youtube-transcript

YouTube Transcript — Agent Skill (Claude Code)

A Claude Code Agent Skill that teaches the assistant to fetch YouTube transcripts, translations, and AI summaries through the Transcript API, using your own API key (bring-your-own-key).

What you need

• A Transcript API key (yt_live_...). Create one in the dashboard under API Keys: https://<dashboard-url>/api-keys.

Install (copy-paste)

First get the files — clone (or download) the skill repo:

git clone https://github.com/dorik/youtube-transcript-skill
cd youtube-transcript-skill

Then copy the skill folder into a skills directory and restart Claude Code:

# project-local (one project only)
cp -r skills/youtube-transcript <your-project>/.claude/skills/youtube-transcript

# or personal (all your projects)
cp -r skills/youtube-transcript ~/.claude/skills/youtube-transcript

That's it. The skill auto-loads and triggers when you ask for a YouTube transcript or summary. On first use, the agent asks for your API key and stores it locally.

Files

• skills/youtube-transcript/SKILL.md — what the agent reads (capabilities, auth, examples).
• skills/youtube-transcript/references/api.md — endpoint reference.

Optional: install as a plugin

This folder is also packaged as a Claude Code plugin (see .claude-plugin/), so it can be installed via a marketplace once published to a public repo:

/plugin marketplace add dorik/youtube-transcript-skill
/plugin install youtube-transcript@dorik

(The /plugin marketplace add form needs the public repo to exist first.)

Supported agents

This is a Claude Code skill (the SKILL.md format). Other tools differ:

• The Anthropic Agent SDK supports Agent Skills, but in a different format — not this package as-is.
• Cursor and most other agents do not support the SKILL.md format. For those, call the REST API directly (see skills/youtube-transcript/references/api.md) or use the MCP server.

Native MCP alternative

Prefer a native MCP connection (OAuth, no manual key)? Connect to the Transcript MCP server instead — see the main project docs for the MCP endpoint.