Download YouTube video transcripts with timestamps. Use when asked to transcribe a YouTube video, get transcript, or extract text from a video URL.
View on GitHubplugins/hamel-tools/skills/youtube-transcribe/SKILL.md
January 21, 2026
Select agents to install to:
npx add-skill https://github.com/hamelsmu/hamel/blob/main/plugins/hamel-tools/skills/youtube-transcribe/SKILL.md -a claude-code --skill youtube-transcribeInstallation paths:
.claude/skills/youtube-transcribe/# YouTube Transcript Downloader Use the `ai-transcribe` CLI tool to download transcripts from YouTube videos. ## Usage ```bash ai-transcribe "https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID" ai-transcribe "https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID" --seconds # Use seconds for timestamps ai-transcribe "https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID" > transcript.txt # Save to file ``` ## Requirements - The `hamel_tools` package must be installed: `pip install hamel_tools` ## Output Returns transcript text with timestamps in HH:MM:SS format (default) or seconds with `--seconds` flag.