transcribing-youtube

Installation
SKILL.md

Transcribing YouTube

Download audio from YouTube videos using yt-dlp, transcribe with OpenAI Whisper API, and summarize the content. Transcriptions and summaries are cached in a transcriptions/ folder to avoid redundant API calls.

Reference Files

File Read When
references/installation.md Phase 0 reports a missing dependency (yt-dlp, ffmpeg, or API key)
references/troubleshooting.md Download fails, transcription errors, codec issues, or rate limiting

Prerequisites

OPENAI_API_KEY, yt-dlp, ffmpeg. Phase 0 checks all three and references/installation.md covers install steps if anything is missing.

All scripts/ paths are relative to the skill directory — resolve to absolute paths before running.

Workflow Checklist

Installs
12
GitHub Stars
4
First Seen
Mar 10, 2026
transcribing-youtube — riccardogrin/skills