Imported from cdeistopened/skill-stack (
public/skills/youtube-ingest/SKILL.md). Install upstream withnpx skills add cdeistopened/skill-stack --skill youtube-ingest. Copyright stays with the author.
YouTube Ingest
Downloads YouTube audio via yt-dlp and produces polished markdown transcripts via Gemini Flash.
When to Use
- User wants to transcribe a YouTube video or playlist
- Building a knowledge base from YouTube content
- Extracting insights from video lectures, interviews, talks
Commands
# Transcribe a single video
bun run youtube-ingest/scripts/ingest.ts --url "https://youtube.com/watch?v=..."
# List videos in a playlist
bun run youtube-ingest/scripts/ingest.ts --playlist "https://youtube.com/playlist?list=..." --list
# Transcribe first 5 videos from playlist
bun run youtube-ingest/scripts/ingest.ts --playlist "https://youtube.com/playlist?list=..." --limit 5Requirements
GEMINI_API_KEYenvironment variableyt-dlpinstalled (brew install yt-dlp)- Output goes to
output/youtube/by default
Output Format
Each video produces a markdown file with YAML frontmatter containing title, channel, videoId, source URL, and full transcript with sections.
Cost
~$0.005 per hour of audio (Gemini Flash).