Search and transcribe YouTube videos at scale
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alirezarezvani/claude-skills ↗What it does
Extract and monitor YouTube transcripts and playlists
Best for
Rapidly ingesting spoken content (podcasts, tutorials, conference talks) with searchable timestamps and channel monitoring at scale.
Inputs
- · YouTube video URL or channel name
- · Playlist IDs for bulk extraction
- · Search queries for in-channel content discovery
Outputs
- · Transcript with timestamps
- · Video metadata and channel info
- · Playlist structure and new-upload notifications
Requires
- · TranscriptAPI
- · YouTube API (via wrapper)
Preconditions
- · YouTube video/channel must be public
- · TranscriptAPI credits available (100 free included)
Failure modes
- · Videos with disabled transcripts cannot be extracted
- · Transcripts may lack timestamps for auto-generated captions
- · Rate limits on playlist monitoring if checking too frequently
Trust signals
- · Ported from open-source ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills (MIT license)
- · TranscriptAPI is production YouTube integration
- · 100 free credits + BYOK support