What problem does it solve? Getting the text content of a YouTube video normally means watching the whole thing or paying for transcription services. This Skill pulls the caption track YouTube already has (creator-uploaded or auto-generated) and turns it into a transcript, summary, TL;DR, or chapter breakdown in seconds, without running any speech-to-text. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Transcript Extraction: Accepts any YouTube URL format (watch, youtu.be, /shorts/, /live/) or a bare video ID and returns the full caption text. - Flexible Output Formats: Plain text, timestamped lines with [mm:ss] prefixes for chapters and jump links, or structured JSON segments for programmatic use. - Summarization Workflow: Produces TL;DRs, bulleted key points, and chapter breakdowns directly from the fetched transcript. - Use Case: A user pastes a 45-minute conference talk link and asks for the key takeaways. The Skill fetches the captions and returns a timestamped summary without watching the video. ## Quick Start Give the AI a YouTube link and ask it to fetch the transcript and summarize the key points with timestamps.
