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.