| 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. |
YouTube Watcher
Fetch transcripts from YouTube videos to enable summarization, QA, and content extraction.
Usage
Provide a YouTube URL. The skill will:
- Fetch the video transcript (closed captions or auto-generated subtitles)
- Return the transcript text for analysis
What You Can Do With It
- Summarize a video in bullet points
- Extract specific facts, quotes, or data points
- Answer questions about the video content
- Compare multiple videos on the same topic
- Build a knowledge base from video libraries
Notes
- Works with videos that have closed captions (CC) or auto-generated subtitles
- If a video has no subtitles, the transcript cannot be fetched
- Long videos (1+ hour) will produce long transcripts -- specify what you want extracted
Example Invocations
/youtube-watcher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
Summarize the main points
/youtube-watcher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
Extract all statistics and data points mentioned
/youtube-watcher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
What does the speaker say about pricing?
