chloeclaw/skills/youtube-watcher/SKILL.md

name, description, author, version, triggers, metadata

name	description	author	version	triggers	metadata
youtube-watcher	Fetch and read transcripts from YouTube videos. Use when you need to summarize a video, answer questions about its content, or extract information from it.	michael gathara	1.0.0	watch youtube summarize video video transcript youtube summary analyze video	clawdbot emoji requires install 📺 bins yt-dlp id kind formula bins label brew brew yt-dlp yt-dlp Install yt-dlp (brew) id kind package bins label pip pip yt-dlp yt-dlp Install yt-dlp (pip)

YouTube Watcher

Fetch transcripts from YouTube videos to enable summarization, QA, and content extraction.

Usage

Get Transcript

Retrieve the text transcript of a video.

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/get_transcript.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

Examples

Summarize a video:

1. Get the transcript:

   python3 {baseDir}/scripts/get_transcript.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
   

2. Read the output and summarize it for the user.

Find specific information:

1. Get the transcript.
2. Search the text for keywords or answer the user's question based on the content.

Notes

• Requires yt-dlp to be installed and available in the PATH.
• Works with videos that have closed captions (CC) or auto-generated subtitles.
• If a video has no subtitles, the script will fail with an error message.