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YouTube Transcript Fetcher

Pulls full YouTube transcripts from a link or video ID via the TranscriptOut API so Claude can summarize, quote, translate or fact-check what was said.

Image & VideoIntermediate★ 344⑂ 22AI score 8/10Last updated: Oct 15, 2026

What it does

  • Accepts full YouTube URLs, youtu.be short links, Shorts links, or bare 11-character video IDs.
  • Returns transcripts as text, json, srt, vtt or srv3; the JSON form includes per-line start and duration for exact citations.
  • video_metadata=true adds title, channel, duration and view count in the same 1-credit call.
  • Options for lang (caption track language), kind (manual vs auto captions) and segment (chunk size 20-5000 chars) make it RAG- and embedding-friendly.
  • A full error table (400/401/402/404/410/429/502/503) tells the agent when to retry and when credits are refunded.

Who it's for

  • Students and researchers taking notes from long lectures or talks.
  • Journalists and analysts who need verbatim quotes with timestamps.
  • Content marketers repurposing videos into posts and newsletters.
  • Developers feeding video captions into search or RAG pipelines.

Examples

  1. "Summarize this talk in 10 bullets" + link → fetches format=text and summarizes.
  2. "Quote the pricing section with timestamps" → uses format=json and the start fields.
  3. "Translate this German lecture into English notes" → calls with lang=de, then translates.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

Paste this into Claude to use the skill without installing anything.

Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/artemchuikin/youtube-skills/HEAD/clawhub/transcript/SKILL.md

What I want: (describe your task here)

If Claude can't open the link, open it yourself and paste the contents instead.

↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
↓ Download ZIP
Install in Claude Code

Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code

Install the skill I found on AI Skill Mart.
Copy the clawhub/transcript folder from the GitHub repo artemchuikin/youtube-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/transcript/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/artemchuikin/youtube-skills.git /tmp/youtube-skills && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/youtube-skills/clawhub/transcript ~/.claude/skills/transcript

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/artemchuikin/youtube-skills.git
  3. Install the skill: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r youtube-skills/clawhub/transcript ~/.claude/skills/transcript
  4. Create a free account at https://transcriptout.com (100 credits on signup, no card) and generate an API key starting with sk_.
  5. Export the key: echo 'export TRANSCRIPTOUT_API_KEY=sk_...' >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc (use ~/.bashrc on bash).
  6. Restart Claude Code, paste a YouTube link and ask for a summary — the skill triggers automatically.
  7. Troubleshooting: 401 means a bad key, 402 means you are out of credits, 404 means that language/track has no captions.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT