youtube-transcript

Fetch transcripts from YouTube videos for summarization, analysis, or reference. Accepts video ID or full URL. No API key required. Triggers: YouTube transcript, video transcript, get subtitles, what

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YouTube Transcript

Fetch transcripts from YouTube videos. Works with both auto-generated and manually added captions.

When to Use

  • Summarizing YouTube videos
  • Analyzing video content without watching
  • Extracting quotes or references from videos
  • Any task involving YouTube video content

Usage

youtube-transcript <video-id-or-url>

Accepts video ID or any YouTube URL format:

youtube-transcript EBw7gsDPAYQ
youtube-transcript https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBw7gsDPAYQ
youtube-transcript https://youtu.be/EBw7gsDPAYQ

Output

Timestamped transcript entries:

[0:00] All right. So, I got this UniFi Theta
[0:15] I took the camera out, painted it
[1:23] And here's the final result

Notes

  • Requires the video to have captions/transcripts available (auto-generated or manual)
  • No API key required