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Download content from YouTube including transcripts, captions, subtitles, music, MP3s, and playlists. Use when the user provides a YouTube URL or asks to download, transcribe, or get content from YouTube videos or playlists.

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Sourcesteveclarke/dotfiles

Added on2026-02-17

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add steveclarke/dotfiles youtube

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YouTube

Download and process content from YouTube videos and playlists.

Capabilities

This skill handles two main workflows:

Task	Reference	Use When
Transcripts	`references/transcripts.md`	User wants captions, subtitles, or text content from a video
Music/MP3s	`references/mp3-download.md`	User wants to download audio, tag MP3s, or build a music library

Quick Start

For Transcripts

bash

# Check available subtitles
yt-dlp --list-subs "YOUTUBE_URL"

# Download auto-generated subtitles
yt-dlp --write-auto-sub --skip-download -o "transcript" "YOUTUBE_URL"

Load

references/transcripts.md

for the full workflow including VTT-to-text conversion and Whisper fallback.

For Music/MP3s

bash

# Check playlist info
ytmp3 info "YOUTUBE_URL"

# Download playlist
ytmp3 download "YOUTUBE_URL"

Load

references/mp3-download.md

for the full tagging and organization workflow.

Prerequisites

yt-dlp — YouTube downloader (install via
```
brew install yt-dlp
```
)
eyeD3 — MP3 tagging (install via
```
brew install eye-d3
```
, needed for MP3 workflow)

Workflow Selection

Based on the user's request:

"transcript", "captions", "subtitles", "transcribe", "text from video" → Load
```
references/transcripts.md
```
"download music", "MP3", "playlist", "tag", "album", "music library" → Load
```
references/mp3-download.md
```

If unclear, ask the user what they want to do with the YouTube content.