YouTube

Download and process content from YouTube videos and playlists.

Capabilities

This skill handles two main workflows:

Task Reference Use When

Transcripts references/transcripts.md

User wants captions, subtitles, or text content from a video

Music/MP3s references/mp3-download.md

User wants to download audio, tag MP3s, or build a music library

Quick Start

For Transcripts

Check available subtitles

yt-dlp --list-subs "YOUTUBE_URL"

Download auto-generated subtitles

yt-dlp --write-auto-sub --skip-download -o "transcript" "YOUTUBE_URL"

Load references/transcripts.md for the full workflow including VTT-to-text conversion and Whisper fallback.

For Music/MP3s

Check playlist info

ytmp3 info "YOUTUBE_URL"

Download playlist

ytmp3 download "YOUTUBE_URL"

Load references/mp3-download.md for the full tagging and organization workflow.

Prerequisites

• yt-dlp — YouTube downloader (install via brew install yt-dlp )

• eyeD3 — MP3 tagging (install via brew install eye-d3 , needed for MP3 workflow)

Workflow Selection

Based on the user's request:

• "transcript", "captions", "subtitles", "transcribe", "text from video" → Load references/transcripts.md

• "download music", "MP3", "playlist", "tag", "album", "music library" → Load references/mp3-download.md

If unclear, ask the user what they want to do with the YouTube content.