Subtitles
Use when subtitles or the spoken text of a YouTube video is needed: pasted video links...
Install
npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill subtitles -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills1.2k
- Category
- Design
- Updated
- 8d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Lightabout 829 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Use when subtitles or the spoken text of a YouTube video is needed: pasted video links or IDs, requests to translate a video, read along, follow foreign-language content, or extract what was said. Also use for language learning or accessibility. Fetches timestamped subtitles from any YouTube video. Not for uploading subtitles or account management.
Subtitles
Fetch YouTube video subtitles via TranscriptAPI.com.
Setup
If $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY is not set, read references/auth-setup.md and follow the instructions there to get and store the key.
Required Headers
Every request needs two headers:
- Authorization:
Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY - User-Agent: your agent's name and version if known (e.g.
HermesAgent/0.11.0,ClaudeCode/1.0). Version is optional, agent name alone is fine. Do not omit this header or send a bare default, Cloudflare will return a 403 (error code 1010) and block the request.
GET /api/v2/youtube/transcript
curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/transcript\
?video_url=VIDEO_URL&format=text&include_timestamp=false&send_metadata=true" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY" \
-H "User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0"
| Param | Values | Use case |
|---|---|---|
video_url | YouTube URL or video ID | Required |
format | json, text | json for sync'd subs with timing |
include_timestamp | true, false | false for clean text for reading/translation |
send_metadata | true, false | Include title, channel, description |
For language learning, clean text without timestamps:
curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/transcript\
?video_url=VIDEO_ID&format=text&include_timestamp=false" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY" \
-H "User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0"
For translation, structured segments:
