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video-transcript

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用于从YouTube视频提取文本转录、摘要或翻译。支持URL/ID输入，提供结构化或纯文本格式响应，适用于内容分析场景。

clawhub/video-transcript/SKILL.md ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills

Trigger Scenarios

用户提供YouTube链接或ID请求转录用户希望总结或翻译视频内容

Install

npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill video-transcript -g -y

More Options

Non-standard path

npx skills add https://github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills/tree/main/clawhub/video-transcript -g -y

Use without installing

npx skills use ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills@video-transcript

指定 Agent (Claude Code)

npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill video-transcript -a claude-code -g -y

安装 repo 全部 skill

npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --all -g -y

预览 repo 内 skill

npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --list

SKILL.md

Frontmatter

{
    "name": "video-transcript",
    "version": "1.5.0",
    "metadata": {
        "hermes": {
            "tags": [
                "youtube",
                "transcripts",
                "video",
                "captions",
                "text-extraction",
                "summarization"
            ],
            "category": "media"
        },
        "openclaw": {
            "emoji": "🎬",
            "homepage": "https:\/\/transcriptapi.com",
            "requires": {
                "env": [
                    "TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"
                ]
            },
            "primaryEnv": "TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"
        }
    },
    "description": "Use when video content needs to be extracted as text: pasted YouTube links or IDs, requests to transcribe, summarize, quote, translate, convert video to text, or extract information from video content. Also use when a user shares a video URL without explanation and wants to know what it says. Not for uploads or account management.",
    "compatibility": "Requires internet access to reach transcriptapi.com. No additional runtimes or dependencies needed.",
    "user-invocable": true,
    "required_environment_variables": [
        {
            "help": "Free account at https:\/\/transcriptapi.com — 100 credits, no card required. Or let the agent create one for you.",
            "name": "TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY",
            "prompt": "Your TranscriptAPI key (starts with sk_)",
            "required_for": "all API requests"
        }
    ]
}

Video Transcript

Extract transcripts from videos via TranscriptAPI.com.

Setup

If $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY is not set, read references/auth-setup.md and follow the instructions there to get and store the key.

Required Headers

Every request needs two headers:

Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: your agent's name and version if known (e.g. HermesAgent/0.11.0, ClaudeCode/1.0). Version is optional — agent name alone is fine. Do not omit this header or send a bare default — Cloudflare will return a 403 (error code 1010) and block the request.

GET /api/v2/youtube/transcript

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/transcript\
?video_url=VIDEO_URL&format=text&include_timestamp=true&send_metadata=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY" \
  -H "User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0"

Param	Required	Default	Values
`video_url`	yes	—	YouTube URL or 11-char video ID
`format`	no	`json`	`json` (structured), `text` (readable)
`include_timestamp`	no	`true`	`true`, `false`
`send_metadata`	no	`false`	`true`, `false`

Accepted URL formats:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID
https://youtube.com/shorts/VIDEO_ID
Bare video ID: dQw4w9WgXcQ

Response (format=text&send_metadata=true):

{
  "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "language": "en",
  "transcript": "[00:00:18] We're no strangers to love\n[00:00:21] You know the rules...",
  "metadata": {
    "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up",
    "author_name": "Rick Astley",
    "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@RickAstley",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/maxresdefault.jpg"
  }
}

Response (format=json):

{
  "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "language": "en",
  "transcript": [
    { "text": "We're no strangers to love", "start": 18.0, "duration": 3.5 },
    { "text": "You know the rules and so do I", "start": 21.5, "duration": 2.8 }
  ]
}

Tips

Summarize long transcripts into key points first, offer full text on request.
Use format=json when you need precise timestamps for quoting specific moments.
Use send_metadata=true to get video title and channel for context.
Works with YouTube Shorts too.

Errors

Code	Meaning	Action
401	Bad API key	Check key or re-setup
402	No credits	Top up at transcriptapi.com/billing
403/1010	Cloudflare block	Add or fix User-Agent header
404	No transcript	Video may not have captions enabled
408	Timeout	Retry once after 2s