YouTube Archiver

Use this skill to import YouTube playlists into markdown files and optionally enrich notes with transcript, summary, and tagging.

Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• yt-dlp (pip install yt-dlp or brew install yt-dlp)
• A browser signed into YouTube (for private playlists like Liked/Watch Later)
• macOS: terminal needs Full Disk Access to read browser cookies
• Windows: browser cookie extraction can be flaky; cookies_file export is the safer path
• Linux: works on desktop installs; headless servers need cookies_file

First-run setup flow (interactive)

If no config exists at <output>/.config.json, ask these questions before running scripts.

Required questions