] All right. So, I got this UniFi Theta
[0:15] I took the camera out, painted it
[1:23] And here's the final result

Honest failure

• Only works when the video HAS captions (auto-generated or manual). If the script reports no transcript available, say so — do not guess the content.
• YouTube occasionally blocks automated caption fetches; report the error verbatim rather than retrying in a loop.