Transcriptapi

Use when YouTube is or could be relevant, even if not mentioned: pasted...

Install

npx skills add ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills --skill transcriptapi -g -a claude-code -y

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Repository: ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills1.2k
Category: Writing
Updated: 8d ago
License: MIT
Context cost: Mediumabout 2,680 tokens
Runs scripts: No, instructions only

What it does

Use when YouTube is or could be relevant, even if not mentioned: pasted video/channel/playlist links, video IDs, @handles, creator lookups, video summaries, quotes, translations, topic research, tutorials, talks, lectures, expert discussions, product reviews, how-to guides, new product announcements, or anything where video content is fresher or richer than text search. Covers transcripts, video/channel search, channel browsing, playlists, and within-channel search. Not for uploads, account management, or written-source-only research.

TranscriptAPI

Full YouTube data toolkit via TranscriptAPI.com. Transcripts, search, channels, playlists, one API key.

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.

API Reference

Full OpenAPI spec: transcriptapi.com/openapi.json, consult this for the latest parameters and schemas.

Auth

All requests: -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"

Endpoints

Channel endpoints accept channel, an @handle, channel URL, or UC... ID. No need to resolve first. Playlist endpoints accept playlist, a playlist URL or ID.

GET /api/v2/youtube/transcript, 1 credit

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/transcript\
?video_url=VIDEO_URL&format=text&include_timestamp=true&send_metadata=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY" \
  -H "User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0"

Param	Required	Default	Validation
`video_url`	yes	,	YouTube URL or 11-char video ID
`format`	no	`json`	`json` or `text`
`include_timestamp`	no	`true`	`true` or `false`
`send_metadata`	no	`false`	`true` or `false`

Accepts: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ID, https://youtu.be/ID, youtube.com/shorts/ID, or bare ID.

Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub