Overview
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.
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)
Installation
Add baoyu-youtube-transcript to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add JimLiu/baoyu-skillsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
- Codex — declared in the repository topics
License
baoyu-youtube-transcript is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in JimLiu/baoyu-skills, an established project with 25,129 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code, Codex
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
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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.
- Which agents does baoyu-youtube-transcript work with?
- baoyu-youtube-transcript lists Claude Code and Codex — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- 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.