YouTube Content Tool

When to use

Use when the user shares a YouTube URL or video link, asks to summarize a video, requests a transcript, or wants to extract and reformat content from any YouTube video. Transforms transcripts into structured content (chapters, summaries, threads, blog posts).

Extract transcripts from YouTube videos and convert them into useful formats.

Setup

Use terminal with the Python from a PM-prepared Hermes source checkout. The youtube extra declares the helper's dependency; do not install packages into Hermes with raw pip or project-discovering uv run.

From that checkout, first follow the isolated development-home setup in Package Management, then prepare the extra and reactivate before running the helper: