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baoyu-youtube-transcript
baoyu-youtube-transcript is an open-source design skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by JimLiu. Its author describes it as: “Downloads YouTube video transcripts/subtitles and cover images by URL or video ID. Supports multiple languages, translation, chapters, and speaker identification. Caches raw data for fast re-formatting. Use when user…”. The project has 25k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add JimLiu/baoyu-skills`.
What baoyu-youtube-transcript does
Downloads transcripts (subtitles/captions) from YouTube videos. Works with both manually created and auto-generated transcripts. No API key or browser required — uses YouTube's InnerTube API directly and automatically falls back to `yt-dlp` when YouTube blocks the direct API path.
Installation
Add baoyu-youtube-transcript to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add JimLiu/baoyu-skillsAlways review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.
What's inside
The SKILL.md for baoyu-youtube-transcript is organised into these sections:
- Script Directory
- Usage
- Options
- Optional Environment Variables
- Input Formats
- Output Formats
- Output Directory
- Caching
- Workflow
- Chapter & Speaker Workflow
- Chapters (--chapters)
- Speaker Identification (--speakers)
When to use it
Reach for baoyu-youtube-transcript when you want design help from your agent without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt
- Ships in JimLiu/baoyu-skills, an established project with 25,129 GitHub stars
- Actively maintained (recent commits)
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does baoyu-youtube-transcript do?
- Downloads YouTube video transcripts/subtitles and cover images by URL or video ID. Supports multiple languages, translation, chapters, and speaker identification. Caches raw data for fast re-formatting. Use when user asks to "get YouTube transcript", "download subtitles", "get captions", "YouTube字幕", "YouTube封面", "视频封面", "video thumbnail", "video cover image", or provides a YouTube URL and wants the transcript/subtitle text or cover image extracted.
- How do I install baoyu-youtube-transcript?
- Run /plugin marketplace add JimLiu/baoyu-skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/JimLiu/baoyu-skills before installing.
- Is baoyu-youtube-transcript free to use?
- Yes. baoyu-youtube-transcript is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Where does baoyu-youtube-transcript come from?
- baoyu-youtube-transcript ships inside JimLiu/baoyu-skills, a repository that contains 23 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 25,129 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
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