Agent skill

Youtube Transcript

by sickn33 in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Fetch YouTube transcripts through DeepAPI or local fallback tooling and save clean text output.

MITAuto-check passedKnowledge Management

Install Youtube Transcript

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills youtube-transcript --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-transcript .claude/skills/youtube-transcript && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "youtube-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/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

$skill-installer install https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/youtube-transcript

Type 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills youtube-transcript --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-transcript .agents/skills/youtube-transcript && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "youtube-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills youtube-transcript --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-transcript .cursor/skills/youtube-transcript && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "youtube-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/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

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git --path skills/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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills youtube-transcript --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-transcript .gemini/skills/youtube-transcript && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "youtube-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/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.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills youtube-transcript

Installs 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).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-transcript .github/skills/youtube-transcript && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "youtube-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills youtube-transcript --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-transcript .opencode/skills/youtube-transcript && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "youtube-transcript" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/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.

Facts

Skill name: youtube-transcript
GitHub stars: 47k
Used in: 1 other repo
Token cost: ~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length: 434 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 1,394
Repo updated: Oct 6, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Fetch YouTube transcripts through DeepAPI or local fallback tooling and save clean text output.

Tasks that involve Video and podcast notes
SKILL.md covers When to Use, Save location, Primary path — DeepAPI and When to fall back to yt-dlp, plus 3 more sections
Calls yt-dlp, jq and curl; needs DEEPAPI_API_KEY

What it does

Youtube Transcript is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Fetch YouTube transcripts through DeepAPI or local fallback tooling and save clean text output.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Knowledge Management, covering Video and podcast notes. It works with YouTube. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Video and podcast notes

Example prompts

“/youtube-transcript”

Requirements

Python 3
A credential in DEEPAPI_API_KEY

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1e53ce2. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
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.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- yt-dlp
- jq
- curl
- python3
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:
- DEEPAPI_API_KEY
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Youtube Transcript loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 29 tokens; SKILL.md has 434 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~29
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.3k

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 passed

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit 1e53ce2, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 434 words, ~1,289 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/youtube-transcript/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: youtube-transcript
description: Fetch YouTube transcripts through DeepAPI or local fallback tooling and save clean text output.
category: research
risk: safe
source: community
source_repo: davidondrej/skills
source_type: community
date_added: 2026-07-07
author: davidondrej
tags: youtube, transcripts, research
tools: claude, codex
license: MIT

YouTube Transcript (via DeepAPI, yt-dlp fallback)

When to Use

Use when the user asks for a YouTube transcript, captions, subtitles, or spoken-content extraction.
Use when DeepAPI or a local fallback can fetch the transcript safely.

Fetch a YouTube video's transcript and save a clean raw .txt file. Primary path is DeepAPI POST /v1/scrape/youtube/transcript. It runs server-side, so it avoids the local-IP bot flagging that plagues yt-dlp.

Save location

If the user is in a real project/working dir → save there.
Otherwise (no dir given, or cwd makes no sense) → save to ~/Downloads.
Always name the file Channel_Title with spaces replaced by _ (e.g. David_Ondrej_title_of_video.txt). If metadata is unavailable, fall back to the video ID.

Primary path — DeepAPI

DEEPAPI_API_KEY must already be present in the environment. Do not read shell startup files or print secrets:

bash

test -n "$DEEPAPI_API_KEY" || { echo "DEEPAPI_API_KEY is not set"; exit 1; }
BASE=${DEEPAPI_API_BASE_URL:-https://deepapi.co}

Run the scrape (keep the Idempotency-Key; retries must reuse the SAME one):

bash

IDK=$(uuidgen)
curl -s --max-time 120 "$BASE/v1/scrape/youtube/transcript" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DEEPAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $IDK" \
  -d '{"url": "VIDEO_URL", "maxCostUsd": "0.05", "waitForFinishSecs": 60}' \
  > /tmp/yt_transcript.json

Non-English videos: add "language": "de" (etc.) to the body.
status: running → wait next.afterSecs, then curl "$BASE$(jq -r '.next.path' /tmp/yt_transcript.json)" -H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" until succeeded or failed.

Extract the text and save it:

bash

jq -r '.status' /tmp/yt_transcript.json                # succeeded | running | failed
jq -r '.output[0].text' /tmp/yt_transcript.json > "$OUT/$NAME.txt"
jq -r '.debitMicrousd' /tmp/yt_transcript.json         # cost (50000 = $0.05)

.output[0].segments also has timed segments (startSecs, durationSecs, text) if the user wants timestamps. Empty output = video has no captions; report it, don't retry.

