YouTube Summarizer Skill

Automatically fetch transcripts from YouTube videos, generate structured summaries, and deliver full transcripts to messaging platforms.

Why This vs ChatGPT?

Problem with ChatGPT: It can't access YouTube transcripts directly. You have to manually copy/paste captions or use a third-party tool first, then feed the text to ChatGPT. Multi-step, clunky, loses video metadata.

This skill provides:

1. One-step transcript extraction - Drop a YouTube URL, get the full transcript automatically
2. Structured summarization - Consistent format (thesis → insights → takeaway) every time, not random bullet points
3. Video metadata included - Title, channel, views, publish date embedded in summary
4. Full transcript delivery - Saves timestamped transcript to file and sends to Telegram/chat platforms
5. Works from VPS/cloud - Uses Android client emulation to bypass YouTube's cloud IP blocking (where yt-dlp fails)
6. Multi-language support - Auto-fetches in requested language with English fallback

You can replicate this by manually enabling captions, copying text, pasting to ChatGPT, reformatting the output, saving to a file, and uploading. Takes 5-10 minutes. This skill does it in 15-20 seconds.

When to Use