baoyu-youtube-transcript

You can fetch YouTube transcripts without an API key by providing a video URL or ID to this Skill, which retrieves subtitles locally and outputs Markdown or SRT formats.

Yes, the transcript fetcher supports multiple languages, optional translation, and speaker identification to label dialogue within the retrieved subtitles.

The best way to extract chapters and cover images is using this tool to parse chapter data from video descriptions and cache thumbnails locally for offline reuse.

Fetching YouTube transcripts works with both bun and npx runtimes, storing metadata and assets locally to accelerate reformatting during subsequent requests.

Cached YouTube transcript data speeds up reformatting because the Skill stores metadata and assets locally, preventing redundant network requests when switching output formats.