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OpenClaw YouTube Transcript

Transcribe YouTube videos to text by extracting captions and subtitles directly from the video URL using yt-dlp, without any audio processing or local models.

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Mar 5, 2026Updated

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This skill extracts transcripts from YouTube videos by fetching captions and subtitles directly using yt-dlp. It converts any YouTube video to readable text without downloading audio or running speech-to-text models, making it fast and lightweight. Made specifically for OpenClaw agents.

How It Works

The skill uses a Python script that calls yt-dlp to fetch subtitle data (both manual captions and YouTube auto-generated subtitles) from a given video URL. The transcript is either printed to stdout or saved to a file. No audio processing or local AI models are involved โ€” it works entirely by extracting existing caption data from YouTube.

Key Features

Direct Caption Extraction
Fetches subtitles directly from YouTube without downloading or processing audio
Auto-Generated Subtitle Support
Works with both manually uploaded captions and YouTube's auto-generated subtitles
Multi-Language Support
Specify subtitle language code (en, es, fr, etc.) to get transcripts in different languages
File Output
Optionally save transcripts to a text file instead of printing to stdout
Lightweight
No audio models or heavy dependencies, just yt-dlp and Python

Requirements

yt-dlp
Command-line tool for extracting video data from YouTube. Install via brew install yt-dlp (macOS) or apt install yt-dlp (Linux)
Python 3
Required to run the transcription script

Use Cases

Video Summarization
Transcribe a video first, then have the assistant summarize or analyze the content
Content Research
Extract spoken content from educational or informational videos for reference
Accessibility
Get text versions of videos for reading instead of watching
Quote Extraction
Pull specific quotes or statements from video content

How to Install

1
Run in your terminal
npx clawhub@latest install openclaw-youtube-transcript
or
2
Click the Install button at the top of this page for one-click setup

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