Skills/ #creative/ #Summarize

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.

Michael Gathara@michaelgathara

Install

Run this command against the local KakaHub registry.

CLI Prompt

Install youtube-watcher from the local KakaHub registry at http://localhost:13001. Review the README, manifest, and permissions before using it in the current workspace.

Download

README

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"watch youtube"
"summarize video"
"video transcript"
"youtube summary"
"analyze video"

YouTube Watcher

Fetch transcripts from YouTube videos to enable summarization, QA, and content extraction.

Usage

Get Transcript

Retrieve the text transcript of a video.

bashpython3 {baseDir}/scripts/get_transcript.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

Examples

**Summarize a video:**

1. Get the transcript:

bash   python3 {baseDir}/scripts/get_transcript.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

2. Read the output and summarize it for the user.

**Find specific information:**

1. Get the transcript. 2. Search the text for keywords or answer the user's question based on the content.

Notes

Requires `yt-dlp` to be installed and available in the PATH.
Works with videos that have closed captions (CC) or auto-generated subtitles.
If a video has no subtitles, the script will fail with an error message.

Install resolver

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Versions

VersionSizeUpdated1.0.0Not availableJan 25, 2026