openclaw-youtube-transcript

Overview

Transcribe YouTube videos to text using yt-dlp from video URL made for Openclaw agents. Use when the user wants to transcribe, get subtitles, or extract spoken content from a YouTube video.

Key Features

• Transcribe any YouTube video to text using yt-dlp
• Fetch subtitles and captions directly from video URL
• No audio processing or local models required

How It Works

This skill uses yt-dlp to fetch subtitles and captions from a YouTube video URL. It then transcribes the video to text, which can be saved to a file or printed to the console.

Use Cases

• Get a transcript or text version of a YouTube video
• Extract what was said in a video without watching it
• Summarize, analyze, or quote content from a YouTube video
• Save captions or subtitles from a video to a file