Pulls YouTube transcripts via TranscriptAPI.com so you can summarize, quote, or translate video content without watching it. Works with regular videos and Shorts, accepts URLs or bare video IDs, and returns either structured JSON with precise timestamps or clean readable text. You get 100 free credits to start (no card required), and the API is straightforward: one GET endpoint, four query params, and clear error codes. The User-Agent header is mandatory or Cloudflare blocks you with a 403. Useful when someone drops a 45-minute conference talk link and you need the gist in 30 seconds, or when you're building workflows that need to process video content as text.
npx skills add https://github.com/zeropointrepo/youtube-skills --skill video-transcript