youtube-transcript
Fetch transcripts from YouTube videos for summarization and analysis.
Install / Use
npx skills add badlogic/pi-skills --skill youtube-transcriptInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
Development & EngineeringSupported Platforms
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Our assessment of youtube-transcript
youtube-transcript scores 78/100 on our quality scale, 2205th of 3,349 Development & Engineering skills we index.
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 2,558 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated about 4 months ago. That is recent enough to be usable, but agent tooling moves fast, so check the instructions against your agent's current version.
- It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 98/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
youtube-transcript compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than youtube-transcript; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| youtube-transcript (this skill)by badlogic | 78 | 2.6k | 4mo ago | SKILL.md |
| ai-job-searchby MadsLorentzen | 100 | 44.4k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| claude-howtoby luongnv89 | 100 | 41.7k | 2d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| algorithmic-artby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 6d ago | SKILL.md |
| pptxby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 6d ago | SKILL.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install youtube-transcript?
- Run
npx skills add badlogic/pi-skills --skill youtube-transcript. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does youtube-transcript work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is youtube-transcript safe to use?
- It is MIT-licensed and scores 98/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is youtube-transcript still maintained?
- The repository was last updated about 4 months ago. That is recent enough to be usable, but agent tooling moves fast, so check the instructions against your agent's current version.
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From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.