youtube-summary
CommunityTurn YouTube transcripts into concise, timestamped summaries.
Authorcyx-1
Version1.0.0
Installs0
System Documentation
What problem does it solve?
This Skill automates turning YouTube transcripts into concise, timestamped video summaries, saving hours of manual note-taking and review work.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Transcript-aware summarization: If a transcript already exists locally at youtube/{Channel Name}/transcript-{Video Title}.md, skip download and proceed to summarization.
- Transcript download when needed: If no transcript exists, automatically download subtitles to enable summarization.
- Structured, clickable outputs: Generate a summary at youtube/{Channel Name}/summary-{Video Title}.md with topics and clickable timestamp links to the original video.
- Organized outputs: Outputs are stored under the youtube/ directory by channel for easy retrieval and archival.
Quick Start
Provide the YouTube URL to analyze. The Skill will fetch or reuse an existing transcript, then produce a summary at youtube/{Channel Name}/summary-{Video Title}.md with topic bullets and timestamp links like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=XXXs.
Dependency Matrix
Required Modules
yt-dlp
Components
scripts
💻 Claude Code Installation
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