| name | hyper-fast-youtube-transcript |
| description | 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.
