youtube-transcript SKILL.md skillA

youtube-transcript from nicepkg/ai-workflow is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

mdr add nicepkg/ai-workflow/youtube-transcript@git:20260118.be84779

Pins git:20260118.be84779 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade

A, 17 of 17 checks passed

Kind

SKILL.md skill

Repository

nicepkg/ai-workflow

Path

workflows/content-creator-workflow/.claude/skills/youtube-transcript/SKILL.md

Versions recorded

1

Latest version

git:20260118.be84779, committed Jan 18, 2026

Size

13,729 bytes

Repository stars

288

License

MIT

Download YouTube video transcripts when user provides a YouTube URL or asks to download/get/fetch a transcript from YouTube. Also use when user wants to transcribe or get captions/subtitles from a YouTube video.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# YouTube Transcript Downloader

This skill helps download transcripts (subtitles/captions) from YouTube videos using yt-dlp.

## When to Use This Skill

Activate this skill when the user:
- Provides a YouTube URL and wants the transcript
- Asks to "download transcript from YouTube"
- Wants to "get captions" or "get subtitles" from a video
- Asks to "transcribe a YouTube video"
- Needs text content from a YouTube video

## How It Works

### Priority Order:
1. **Check if yt-dlp is installed** - install if needed
2. **List available subtitles** - see what's actually available
3. **Try manual subtitles first** (`--write-sub`) - highest quality
4. **Fallback to auto-generated** (`--write-auto-sub`) - usually available
5. **Last resort: Whisper transcription** - if no subtitles exist (requires user confirmation)
6. **Confirm the download** and show the user where the file is saved
7. **Optionally clean up** the VTT format if the user wants plain text

## Installation Check

**IMPORTANT**: Always check if yt-dlp is installed first:

```bash
which yt-dlp || command -v yt-dlp
```

### If Not Installed

Attempt automatic installation based on the system:

**macOS (Homebrew)**:
```bash
…

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How to install

mdr add nicepkg/ai-workflow/youtube-transcript@sha256:7c832ec57899a41d

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_rcmqnqldixzdy5ub.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_rcmqnqldixzdy5ub)

Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jan 18, 2026.

Audit of the latest version

Source

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_rcmqnqldixzdy5ub
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nicepkg/ai-workflow/youtube-transcript
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7c832ec57899a41d615bafbf3c71cbd0c80e7eb98cea07c5a8a4a6c2f44401c5

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