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youtube-transcript-summarizer

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What it does

Claude Language: Source Language: Target Language: --- # Summary [AI-generated summary] ## Key Points - Point 1 - Point 2 - Point 3 ## Timeline [5-min interval summaries] ``` ## Installat...

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youtube-transcript-summarizer

Installation

pip installInstall dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

PythonRun Python server

python youtube_transcript_summarizer.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

PythonRun Python server

python youtube_transcript_summarizer.py "VIDEO_URL" --no-summary

PythonRun Python server

python youtube_transcript_summarizer.py "VIDEO_URL" --source-lang ja --target-lang en

PythonRun Python server

python youtube_transcript_summarizer.py "VIDEO_URL" --source-lang auto --target-lang fr

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SKILL.md

Extract YouTube video transcripts and generate AI-powered summaries in any language. Converts videos to structured markdown documents with summaries, key points, and timelines.

Overview

# YouTube Transcript Summarizer

Extract transcripts from YouTube videos and generate AI-powered summaries. Supports any source language and can output summaries in your preferred language.

Requirements

```bash

pip install -r requirements.txt

# or: pip install youtube-transcript-api anthropic

```

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY env var required for AI summarization
yt-dlp (optional) for automatic video title fetching
Python 3.7+

Cost depends on transcript length and current Claude API pricing.

Usage

```bash

# Single video (default: English -> Korean)

python youtube_transcript_summarizer.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

# Transcript only (no AI summary)

python youtube_transcript_summarizer.py "VIDEO_URL" --no-summary

# Japanese video with English summary

python youtube_transcript_summarizer.py "VIDEO_URL" --source-lang ja --target-lang en

# Auto-detect source language

python youtube_transcript_summarizer.py "VIDEO_URL" --source-lang auto --target-lang fr

# Batch processing

python youtube_transcript_summarizer.py --batch "urls.txt" --output-dir "summaries"

# Custom model and transcript limit

python youtube_transcript_summarizer.py "VIDEO_URL" --model claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 --max-transcript-chars 30000

```

CLI Options

| Option | Description | Default |

|--------|-------------|---------|

| --title | Custom video title | Auto-fetched via yt-dlp |

| --source-lang | Source transcript language | en |

| --target-lang | Output summary language | ko |

| --output-dir | Output directory | outputs/summaries |

| --batch FILE | Process multiple URLs from file | - |

| --timeline-interval | Timeline interval (minutes) | 5 |

| --no-summary | Skip AI summary | false |

| --api-key | Claude API key | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY env |

| --model | Claude model name | claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 |

| --max-transcript-chars | Max chars sent to Claude | 15000 |

Supported Languages

en, ko, ja, zh, es, fr, de, pt, ru, ar, hi, auto

Output Format

Files are named YYYY-MM-DD VideoTitle.md with YAML frontmatter:

```yaml

---

title: "Video Title"

source: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID"

created: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS

tags:

- youtube-transcript

video_id: "ID"

source_lang: "en"

target_lang: "ko"

---

```

Sections: Summary, Key Points, Main Content, Timeline, Full Transcript.

Claude Code Integration

```

Summarize this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID

```

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