Agent skill · writing content · sundial-org
youtube-watcher
Fetch and read transcripts from YouTube videos. Use when you need to summarize a video, answer questions about its content, or extract information from it.
Why this skill is useful
Adds a script for fetching YouTube video transcripts, which is not commonly available in public documentation.
What it needs
Requires yt-dlp installed locally. About 1k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-03-07. 639 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
YouTube Watcher Fetch transcripts from YouTube videos to enable summarization, QA, and content extraction. Usage Get Transcript Retrieve the text transcript of a video. Examples Summarize a video: 1. Get the transcript: 2. Read the output and summarize it for the user. Find specific information: 1. Get the transcript. 2. Search the text for keywords or answer the user's question based on the content. Notes Requires yt-dlp to be installed and available in the PATH. Works with videos that have closed captions (CC) or auto-generated subtitles. If a video has no subtitles, the script will fail with an error message.
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills sundial-org/youtube-watcher