Setup & Installation
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
Version History
Rewrite README: remove all fallback/proxy/youtube-transcript-api references. Docs now 100% consistent with shipped code. Single path: TranscriptAPI via env var or pass.
What This Skill Does
Extracts transcripts from YouTube videos and generates structured summaries. Paste a URL and the skill handles the rest. Append custom instructions after the URL to steer the summary format or focus.
Routes transcript fetching through residential IPs via TranscriptAPI.com, bypassing the datacenter blocks that break direct fetching from most VPS and cloud servers.
When to use it
- Getting the gist of a 2-hour conference talk in under a minute
- Pulling key points from a tutorial before deciding to watch it
- Extracting quotable lines from an interview
- Reviewing a product demo video without scrubbing through it
- Catching up on a YouTube livestream recap
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
User asks: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ focus on the technical production details
- 1Detects the YouTube URL in the message
- 2Runs the extraction script with the URL and API key
- 3Parses the returned JSON for transcript, language, token count, and metadata
- 4Applies the custom prompt ('focus on the technical production details') as additional summary instructions
- 5Formats the output as a header, TL;DR, and key points list
A structured summary scoped to technical production details, including the video title header and 3-7 bullet points extracted from the transcript
Requirements
Accounts, API keys, or tools you or your AI assistant may need to set up while using this skill.