By name: "YouTube Chapter Generator from Transcripts" slug: "youtube-chapter-generator-transcripts" description: "Extracts YouTube video transcripts via the youtube-transcript-api Python library and generates semantic chapter markers. Uses sentence-transformers for topic segmentation and formats chapter timestamps for YouTube description metadata compliance." verification: "security_reviewed" source: "https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3" author: "Google" category: "Media & Transcription" framework: "OpenClaw"
YouTube Chapter Generator from Transcripts
Extracts YouTube video transcripts via the youtube-transcript-api Python library and generates semantic chapter markers. Uses sentence-transformers for topic segmentation and formats chapter timestamps for YouTube description metadata compliance.
Prerequisites
Google account, Google Cloud project, YouTube Data API v3 enabled, and OAuth 2.0 credentials or an API key as supported
Installation
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