# Youtube Transcript

> Extract transcripts from YouTube videos.

Extract transcripts from YouTube videos. Use when the user asks for a transcript, subtitles, or captions of a YouTube video and provides a YouTube URL (youtube.com/watch?v=, youtu.be/, or similar). Supports output with or without timestamps.

- Page: https://ss33.ai/skills/intellectronica/youtube-transcript-88676791624
- Publisher: intellectronica
- Category: [Creative & Media](https://ss33.ai/skills/category/creative-and-media-0j3x01) › [Video](https://ss33.ai/skills/category/creative-and-media-0j3x01/video-yerjjv)
- License: CC0-1.0
- Source: https://github.com/intellectronica/agent-skills/blob/9b0e00ad1b941165e2506545bbfddafa34cf2cb8/plugins/youtube-transcript/skills/SKILL.md

## Skill

SKILL.md: https://ss33.ai/api/v1/ss33/download/intellectronica/youtube-transcript-88676791624

# YouTube Transcript

Extract transcripts from YouTube videos using the youtube-transcript-api.

## Usage

Run the script with a YouTube URL or video ID:

```bash
uv run scripts/get_transcript.py "VIDEO_URL_OR_ID"
```

With timestamps:

```bash
uv run scripts/get_transcript.py "VIDEO_URL_OR_ID" --timestamps
```

## Defaults

- **Without timestamps** (default): Plain text, one line per caption segment
- **With timestamps**: `[MM:SS] text` format (or `[HH:MM:SS]` for longer videos)

## Supported URL Formats

- `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID`
- `https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID`
- `https://youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID`
- Raw video ID (11 characters)

## Output

- CRITICAL: YOU MUST NEVER MODIFY THE RETURNED TRANSCRIPT
- If the transcript is without timestamps, you SHOULD clean it up so that it is arranged by complete paragraphs and the lines don't cut in the middle of sentences.
- If you were asked to save the transcript to a specific file, save it to the requested file.
- If no output file was specified, use the YouTube video ID with a `-transcript.txt` suffix.

## Notes

- Fetches auto-generated or manually added captions (whichever is available)
- Requires the video to have captions enabled
- Falls back to auto-generated captions if manual ones aren't available