youtube-to-markdown

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Convert YouTube videos into structured Markdown.

Authorvre
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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

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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.
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