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youtube-transcript-downloader

Downloads YouTube video transcripts (subtitles/captions) using yt-dlp, with a fallback to Whisper transcription if no subtitles are available. Use when a user provides a YouTube URL and asks for a transcript, captions, or subtitles.

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Updated 10/31/2025
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Installation and usage

Downloads YouTube video transcripts (subtitles/captions) using yt-dlp, with a fallback to Whisper transcription if no subtitles are available. Use when a user provides a YouTube URL and asks for a transcript, captions, or subtitles.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use youtube-transcript-downloader