YouTube Transcript Extraction

Extract subtitles/transcripts from a YouTube video URL and save them as a local file.

Input YouTube URL: $ARGUMENTS

Step 1: Verify URL

Confirm the input is a valid YouTube URL (supports youtube.com/watch?v=, youtu.be/, and youtube.com/shorts/ formats). If no URL is provided via arguments, check the conversation context for a YouTube link.

Step 2: CLI Quick Extraction (Priority Attempt)

Use command-line tools to quickly extract subtitles.

2.1 Check Tool Availability

Execute which yt-dlp.