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smithery/dylan-isaac

gobbler-youtube

Transcribes YouTube videos to markdown. Triggers on youtube, video transcript, youtu.be links, youtube.com links, or requests for captions/subtitles from videos.

Installation

$ npx skills add smithery/dylan-isaac --skill gobbler-youtube
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  • skill md SKILL.md 2,174 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 184 B

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SKILL.md

Gobbler YouTube

Convert YouTube videos to markdown transcripts.

Transcribe Video

# Basic transcription (outputs to stdout)
gobbler youtube "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

# Save to file
gobbler youtube "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" -o transcript.md

# With timestamps
gobbler youtube "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" --timestamps

# Specific language
gobbler youtube "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" --language es

# Output as JSON
gobbler youtube "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" --format json

# Output as table
gobbler youtube "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" -f table

CLI Options

Option Short Description Default
--output -o Output file path (stdout if not specified) -
--language -l Preferred transcript language en
--timestamps - Include timestamps in output --no-timestamps
--format -f Output format: markdown, json, table markdown

Output includes YAML frontmatter with metadata (title, channel, duration, word count).

Saving Output

When saving transcripts to a file, follow these steps:

Step 1: Check for default output directory

gobbler config get output.default_directory

Step 2: Save to the default directory

If a default directory is configured, use it with a descriptive filename:

gobbler youtube "URL" -o "<default_directory>/Video Title.md"

Step 3: If no default directory is configured

If the config returns empty/null, save to the current directory or ask the user where to save:

gobbler youtube "URL" -o "Video Title.md"

Alternative: Using the Convert Subcommand

gobbler convert youtube "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" -o transcript.md

Supported URL Formats

  • https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
  • https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID