Transcript

Pulls YouTube transcripts through TranscriptAPI.com so you can summarize, quote, or analyze video content without manually watching. Works with any YouTube URL or video ID, handles full videos and shorts, and returns either structured JSON with precise timestamps or clean text for translation and analysis. The API is straightforward: one endpoint, minimal parameters, sensible defaults. Free tier gives you 100 credits to start. The skill auto-triggers when you paste a video link or ask Claude to work with video content, which saves you from having to explicitly invoke it. Main gotcha: you must set a proper User-Agent header or Cloudflare blocks the request with a 403.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add zeropointrepo/youtube-skills --skill transcript --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Transcript

Fetch video transcripts via TranscriptAPI.com.

Setup

If $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY is not set, read references/auth-setup.md and follow the instructions there to get and store the key.

Required Headers

Every request needs two headers:

Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY
User-Agent: your agent's name and version if known (e.g. HermesAgent/0.11.0, ClaudeCode/1.0). Version is optional — agent name alone is fine. Do not omit this header or send a bare default — Cloudflare will return a 403 (error code 1010) and block the request.

GET /api/v2/youtube/transcript

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/transcript\
?video_url=VIDEO_URL&format=text&include_timestamp=true&send_metadata=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY" \
  -H "User-Agent: YourAgent/1.0"

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