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youtube-content Skill

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YouTube transcripts to summaries, threads, blogs. Published by NousResearch in hermes-agent.

Decision snapshot

Is this a fit?

Best for

Design and media, Includes SKILL.md, Reusable instructions

Works with

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Access

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Setup

Copy skill directory

Project health

21 days ago · MIT license

Considerations

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What is youtube-content Skill?

YouTube transcripts to summaries, threads, blogs. Published by NousResearch in hermes-agent. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.

Trust signal
95/100
Maintenance signal
90/100
Adoption signal
100/100

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Key capabilities

  • Includes SKILL.md support
  • Reusable instructions support
  • Design and media
  • Design and media use cases

Declared skill metadata

  • Declared author: Teknium (teknium1), Hermes Agent
  • Declared license: MIT
  • Source file: skills/media/youtube-content/SKILL.md

These fields retain source and confidence evidence from the indexed SKILL.md.

Compatibility and setup

Copy skill directory
  • Install or run with Copy skill directory

When to use youtube-content Skill

  • Use it for design and media.

Built with

PythonCopy skill directory

Editorial notes

Source

  • Creator: NousResearch
  • Repository: NousResearch/hermes-agent
  • Skill file: skills/media/youtube-content/SKILL.md

What it does

YouTube transcripts to summaries, threads, blogs.

Skill instructions

YouTube Content Tool When to use Use when the user shares a YouTube URL or video link, asks to summarize a video, requests a transcript, or wants to extract and reformat content from any YouTube video. Transforms transcripts into structured content (chapters, summaries, threads, blog posts). Extract transcripts from YouTube videos and convert them into useful formats. Setup Use uv so the dependency is installed into the same Hermes-managed environment that runs the helper script: bash uv pip install youtube-transcript-api Helper Script SKILLDIR is the directory containing this SKILL.md file. The script accepts any standard YouTube URL format, short links (youtu.be), shorts, embeds, live links, or a raw 11-character video ID. bash JSON output with metadata uv run python SKILLDIR/scripts/fetchtranscript.py "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEOID" Plain text (good for piping into further processing) uv run python SKILLDIR/scripts/fetchtranscript.py "URL" --text-only With timestamps uv run py

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Frequently asked questions

What is youtube-content?

youtube-content is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. YouTube transcripts to summaries, threads, blogs.

Who is youtube-content best for?

youtube-content is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, design and media workflows.

How do I install youtube-content?

Install or run youtube-content using Copy skill directory. Check youtube-content for the latest setup command.

Is youtube-content actively maintained?

youtube-content may need a closer maintenance check before production use.

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