Extract YouTube video transcripts with metadata and save as Markdown to Obsidian vault.
$ npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install glebis/claude-skills youtube-transcript --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/youtube-transcript .claude/skills/youtube-transcript && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "youtube-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills/tree/main/youtube-transcript into .claude/skills/youtube-transcript/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-transcript", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills/tree/main/youtube-transcriptType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install glebis/claude-skills youtube-transcript --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/youtube-transcript .agents/skills/youtube-transcript && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "youtube-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills/tree/main/youtube-transcript into .agents/skills/youtube-transcript/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-transcript", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install glebis/claude-skills youtube-transcript --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/youtube-transcript .cursor/skills/youtube-transcript && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "youtube-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills/tree/main/youtube-transcript into .cursor/skills/youtube-transcript/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-transcript", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills.git --path youtube-transcript--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install glebis/claude-skills youtube-transcript --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/youtube-transcript .gemini/skills/youtube-transcript && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "youtube-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills/tree/main/youtube-transcript into .gemini/skills/youtube-transcript/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-transcript", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install glebis/claude-skills youtube-transcriptInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/youtube-transcript .github/skills/youtube-transcript && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "youtube-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills/tree/main/youtube-transcript into .github/skills/youtube-transcript/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-transcript", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install glebis/claude-skills youtube-transcript --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/youtube-transcript .opencode/skills/youtube-transcript && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "youtube-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills/tree/main/youtube-transcript into .opencode/skills/youtube-transcript/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-transcript", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
youtube-transcriptExtract YouTube video transcripts with metadata and save as Markdown to Obsidian vault.
Youtube Transcript is an agent skill from glebis/claude-skills. Extract YouTube video transcripts with metadata and save as Markdown to Obsidian vault. Use this skill when the user requests downloading YouTube transcripts, converting YouTube videos to text, or extracting video subtitles. Does not download video/audio files, only metadata and subtitles.
Its SKILL.md is about 610 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including scripts (for example `.claude-plugin/plugin.json`, `scripts/deduplicate_transcript.py` and `scripts/extract_transcript.py`).
It sits in Knowledge Management, covering Video and podcast notes, Transcription and Video production. It works with YouTube and Obsidian. The repository describes itself as: Collection of Claude Code skills for enhanced AI workflows. The licence is MIT.
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7524dff. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
pythonpipFrom the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Youtube Transcript loads about 613 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 77 tokens; SKILL.md has 225 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
The full file from glebis/claude-skills at commit 7524dff, republished under its MIT licence (© glebis). 225 words, ~613 tokens.
.claude/skills/youtube-transcript/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.Extract YouTube video transcripts, metadata, and chapters using yt-dlp. Output formatted as Markdown with YAML frontmatter, saved to ~/Brains/brain/ (Obsidian vault).
To extract a transcript from a YouTube video:
python scripts/extract_transcript.py <youtube_url>Optional: Specify custom output filename:
python scripts/extract_transcript.py <youtube_url> custom_filename.mdThe generated Markdown includes comprehensive metadata:
title - Video titlechannel - Channel nameurl - YouTube URLupload_date - Upload date (YYYY-MM-DD)duration - Video duration (HH:MM:SS)description - Video description (truncated to 500 chars)tags - Array of video tagsview_count - View countlike_count - Like countTranscript organized by video chapters (if available):
## Chapter Title
**00:05:23** Transcript text for this segment.
**00:05:45** Next segment text.If no chapters exist, all content appears under "## Transcript" heading.
Timestamps formatted as HH:MM:SS for consistency.
To remove duplicates from existing transcript files:
python scripts/deduplicate_transcript.py <markdown_file>This removes transcript entries that are prefixes of subsequent entries (common in VTT files where subtitles accumulate).
Ensure yt-dlp is installed:
pip install yt-dlp© glebis, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
SKILL.md and 3 other files (scripts) in youtube-transcript of glebis/claude-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7524dff
Youtube Transcript next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youtube Transcript this skillglebis/claude-skills | 388 | — | ~613 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Youtube FetcherJimmySadek/youtube-fetcher-to-markdown | 485 | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Subscription Videos MetadataEfficientStreet/youtube-subscriptions-ingest | 178 | — | ~7.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Video Lenskar2phi/video-lens | 112 | — | ~8.2k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Youtube Transcript Extractor API Skillbrowser-act/skills | 6.1k | 1 repos | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Youtube Transcriptintellectronica/agent-skills | 295 | 2 repos | ~394 | Automated safety check: Pass | CC0-1.0 |
JimmySadek/youtube-fetcher-to-markdown
Retrieve YouTube transcripts and subtitles, summarize or analyze what was said, or save an Obsidian-ready Markdown knowledge-base note with captions, creator metadata, chapters, language, and source…
EfficientStreet/youtube-subscriptions-ingest
Pull metadata from YouTube subscription videos into a second-brain vault as a real cross-linked knowledge graph — not just a flat archive.
kar2phi/video-lens
Fetch a YouTube transcript and generate an executive summary, key points, and timestamped topic list as a polished HTML report.
browser-act/skills
This skill helps users automatically extract YouTube video transcripts and metadata via the BrowserAct API.
intellectronica/agent-skills
Extract transcripts from YouTube videos. An agent skill from intellectronica/agent-skills.
aiskillstore/marketplace
Download and process YouTube video transcripts using yt-dlp.
glebis/claude-skills
Runs a human-first workflow for labeling PII spans in a transcript, then scores inter-annotator agreement and drafts an adjudicated gold set.
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Automates a dedicated, logged-in Chrome instance per profile without ever closing the user's own open tabs or browser windows.
glebis/claude-skills
This skill should be used when conducting comprehensive research on any topic using the OpenAI Deep Research API.
glebis/claude-skills
This skill should be used for elimination-style research where the user wants to choose from a shortlist of products, tools, services, vendors, or other options using explicit criteria, numeric…
glebis/claude-skills
Generates a self-contained HTML presentation with article and slides modes, ElevenLabs voiceover narration and optional GPT Image 2 illustrations.
glebis/claude-skills
Writes fictional but realistic coaching or therapy session transcripts for evals, demos and few-shot examples, in several modalities and export formats.
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Extract YouTube video transcripts with metadata and save as Markdown to Obsidian vault. Youtube Transcript is an agent skill from glebis/claude-skills. Extract YouTube video transcripts with metadata and save as Markdown to Obsidian vault.
Youtube Transcript fits situations like: the user requests downloading YouTube transcripts; converting YouTube videos to text; extracting video subtitles.
Run `npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (youtube-transcript in glebis/claude-skills) into .claude/skills/youtube-transcript in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (youtube-transcript in glebis/claude-skills) into .agents/skills/youtube-transcript in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/youtube-transcript, .gemini/skills/youtube-transcript, .github/skills/youtube-transcript and .opencode/skills/youtube-transcript in your project.
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Youtube Transcript needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python and pip). Our summary lists: Python 3.
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
Youtube Transcript is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 613 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Youtube Transcript: Youtube Fetcher (JimmySadek/youtube-fetcher-to-markdown, 485 stars), Subscription Videos Metadata (EfficientStreet/youtube-subscriptions-ingest, 178 stars), Video Lens (kar2phi/video-lens, 112 stars) and Youtube Transcript Extractor API Skill (browser-act/skills, 6.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
glebis (a GitHub user) maintains it in glebis/claude-skills, which has 388 GitHub stars. The repository holds 91 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 26, 2026.
Source: glebis/claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.
