baoyu-youtube-transcript — Skills

What it does

Full URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Short URL: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

Embed URL: https://www.youtube.com/embed/dQw4w9WgXcQ

Shorts URL: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dQw4w9WgXcQ

Video ID: dQw4w9WgXcQ

{channel-slug}: Channel name in kebab-case

{title-full-slug}: Full video title in kebab-case

Downloads YouTube video transcripts/subtitles and cover images by URL or video ID. Supports multiple languages, translation, chapters, and speaker identification. Caches raw data for fast re-formatting. Use when user asks to "get YouTube transcript", "download subtitles", "get captions", "YouTube字幕", "YouTube封面", "视频封面", "video thumbnail", "video cover image", or provides a YouTube URL and wants the transcript/subtitle text or cover image extracted.

Source

Repository: https://github.com/jimliu/baoyu-skills

baoyu-youtube-transcript FAQ

What does the baoyu-youtube-transcript skill do?

What does baoyu-youtube-transcript require?

With speaker identification (requires AI post-processing) Speaker identification requires AI processing. The script outputs a raw .md file containing: Raw transcript in SRT format (pre-computed start/end timestamps, token-efficient) | Age restricted | Video requires login for age verification |

How do I install baoyu-youtube-transcript?

Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/jimliu/baoyu-skills --skill baoyu-youtube-transcript --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/jimliu/baoyu-skills.

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