Fetch transcripts and subtitles from YouTube videos. Use when users want to get, download, extract, or read a YouTube video transcript or subtitles. Triggers on "get transcript", "youtube transcript", "fetch subtitles", "transcribe video", "video transcript", "what does this video say". Requires uvx with youtube-transcript-api.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
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The summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Fetch transcripts from YouTube videos via `uvx --from youtube-transcript-api youtube_transcript_api`.
Fetch transcripts from YouTube videos via uvx --from youtube-transcript-api youtube_transcript_api.
Extract video ID(s) and options from $ARGUMENTS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_IDhttps://youtu.be/VIDEO_IDhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_IDhttps://youtube.com/shorts/VIDEO_ID- and _)Users may specify these inline with the URL/ID:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--languages or language name (e.g., "in German") | Preferred transcript language(s) |
--translate <lang> or "translate to <language>" | Translate transcript to target language |
--format <fmt> | Output format: text (default), json, pretty, srt, webvtt |
--list or "list languages" | List available transcript languages |
--exclude-generated | Skip auto-generated transcripts |
--exclude-manually-created | Skip manually created transcripts |
Extract video ID(s) from the provided arguments. If no arguments given, ask the user for a YouTube URL or video ID.
Based on the arguments, determine if the user wants to:
--list or "list languages" is mentioneduvx --from youtube-transcript-api youtube_transcript_api VIDEO_ID --list-transcripts
Build the command from parsed options:
uvx --from youtube-transcript-api youtube_transcript_api VIDEO_ID [OPTIONS]
Default flags when no format is specified: --format text
Language handling:
--languages de--translate fr--languages to get the default transcript<video-id>.txt (or appropriate extension for the format)--list-transcripts to check available languagesUser: "get transcript from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
→ uvx --from youtube-transcript-api youtube_transcript_api dQw4w9WgXcQ --format text
User: "youtube transcript dQw4w9WgXcQ in German"
→ uvx --from youtube-transcript-api youtube_transcript_api dQw4w9WgXcQ --languages de --format text
User: "get subtitles for dQw4w9WgXcQ translated to French as srt"
→ uvx --from youtube-transcript-api youtube_transcript_api dQw4w9WgXcQ --translate fr --format srt
User: "what languages are available for dQw4w9WgXcQ"
→ uvx --from youtube-transcript-api youtube_transcript_api dQw4w9WgXcQ --list-transcripts
npx claudepluginhub titusz/skills --plugin get-youtube-transcriptDownloads YouTube video transcripts/subtitles and cover images via URL or ID. Supports multiple languages, translation, chapters, speaker identification, and caching. Useful for extracting captions or thumbnails.
Fetches transcript/caption text from YouTube videos using youtube-transcript-api. Supports multiple URLs, timestamps, and language fallback.
Downloads YouTube video transcripts as timestamped text files via youtube-transcript-api. Use for extracting transcripts from videos for analysis, documentation, or content review.