youtube-transcripts
CommunityExtract YouTube transcripts reliably
Software Engineering#cli#yt-dlp#whisper#transcript-extraction#youtube-transcript#audio-transcription#proxy-rotation
Authorgrahama1970
Version1.0.0
Installs0
System Documentation
What problem does it solve?
Extract transcripts from YouTube videos for quick text-based consumption, search, or downstream processing when users request captions or a transcript.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Direct transcript retrieval via youtube-transcript-api for fast, code-free extraction of captions.
- IPRoyal proxy fallback to handle rate limits and access restrictions on busy videos.
- Whisper fallback using yt-dlp to download audio and OpenAI Whisper for transcription when captions are unavailable.
- CLI-friendly workflow and easy integration into memory pipelines for research, indexing, and content analysis.
Quick Start
Run the CLI to fetch the transcript for a YouTube video using the direct, proxy, and Whisper fallbacks.
Dependency Matrix
Required Modules
youtube-transcript-apirequestsyt-dlpopenaityperpython-dotenv
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-transcripts Download link: https://github.com/grahama1970/fetcher/archive/main.zip#youtube-transcripts Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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