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joeseesun/qiaomu-anything-to-notebooklm
Collects content from WeChat articles, web pages, YouTube, podcasts, documents and more, uploads it to NotebookLM and generates podcasts, slides or mind maps.
YouTube: transcripts, audio/video downloads (yt-dlp, transcript-api)
Install Youtube Content
$ npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill youtube-content -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden youtube-content --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/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-content .claude/skills/youtube-content && 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-content" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/youtube-content into .claude/skills/youtube-content/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-content", 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/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/youtube-contentType 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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill youtube-content -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden youtube-content --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-content .agents/skills/youtube-content && 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-content" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/youtube-content into .agents/skills/youtube-content/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-content", 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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill youtube-content -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden youtube-content --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-content .cursor/skills/youtube-content && 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-content" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/youtube-content into .cursor/skills/youtube-content/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-content", 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/taracodlabs/aiden.git --path skills/youtube-content--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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill youtube-content -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden youtube-content --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-content .gemini/skills/youtube-content && 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-content" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/youtube-content into .gemini/skills/youtube-content/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-content", 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 taracodlabs/aiden youtube-contentInstalls 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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill youtube-content -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-content .github/skills/youtube-content && 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-content" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/youtube-content into .github/skills/youtube-content/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-content", 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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill youtube-content -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden youtube-content --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/youtube-content .opencode/skills/youtube-content && 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-content" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/youtube-content into .opencode/skills/youtube-content/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "youtube-content", 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-content- GitHub stars
- 852
- Token cost
- ~938 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 260 words
- Files
- 2
- Skills in repo
- 63
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
YouTube: transcripts, audio/video downloads (yt-dlp, transcript-api)
- Works in 9 steps: Install required tools → Get a video transcript (Python) → Get transcript in a specific language → …
- Tasks that involve Video and podcast notes
- SKILL.md covers When to Use, How to Use, Examples and Cautions
- Calls yt-dlp, pip and python; reaches youtube.com
What it does
Youtube Content is an agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden. YouTube: transcripts, audio/video downloads (yt-dlp, transcript-api)
Its SKILL.md is about 940 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `skill.json`).
It sits in Knowledge Management, covering Video and podcast notes. It works with YouTube. The repository describes itself as: Aiden — an autonomous AI agent and work engine built solo. It can operate your browser, terminal, files, apps, APIs, skills and tools, remember context, recover from failures… The licence is Apache-2.0.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Video and podcast notes
Example prompts
- “/youtube-content”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
9 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3704204. 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-dlppippython
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
youtube.com
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
Youtube Content loads about 938 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 21 tokens; SKILL.md has 260 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 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 taracodlabs/aiden at commit 3704204, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© taracodlabs). 260 words, ~938 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/youtube-content/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- youtube-content
- description
- YouTube: transcripts, audio/video downloads (yt-dlp, transcript-api)
- category
- research
- version
- 1.0.0
- origin
- aiden
- license
- Apache-2.0
- tags
- youtube, transcript, video, audio, download, subtitles, yt-dlp, content, summary
YouTube Content Extraction
Extract transcripts, download audio or video, and retrieve metadata from YouTube using youtube-transcript-api (Python) and yt-dlp.
