youtube-to-markdown
CommunityConvert YouTube videos into structured Markdown.
Content & Communication#automation#transcript#markdown#youtube#knowledge-management#video-extraction
Authorvre
Version1.0.0
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System Documentation
What problem does it solve?
This Skill automates the extraction of YouTube video data, including metadata, description, and chapters, and prepares a structured Markdown footprint that you can drop into any knowledge vault.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Video data extraction: Pull video metadata (title, URL, uploader, views, duration) into a Markdown file for quick reference.
- Description and chapters: Save the video description and chapter structure to improve navigation and searchability.
- Markdown readiness: Outputs ready-to-use Markdown that can be dropped into Obsidian, Notion, or any note-taking system.
- Use Case: Convert a set of relevant YouTube videos into a compiled knowledge base for a project, training, or research.
Quick Start
Use the youtube-to-markdown skill to extract data for a YouTube URL like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=example. The skill will generate youtube_{id}metadata.md, youtube{id}description.md, and youtube{id}_chapters.json in your output directory, ready for final assembly.
Dependency Matrix
Required Modules
yt-dlp
Components
Standard package💻 Claude Code Installation
Recommended: Let Claude install automatically. Simply copy and paste the text below to Claude Code.
Please help me install this Skill: Name: youtube-to-markdown Download link: https://github.com/vre/flow-state/archive/main.zip#youtube-to-markdown Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.