name: youtube-watcher
description: Fetch and read transcripts from YouTube videos. Use when you need to summarize a video, answer questions about its content, or extract information from it.
author: michael gathara
version: 1.0.0
triggers:

• "watch youtube"
• "summarize video"
• "video transcript"
• "youtube summary"
• "analyze video"
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YouTube Watcher

Fetch transcripts from YouTube videos to enable summarization, QA, and content extraction.

Usage

Get Transcript

Retrieve the text transcript of a video.

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/get_transcript.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

Examples

Summarize a video:

1. Get the transcript:

   python3 {baseDir}/scripts/get_transcript.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
   

2. Read the output and summarize it for the user.

Find specific information:

1. Get the transcript.
2. Search the text for keywords or answer the user's question based on the content.

Notes

• Requires yt-dlp to be installed and available in the PATH.
• Works with videos that have closed captions (CC) or auto-generated subtitles.
• If a video has no subtitles, the script will fail with an error message.