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youtube-watcher

Fetch and read transcripts from YouTube videos. Use when you need to summarize a video, answer questions about its content, or extract information from it.

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claude-codecodexcursorships scriptsMIT
Install
npx skills add gooseworks-ai/goose-skills --skill youtube-watcher --agent claude-code

Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.

Facts
Files in the skill folder: 3
SKILL.md size: 1 KB
Bundled scripts: yes
Version: 1.0.0
Declared author: michael gathara
Path: skills/research-tools/capabilities/youtube-watcher/SKILL.md
Open the folder on GitHub →
Where it comes from
Stars: 1,091
Language: Python

Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.

From the SKILL.md

# YouTube Watcher Fetch transcripts from YouTube videos to enable summarization, QA, and content extraction. ## Usage ### Get Transcript Retrieve the text transcript of a video. ```bash python3 {baseDir}/scripts/get_transcript.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" ``` ## Examples **Summarize a video:** 1. Get the transcript: ```bash python3 {baseDir}/scripts/get_transcript.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" ``` 2. Read the output and summarize it for the user. **Find specific information:** 1. Get the transcript. 2. Search the text for keywords or answer the user's question based on the content. ## Notes - Requires `yt-dlp` to be installed and available in the PATH. - Works with videos that have closed captions (CC) or auto-generated subtitles. - If a video has no subtitles, the script will fail with an error message.

What's inside
Steps it walks through
  1. Usage
  2. Get Transcript
  3. Examples
  4. Notes
Ships with 2 files
  • scripts/get_transcript.py
  • skill.meta.json
Commands it runs
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/get_transcript.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/get_transcript.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
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About this skill
What does the youtube-watcher skill do?

Fetch and read transcripts from YouTube videos. Use when you need to summarize a video, answer questions about its content, or extract information from it.

How do I install it?

Run `npx skills add gooseworks-ai/goose-skills --skill youtube-watcher --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.

Where does this skill come from?

From gooseworks-ai/goose-skills, a repository with 1,091 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.

Is a popular skill a good skill?

Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.

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