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YouTube Transcript · mkurman | DecimalAI

researchby mkurman

YouTube Transcript

mkurman/youtube-transcript

Source mkurman/zorai ↗License MIT

Extract transcripts from YouTube videos.

SkillScore86Maintained

Automatic

Knowledge Management pack

Last verified 8/22/2026

What it changes

Passed 16 of 19 test cases with the skill, and 10 of 19 without it.

Without skill50%

With skill86%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

The timestamp prefix uses the `[MM:SS] text` format.
The transcript output is saved to `meeting_summary.txt`.
The default format returned is plain text without timestamps.

and 5 more in the full report

8 fixed11 passed either way3 still failing0 broke

Pass-rate lift: +36 pp
Tokens: -37%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -61%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/22/2026v119 of 22 cases passed with skill · 19 comparable

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/mkurman-youtube-transcript/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/mkurman-youtube-transcript/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add mkurman-youtube-transcript, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/mkurman-youtube-transcript/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add mkurman-youtube-transcript

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/mkurman-youtube-transcript/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/mkurman-youtube-transcript/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/mkurman-youtube-transcript/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/mkurman-youtube-transcript.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 8 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 8

Prompt

I need to retrieve the caption text for `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ` and store it in `meeting_summary.txt`. What file should receive the transcript output?

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
The transcript output is saved to `meeting_summary.txt`.	Missed	Passed

case-10 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/22/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md42 linessingle file

YouTube Transcript

Extract transcripts from YouTube videos using the youtube-transcript-api.

Usage

Run the script with a YouTube URL or video ID:

uv run scripts/get_transcript.py "VIDEO_URL_OR_ID"

With timestamps:

uv run scripts/get_transcript.py "VIDEO_URL_OR_ID" --timestamps

Defaults

Without timestamps (default): Plain text, one line per caption segment
With timestamps: [MM:SS] text format (or [HH:MM:SS] for longer videos)

Supported URL Formats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID
https://youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID
Raw video ID (11 characters)

Output

CRITICAL: YOU MUST NEVER MODIFY THE RETURNED TRANSCRIPT
If the transcript is without timestamps, you SHOULD clean it up so that it is arranged by complete paragraphs and the lines don't cut in the middle of sentences.
If you were asked to save the transcript to a specific file, save it to the requested file.
If no output file was specified, use the YouTube video ID with a -transcript.txt suffix.

Notes

Fetches auto-generated or manually added captions (whichever is available)

Track record

Benchmark

16 / 19

test cases passed, vs 10 / 19 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/3/2026

View 15 scanner checks

live_secretremote_code_executionreverse_shelldata_exfiltrationssrf_metadataagent_snoopinganti_refusaldestructive_commandsobfuscated_unicodeunicode_homoglyphopaque_blobsuspicious_urltool_overreachtrigger_abuseprompt_injection_phrasing

IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

mkurman / zorai

skills/productivity/agent-skills/youtube-transcript/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License MITImported 8/3/2026Version v1

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What's inside

YouTube Transcript

Usage

Defaults

Supported URL Formats

Output

Notes

Track record

Benchmark

Adoption

SkillSafety

Source

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