playwright-youtube-shorts
CommunityExtract Shorts transcripts with Playwright.
AuthorMoh-Tayyab
Version1.0.0
Installs0
System Documentation
What problem does it solve?
This skill enables automated retrieval of transcript text from YouTube Shorts videos by driving a browser with Playwright to fetch captions, making transcripts available for AI generation, content analysis, or pipeline automation.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Automated transcript extraction from YouTube Shorts pages using Playwright automation.
- Returns clean transcript and caption segments suitable for AI scripting, indexing, and SEO tasks.
- Integrations: CLI for ad-hoc extractions and MCP server for Claude Code workflows to feed downstream AI pipelines.
Quick Start
Provide a YouTube Shorts URL to extract its transcript using the included CLI or MCP integration.
Dependency Matrix
Required Modules
playwright
Components
scripts
💻 Claude Code Installation
Recommended: Let Claude install automatically. Simply copy and paste the text below to Claude Code.
Please help me install this Skill: Name: playwright-youtube-shorts Download link: https://github.com/Moh-Tayyab/youtube-automation/archive/main.zip#playwright-youtube-shorts Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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