youtube-content-summary
Converts video transcripts and content into actionable notes, summaries, and action items.
Install
mkdir -p .claude/skills/youtube-content-summary && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/11766" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/youtube-content-summary && rm skill.zipInstalls to .claude/skills/youtube-content-summary
Activation
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Summarize YouTube or video transcript content into notes, tasks, blogs, or threads using provided transcripts, web evidence, or native audio summarization paths.Key capabilities
- →Summarize YouTube videos
- →Summarize video transcripts
- →Extract key points from video content
- →Identify action items from video content
- →Create local Markdown/JSON summary artifacts
- →Preserve title, URL, timestamps, and transcript provenance
How it works
It processes video content by determining transcript availability, using native transcription if needed, and then creating a local summary artifact with key details.
Inputs & outputs
When to use youtube-content-summary
- →Summarizing a video tutorial
- →Creating study notes from a lecture
- →Extracting action items from a podcast
About this skill
YouTube Content Summary
Purpose
Turn video content into useful knowledge without downloading or transcribing through upstream tools. Use provided transcripts, web-visible transcript evidence, or native audio/transcript workflows.
When To Use
Use for YouTube videos, talks, tutorials, demos, lectures, podcasts with video, and transcript-to-note workflows.
Inputs And Evidence
- Video URL, title, transcript, audio file, desired summary depth, and output format.
- Source metadata and timestamps when available.
Tool Map
fetch_webpagebrowser_live_openbrowser_live_observeaudio-content-summaryvoice_transcribetranscript_summary_createtranscript_summary_inspectwrite_note
Workflow
- Determine whether transcript text is available.
- If only audio/video file is provided, use native transcription where supported.
- Preserve title, URL, timestamps, and transcript provenance.
- Use
transcript_summary_createto create a local Markdown/JSON artifact with summary, key points, action items, chapters, limitations, and transcript preview. - Use
transcript_summary_inspectto verify the artifact before responding. - Save reusable notes when requested.
Native Implementation Boundaries
- Do not import external reference YouTube content scripts.
- Do not use unofficial downloaders unless the user explicitly approves and policy allows.
- Add transcript/video adapters natively if needed.
- The native transcript summary artifact is local and does not publish, download, or post video content.
Safety And Approval
- Respect copyright and platform terms.
- Do not claim full-video analysis if only metadata/transcript excerpt was inspected.
- Treat transcript errors as possible.
Verification
- State transcript source and whether full transcript was available.
- Include timestamps when provided.
- Verify the
transcript_summary_createresult path and inspect count fields. - Note limitations when transcript access failed.
Failure Modes
- Summarizing from title only.
- Copying long transcript passages.
- Losing technical details through over-compression.
References
- Shortlist item:
youtube-content-summary.
When not to use it
- →When only the video title is available for summarization
- →When full-video analysis is claimed without sufficient data
- →When external reference YouTube content scripts are required
Limitations
- →Does not import external reference YouTube content scripts
- →Does not use unofficial downloaders unless explicitly approved
- →The native transcript summary artifact is local and does not publish
How it compares
This skill automates the extraction of knowledge from video content into structured notes, unlike manually reviewing videos or transcribing them through external tools.
Compared to similar skills
youtube-content-summary side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.
| Skill | Installs | Updated | Safety | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| youtube-content-summary (this skill) | 0 | 2mo | No flags | Beginner |
| deep-reading-analyst | 1 | 9mo | No flags | Beginner |
| ce-slack-research | 0 | 2mo | No flags | Beginner |
| meeting-minutes | 41 | 6mo | No flags | Beginner |
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Example prompts that trigger this skill in your AI assistant.
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