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youtube-transcript-summarizer

Extract YouTube video transcripts and generate AI-powered summaries in any language. Converts videos to structured markdown documents with summaries, key points, and timelines.

First seen Apr 19, 2026

Installation

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LicenseMIT
Allowed toolsRead, Write, Bash, Glob
Declared agents claude-code

Package contents

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  • skill md SKILL.md 2,790 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 213 B

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SKILL.md

YouTube Transcript Summarizer

Extract transcripts from YouTube videos and generate AI-powered summaries. Supports any source language and can output summaries in your preferred language.

Requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt
# or: pip install youtube-transcript-api anthropic
  • ANTHROPICAPIKEY env var required for AI summarization
  • yt-dlp (optional) for automatic video title fetching
  • Python 3.7+

Cost depends on transcript length and current Claude API pricing.

Usage

# Single video (default: English -> Korean)
python youtube_transcript_summarizer.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

# Transcript only (no AI summary)
python youtube_transcript_summarizer.py "VIDEO_URL" --no-summary

# Japanese video with English summary
python youtube_transcript_summarizer.py "VIDEO_URL" --source-lang ja --target-lang en

# Auto-detect source language
python youtube_transcript_summarizer.py "VIDEO_URL" --source-lang auto --target-lang fr

# Batch processing
python youtube_transcript_summarizer.py --batch "urls.txt" --output-dir "summaries"

# Custom model and transcript limit
python youtube_transcript_summarizer.py "VIDEO_URL" --model claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 --max-transcript-chars 30000

CLI Options

Option Description Default
--title Custom video title Auto-fetched via yt-dlp
--source-lang Source transcript language en
--target-lang Output summary language ko
--output-dir Output directory outputs/summaries
--batch FILE Process multiple URLs from file -
--timeline-interval Timeline interval (minutes) 5
--no-summary Skip AI summary false
--api-key Claude API key ANTHROPICAPIKEY env
--model Claude model name claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
--max-transcript-chars Max chars sent to Claude 15000

Supported Languages

en, ko, ja, zh, es, fr, de, pt, ru, ar, hi, auto

Output Format

Files are named YYYY-MM-DD VideoTitle.md with YAML frontmatter:

---
title: "Video Title"
source: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID"
created: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
tags:
  - youtube-transcript
video_id: "ID"
source_lang: "en"
target_lang: "ko"
---

Sections: Summary, Key Points, Main Content, Timeline, Full Transcript.

Claude Code Integration

Summarize this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID