Video Transcript
bozhouDev/video-skills-toolkit
Deprecated compatibility package. An agent skill from bozhouDev/video-skills-toolkit.
Extract video transcripts: yt-dlp subtitles to clean paragraphs.
Install Video Transcript
$ npx skills add notque/vexjoy-agent --skill video-transcript -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install notque/vexjoy-agent video-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/notque/vexjoy-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research/video-transcript .claude/skills/video-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 "video-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/notque/vexjoy-agent/tree/main/skills/research/video-transcript into .claude/skills/video-transcript/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "video-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/notque/vexjoy-agent/tree/main/skills/research/video-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 notque/vexjoy-agent --skill video-transcript -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install notque/vexjoy-agent video-transcript --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/notque/vexjoy-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research/video-transcript .agents/skills/video-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 "video-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/notque/vexjoy-agent/tree/main/skills/research/video-transcript into .agents/skills/video-transcript/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "video-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 notque/vexjoy-agent --skill video-transcript -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install notque/vexjoy-agent video-transcript --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/notque/vexjoy-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research/video-transcript .cursor/skills/video-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 "video-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/notque/vexjoy-agent/tree/main/skills/research/video-transcript into .cursor/skills/video-transcript/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "video-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/notque/vexjoy-agent.git --path skills/research/video-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 notque/vexjoy-agent --skill video-transcript -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install notque/vexjoy-agent video-transcript --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/notque/vexjoy-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research/video-transcript .gemini/skills/video-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 "video-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/notque/vexjoy-agent/tree/main/skills/research/video-transcript into .gemini/skills/video-transcript/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "video-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 notque/vexjoy-agent video-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 notque/vexjoy-agent --skill video-transcript -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/notque/vexjoy-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research/video-transcript .github/skills/video-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 "video-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/notque/vexjoy-agent/tree/main/skills/research/video-transcript into .github/skills/video-transcript/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "video-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 notque/vexjoy-agent --skill video-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 notque/vexjoy-agent video-transcript --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/notque/vexjoy-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research/video-transcript .opencode/skills/video-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 "video-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/notque/vexjoy-agent/tree/main/skills/research/video-transcript into .opencode/skills/video-transcript/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "video-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.
Facts
- Skill name
video-transcript- GitHub stars
- 435
- Token cost
- ~576 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 194 words
- Files
- 2 (incl. scripts)
- Skills in repo
- 61
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Extract video transcripts: yt-dlp subtitles to clean paragraphs.
- Tasks that involve Video and podcast notes
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls yt-dlp and python3
- Tasks that involve Transcription
What it does
Video Transcript is an agent skill from notque/vexjoy-agent. Extract video transcripts: yt-dlp subtitles to clean paragraphs.
Its SKILL.md is about 580 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/vtt_to_paragraph.py`).
It sits in Media & Creative, covering Video and podcast notes and Transcription. The repository describes itself as: VexJoy AI Agent with Jev Intelligent Routing - /do routes plain-English requests to the right specialist agent and gates the work with reviews, tests, and a learning loop. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Video and podcast notes
- Tasks that involve Transcription
Example prompts
- “/video-transcript”
Requirements
- Python 3
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Read
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5218674. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
BashRead
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
yt-dlppython3
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Video Transcript loads about 576 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 20 tokens; SKILL.md has 194 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.
Safety
Auto-check: notes
The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.
- NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
allowed-tools: Bash, Read
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.
SKILL.md
The full file from notque/vexjoy-agent at commit 5218674, republished under its MIT licence (© notque). 194 words, ~576 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/video-transcript/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- video-transcript
- description
- Extract video transcripts: yt-dlp subtitles to clean paragraphs.
