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youtube-transcribe-skill

Extract subtitles or a transcript from a YouTube URL and save normalized timestamped text locally. Use when the user wants the spoken content of a YouTube video as text.

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# YouTube Transcript Extraction

Use the bundled `scripts/transcribe_youtube.py` wrapper for the primary workflow. It downloads subtitles with `yt-dlp`, selects the preferred language, converts WebVTT cues into timestamped plain text, and reports the output path and line count.

## Requirements

1. Install `yt-dlp` and confirm `yt-dlp --version` succeeds.
2. Resolve the absolute directory containing this `SKILL.md`; refer to it as `<skill-dir>`.
3. Keep the output in the user's current working directory unless they request another location.

The Python wrapper itself uses only the standard library. It can display `--help` without `yt-dlp` being installed.

## Primary workflow