youtube-transcript
✓Extract YouTube video transcripts with metadata and save as Markdown to Obsidian vault. Use this skill when the user requests downloading YouTube transcripts, converting YouTube videos to text, or extracting video subtitles. Does not download video/audio files, only metadata and subtitles.
Installation
SKILL.md
Extract YouTube video transcripts, metadata, and chapters using yt-dlp. Output formatted as Markdown with YAML frontmatter, saved to /Brains/brain/ (Obsidian vault).
If no chapters exist, all content appears under "## Transcript" heading.
This removes transcript entries that are prefixes of subsequent entries (common in VTT files where subtitles accumulate).
Extract YouTube video transcripts with metadata and save as Markdown to Obsidian vault. Use this skill when the user requests downloading YouTube transcripts, converting YouTube videos to text, or extracting video subtitles. Does not download video/audio files, only metadata and subtitles. Source: glebis/claude-skills.
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills --skill youtube-transcript- Source
- glebis/claude-skills
- Category
- *Creative Media
- Verified
- ✓
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is youtube-transcript?
Extract YouTube video transcripts with metadata and save as Markdown to Obsidian vault. Use this skill when the user requests downloading YouTube transcripts, converting YouTube videos to text, or extracting video subtitles. Does not download video/audio files, only metadata and subtitles. Source: glebis/claude-skills.
How do I install youtube-transcript?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills --skill youtube-transcript Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills
Details
- Category
- *Creative Media
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01