- allowed-tools
- Bash, Read
- promoted_to
- video-editing
- user_invocable
- false
- agent
- python-general-engineer
- routing.triggers
- video transcript, youtube transcript, extract transcript, download subtitles, what does this video say, get transcript, transcribe video, transcribe this…
- routing.category
- research
- routing.pairs_with
- research
Video Transcript
Pull a video's transcript as readable paragraphs. Two paths, in order:
Path 1 — uploader subtitles (accurate, prefer when present):
yt-dlp --skip-download --write-subs --sub-langs en --sub-format vtt \
-o '<work-dir>/%(id)s' '<URL>'Path 2 — auto-generated captions (fallback when path 1 writes no file):
yt-dlp --skip-download --write-auto-subs --sub-langs en --sub-format vtt \
-o '<work-dir>/%(id)s' '<URL>'Then clean the VTT into paragraphs:
python3 skills/research/video-transcript/scripts/vtt_to_paragraph.py <work-dir>/<id>.en.vttDefault output is plain paragraph text with [Music]-style cues stripped and the rolling duplicates of auto-captions deduplicated. Use --timestamps for [mm:ss] markers, --keep-brackets to keep cue tags, -o FILE to write to a file.
For other languages, change --sub-langs (e.g. de, en.*). List what a video offers with yt-dlp --list-subs '<URL>'.
Error handling
Both paths write no .vtt file
Cause: video has no subtitles or captions in the requested language.
Solution: run yt-dlp --list-subs '<URL>' and pick an available language; if none exist, report that and offer audio transcription via the markdown-converter skill on a downloaded audio file.
HTTP 429 / "Sign in to confirm"
Cause: platform rate-limiting the host.
Solution: wait and retry with --sleep-requests 2; keep request volume low.
Cleaner output repeats lines
Cause: VTT came from a third path (e.g. translated captions) with cue formats the dedupe misses.
Solution: rerun the cleaner; if repeats remain, file the sample VTT alongside a fix to vtt_to_paragraph.py.
© notque, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file (scripts) in skills/research/video-transcript of notque/vexjoy-agent.
- SKILL.md
- scripts/vtt_to_paragraph.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5218674
Compare with similar skills
Video 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video Transcript this skillnotque/vexjoy-agent | 435 | — | ~576 | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Video TranscriptbozhouDev/video-skills-toolkit | 149 | — | ~208 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Gemini Yt Video Transcriptsundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills | 663 | — | ~293 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Video Link Transcript ExtractorSpaceZephyr/creator-buddy | 1.6k | — | ~498 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Youtube FetcherJimmySadek/youtube-fetcher-to-markdown | 485 | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Video To NotesKIRVO-REPORTING/video-to-notes | 105 | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Video Transcript
What does Video Transcript do?
Extract video transcripts: yt-dlp subtitles to clean paragraphs. Video Transcript is an agent skill from notque/vexjoy-agent. Extract video transcripts: yt-dlp subtitles to clean paragraphs.
When should I use Video Transcript?
Video Transcript fits situations like: tasks that involve Video and podcast notes; tasks that involve Transcription.
How do I install Video Transcript in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add notque/vexjoy-agent --skill video-transcript -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/research/video-transcript in notque/vexjoy-agent) into .claude/skills/video-transcript in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Video Transcript in Codex?
Run `npx skills add notque/vexjoy-agent --skill video-transcript -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/research/video-transcript in notque/vexjoy-agent) into .agents/skills/video-transcript in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Video Transcript in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add notque/vexjoy-agent --skill video-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/video-transcript, .gemini/skills/video-transcript, .github/skills/video-transcript and .opencode/skills/video-transcript in your project.
What does Video Transcript need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Video Transcript needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (yt-dlp and python3). Our summary lists: Python 3. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash, Read.
Does Video Transcript access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Video Transcript safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. 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.
What licence does Video Transcript use?
Video Transcript is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Video Transcript use?
About 576 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Video Transcript?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Video Transcript: Video Transcript (bozhouDev/video-skills-toolkit, 149 stars), Gemini Yt Video Transcript (sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, 663 stars), Video Link Transcript Extractor (SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy, 1.6k stars) and Youtube Fetcher (JimmySadek/youtube-fetcher-to-markdown, 485 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Video Transcript?
notque (a GitHub user) maintains it in notque/vexjoy-agent, which has 435 GitHub stars. The repository holds 61 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 3, 2026.
Source: notque/vexjoy-agent on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.