Agent skill · creative production · sundial-org
video-transcript-downloader
Download videos, audio, subtitles, and clean paragraph-style transcripts from YouTube and any other yt-dlp supported site. Use when asked to “download this video”, “save this clip”, “rip audio”, “get subtitles”, “get transcript”, or to troubleshoot yt-dlp/ffmpeg and formats/playlists.
Why this skill is useful
Adds executable scripts for downloading videos, audio, and transcripts from YouTube and other sites, which the AI cannot generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires ffmpeg, yt-dlp installed locally. About 1k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-03-07. 639 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Video Transcript Downloader ./scripts/vtd.js can: Print a transcript as a clean paragraph (timestamps optional). Download video/audio/subtitles. Transcript behavior: YouTube: fetch via youtube-transcript-plus when possible. Otherwise: pull subtitles via yt-dlp, then clean into a paragraph. Setup Transcript (default: clean paragraph) Download video / audio / subtitles Formats (list + choose) List available formats (format ids, resolution, container, audio-only, etc): Download a specific format id (example): Prefer MP4 container without re-encoding (remux when possible): Notes Default transcript output is a single paragraph. Use --timestamps only when asked. Bracketed cues like [Music] are stripped by default; keep them via --keep-brackets. Pass extra yt-dlp args after -- for transcript fallback, download, audio, subs, formats. Troubleshooting (only when needed) Missing yt-dlp / ffmpeg: Verify:
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills sundial-org/video-transcript-downloader