youtube-summarizer
Automatically fetch YouTube video transcripts, generate structured summaries, and send full transcripts to messaging platforms. Detects YouTube URLs and provides metadata, key insights, and downloadable transcripts.
Why use this skill?
Instantly summarize YouTube videos, generate structured key insights, and save full transcripts to your system with this OpenClaw automation skill.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/abe238/youtube-summarizerWhat This Skill Does
The YouTube Summarizer skill is a powerful automation tool designed to extract, synthesize, and archive content from YouTube videos directly within your OpenClaw environment. By leveraging the MCP YouTube Transcript server, this skill intercepts YouTube URLs, extracts the necessary video metadata, and performs deep analysis on the underlying transcript. It converts long-form video content into concise, structured summaries featuring a core thesis, key takeaways, and actionable bullet points, while simultaneously saving the full transcript to your local system for offline reference.
Installation
To enable this functionality, ensure you have the MCP YouTube Transcript server installed at /root/clawd/mcp-server-youtube-transcript. You can set this up by running:
cd /root/clawd && git clone https://github.com/kimtaeyoon83/mcp-server-youtube-transcript.git && cd mcp-server-youtube-transcript && npm install && npm run build
Once the dependency is ready, install the skill via the OpenClaw hub using: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/abe238/youtube-summarizer.
Use Cases
- Research and Learning: Quickly digest lengthy educational videos, documentaries, or tutorials without needing to watch the entire clip.
- Meeting Minutes: Automatically generate summaries and archives for recorded virtual meetings or webinars hosted on YouTube.
- Content Curation: Easily create summaries for sharing across messaging platforms like Telegram, allowing your team to stay updated on industry trends efficiently.
- Archiving: Maintain a local, searchable database of video transcripts for future reference and indexing.
Example Prompts
- "Summarize this video for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
- "Can you transcribe this tech tutorial and send it to my Telegram group? https://youtu.be/exampleID"
- "What are the main key takeaways from this shorts video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xyz123?"
Tips & Limitations
- Language Support: The skill relies on available CC (Closed Captions) provided by the video uploader. If a video lacks captions or transcripts, the extraction step will fail.
- Privacy: Note that this skill reads video metadata and transcripts; ensure you have permission to store content from private or sensitive videos.
- Connectivity: The skill requires active network access to fetch transcripts from YouTube servers.
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{
"plugins": {
"official-abe238-youtube-summarizer": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags
Flags: network-access, file-write, file-read, external-api, code-execution
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