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Video Transcript Agent Skill

Extract video transcripts: yt-dlp subtitles to clean paragraphs.

2k tokens
context cost
the whole folder, loaded on every use
2
files
ships runnable scripts
0
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
413
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/notque/vexjoy-agent --skill video-transcript

The instruction itself

5 sections, as written by the author

Video Transcript

Pull a video's transcript as readable paragraphs. Two paths, in order:

Path 1 — uploader subtitles (accurate, prefer when present):

yt-dlp --skip-download --write-subs --sub-langs en --sub-format vtt \
  -o '<work-dir>/%(id)s' '<URL>'

Path 2 — auto-generated captions (fallback when path 1 writes no file):

yt-dlp --skip-download --write-auto-subs --sub-langs en --sub-format vtt \
  -o '<work-dir>/%(id)s' '<URL>'

Then clean the VTT into paragraphs:

python3 skills/research/video-transcript/scripts/vtt_to_paragraph.py <work-dir>/<id>.en.vtt

Default output is plain paragraph text with [Music]-style cues stripped and the rolling duplicates of auto-captions deduplicated. Use --timestamps for [mm:ss] markers, --keep-brackets to keep cue tags, -o FILE to write to a file.

For other languages, change --sub-langs (e.g. de, en.*). List what a video offers with yt-dlp --list-subs '<URL>'.

Error handling

Both paths write no .vtt file

Cause: video has no subtitles or captions in the requested language.

Solution: run yt-dlp --list-subs '<URL>' and pick an available language; if none exist, report that and offer audio transcription via the markdown-converter skill on a downloaded audio file.

HTTP 429 / "Sign in to confirm"

Cause: platform rate-limiting the host.

Solution: wait and retry with --sleep-requests 2; keep request volume low.

Cleaner output repeats lines

Cause: VTT came from a third path (e.g. translated captions) with cue formats the dedupe misses.

Solution: rerun the cleaner; if repeats remain, file the sample VTT alongside a fix to vtt_to_paragraph.py.

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How to use it

Copy the folder

Take notque/video-transcript from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

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