youtube

name	youtube
version	1.0
description	Extract transcripts from YouTube videos via the YouTube caption system
entry	{"script":"scripts/main.py","class":"YoutubeSkill"}
triggers	{"extensions":["https://www.youtube.com/","https://youtu.be/","https://www.youtubekids.com/"],"intents":[]}
requires	["youtube-transcript-api"]
author	axoviq.com
license	AGPL-3.0-or-later

YouTube Skill

Extracts the transcript (captions) from a YouTube video using the YouTube caption system — no API key or audio download required.

When this skill is used

• Source starts with https://www.youtube.com/, https://youtu.be/, or https://www.youtubekids.com/

To search YouTube by topic instead of ingesting a specific URL, use the web search skill — it filters Tavily results to YouTube domains automatically:

synthadoc ingest "youtube Moore's Law"
synthadoc ingest "youtube kids: Sesame Street"
synthadoc ingest "search for youtube: history of computing"

Each YouTube URL returned by Tavily is then ingested by this skill.

Limitations

• Only works for videos that have captions (auto-generated or manually added). If no captions are available the source is skipped with a warning.
• Private or deleted videos are skipped gracefully.