When to Use
- User wants to get the transcript of a YouTube video
- User wants to summarize a YouTube video without watching it
- User wants to download audio from a YouTube video
- User wants to download a video for offline viewing
- User wants to search for metadata (title, duration, views) of a video
How to Use
1. Install required tools
pip install youtube-transcript-api
pip install yt-dlp
# Verify
yt-dlp --version2. Get a video transcript (Python)
from youtube_transcript_api import YouTubeTranscriptApi
video_id = "dQw4w9WgXcQ" # from youtube.com/watch?v=<id>
transcript = YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript(video_id)
text = " ".join(entry["text"] for entry in transcript)
print(text[:2000])3. Get transcript in a specific language
from youtube_transcript_api import YouTubeTranscriptApi
video_id = "dQw4w9WgXcQ"
# Try English first, then auto-generated
transcript = YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript(video_id, languages=["en", "en-US"])
text = " ".join(entry["text"] for entry in transcript)4. List available transcript languages for a video
from youtube_transcript_api import YouTubeTranscriptApi
video_id = "dQw4w9WgXcQ"
transcript_list = YouTubeTranscriptApi.list_transcripts(video_id)
for t in transcript_list:
print(t.language, t.language_code, "auto-generated:", t.is_generated)5. Download audio (MP3) with yt-dlp
$videoUrl = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
yt-dlp -x --audio-format mp3 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" $videoUrl6. Download video (best quality)
$videoUrl = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
yt-dlp -f "bestvideo+bestaudio" --merge-output-format mp4 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" $videoUrl7. Download video at specific quality
# List available formats first
yt-dlp -F $videoUrl
# Download 720p
yt-dlp -f "bestvideo[height<=720]+bestaudio" --merge-output-format mp4 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" $videoUrl8. Get video metadata (no download)
yt-dlp --dump-json --no-download $videoUrl | python -m json.tool | Select-String -Pattern '"title"|"duration"|"view_count"|"upload_date"'9. Download an entire playlist
$playlistUrl = "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxxxxxx"
yt-dlp -x --audio-format mp3 -o "%(playlist_index)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" $playlistUrlExamples
"Get me the transcript of this YouTube tutorial so I can read it"
→ Use step 2 — extract video ID from URL and call get_transcript.
"Download the audio from this podcast episode on YouTube" → Use step 5 with the video URL to download as MP3.
"What languages are available for transcripts on this video?" → Use step 4 to list available transcript languages.
Cautions
youtube-transcript-apionly works for videos that have transcripts (manual or auto-generated)- Auto-generated transcripts may have errors, especially for technical content or non-English speech
- Downloading videos may be subject to YouTube's Terms of Service — use for personal research and fair use only
- yt-dlp may need updates when YouTube changes its API: run
yt-dlp -Uto update - Rate limiting may occur on rapid consecutive downloads — add delays between requests for playlists
© taracodlabs, Apache-2.0. 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 in skills/youtube-content of taracodlabs/aiden.
- SKILL.md
- skill.json
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3704204
Compare with similar skills
Youtube Content 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 Content this skilltaracodlabs/aiden | 852 | — | ~938 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Multi-Source to NotebookLM Processorjoeseesun/qiaomu-anything-to-notebooklm | 6.2k | — | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| YouTube Transcript FetcherZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | 1k | 1 repos | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Subscription Videos MetadataEfficientStreet/youtube-subscriptions-ingest | 180 | — | ~7.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| YouTube Video TranscriptZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | 1k | 1 repos | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Video Lens Gallerykar2phi/video-lens | 113 | — | ~608 | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
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Questions about Youtube Content
What does Youtube Content do?
YouTube: transcripts, audio/video downloads (yt-dlp, transcript-api). Youtube Content is an agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden.
When should I use Youtube Content?
Youtube Content fits situations like: tasks that involve Video and podcast notes.
How do I install Youtube Content in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill youtube-content -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/youtube-content in taracodlabs/aiden) into .claude/skills/youtube-content in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Youtube Content in Codex?
Run `npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill youtube-content -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/youtube-content in taracodlabs/aiden) into .agents/skills/youtube-content in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Youtube Content 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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill youtube-content -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-content, .gemini/skills/youtube-content, .github/skills/youtube-content and .opencode/skills/youtube-content in your project.
What does Youtube Content need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Youtube Content needs the command-line tools its instructions call (yt-dlp, pip and python). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Youtube Content access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: youtube.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Youtube Content 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 Content use?
Youtube Content is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Youtube Content use?
About 938 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.8k 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 Content?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Youtube Content: Multi-Source to NotebookLM Processor (joeseesun/qiaomu-anything-to-notebooklm, 6.2k stars), YouTube Transcript Fetcher (ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills, 1k stars), Subscription Videos Metadata (EfficientStreet/youtube-subscriptions-ingest, 180 stars) and YouTube Video Transcript (ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills, 1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Youtube Content?
taracodlabs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in taracodlabs/aiden, which has 852 GitHub stars. The repository holds 63 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 13, 2026.
Source: taracodlabs/aiden on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.