For the Channel_Title filename, get metadata with a quick yt-dlp --print "%(channel)s|%(title)s" --skip-download "URL"; if that fails, use the video ID.

When to fall back to yt-dlp

DEEPAPI_API_KEY missing from the environment.
HTTP 402 insufficient_credits (tell the user to top up at deepapi.co/credits first; fall back only if they're unavailable).
DeepAPI request failed twice.

Tell the user whenever you fall back — a fallback means the product missed a real use case.

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Fallback path — yt-dlp (local)

bash

OUT="$(pwd)"            # or ~/Downloads if cwd makes no sense
META=$(yt-dlp --print "%(channel)s|%(title)s" --skip-download "URL")
NAME=$(echo "$META" | tr '| ' '__' | tr -cd '[:alnum:]_.-')   # "Channel_Title", spaces -> _, strip unsafe chars
yt-dlp --skip-download --write-subs --write-auto-subs \
  --sub-langs "en.*" --sub-format json3 \
  -o "$OUT/$NAME.%(ext)s" "URL"

Fall back channel → uploader → uploader_id if channel is null.
--skip-download = captions only. --write-subs + --write-auto-subs = manual first, auto as fallback.
Always use json3, never VTT/SRT — auto VTT repeats every line twice (rolling captions).

Flatten json3 → raw text:

bash

python3 - "$OUT" <<'PY'
import json, html, re, glob, sys, pathlib
f = glob.glob(sys.argv[1] + "/*.json3")
if not f: sys.exit("no json3 file")
data = json.load(open(f[0], encoding="utf-8"))
parts = ["".join(s.get("utf8","") for s in e.get("segs") or []) for e in data.get("events", [])]
txt = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", html.unescape(" ".join(p.strip() for p in parts if p.strip()))).strip()
out = pathlib.Path(f[0]).with_suffix(".txt")
out.write_text(txt, encoding="utf-8"); print(out)
PY

yt-dlp failure handling

Non-English / unknown language: run yt-dlp --list-subs "URL" first, then set --sub-langs.
Newer yt-dlp may need deno on PATH for YouTube extraction.
On first failure: run yt-dlp -U once, retry once, then stop.
429 / "Sign in to confirm you're not a bot" = IP flagged. STOP — do NOT retry in a loop (makes it worse).
Never fall back to downloading audio for Whisper unless the user explicitly asks.

Output

Report the saved path; print the text if short. If DeepAPI was used, also report the cost in dollars.

Limitations

Adapted from davidondrej/skills; verify local paths, tools, credentials, and agent features before acting.
For commands, remote access, scheduling, browser automation, or file-changing workflows, get explicit user approval and confirm the target environment first.

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/youtube-transcript of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1e53ce2

Used in 1 other repository

We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

lingxling/awesome-skills-cnantigravity-awesome-skills/skills/youtube-transcript antigravity-awesome-skills/plugins/agentic-awesome-skills/skills/youtube-transcript+1 more

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Questions about Youtube Transcript

What does Youtube Transcript do?

Fetch YouTube transcripts through DeepAPI or local fallback tooling and save clean text output. Youtube Transcript is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Fetch YouTube transcripts through DeepAPI or local fallback tooling and save clean text output.

When should I use Youtube Transcript?

Youtube Transcript fits situations like: tasks that involve Video and podcast notes.

How do I install Youtube Transcript in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/youtube-transcript in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/youtube-transcript in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Youtube Transcript in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill youtube-transcript -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/youtube-transcript in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/youtube-transcript in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Youtube 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-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.

What does Youtube Transcript need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Youtube Transcript needs the command-line tools its instructions call (yt-dlp, jq, curl and python3) and credentials named DEEPAPI_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Python 3; A credential in DEEPAPI_API_KEY.

Does Youtube Transcript access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Youtube Transcript safe to install?

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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Youtube Transcript use?

Youtube Transcript is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Youtube Transcript use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.2k 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 Youtube Transcript?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Youtube Transcript: Multi-Source to NotebookLM Processor (joeseesun/qiaomu-anything-to-notebooklm, 6.2k stars), Youtube Fetcher (JimmySadek/youtube-fetcher-to-markdown, 485 stars), YouTube Transcript Fetcher (ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills, 1k stars) and Subscription Videos Metadata (EfficientStreet/youtube-subscriptions-ingest, 178 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Youtube Transcript?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,304 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,394 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Youtube Transcript

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

YouTube Transcript (via DeepAPI, yt-dlp fallback)

When to Use

Save location

Primary path — DeepAPI

When to fall back to yt-dlp

Fallback path — yt-dlp (local)

yt-dlp failure handling

Output

Limitations

Files

Used in 1 other repository

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