youtube-ingest

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Transcribe YouTube videos and playlists using Gemini Flash

cdeistopened By cdeistopened schedule Updated 3/9/2026
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name: youtube-ingest description: Transcribe YouTube videos and playlists using Gemini Flash version: 0.1.0 tools: [Bash]

YouTube Ingest

Downloads YouTube audio via yt-dlp and produces polished markdown transcripts via Gemini Flash.

When to Use

  • User wants to transcribe a YouTube video or playlist
  • Building a knowledge base from YouTube content
  • Extracting insights from video lectures, interviews, talks

Commands

# Transcribe a single video
bun run youtube-ingest/scripts/ingest.ts --url "https://youtube.com/watch?v=..."

# List videos in a playlist
bun run youtube-ingest/scripts/ingest.ts --playlist "https://youtube.com/playlist?list=..." --list

# Transcribe first 5 videos from playlist
bun run youtube-ingest/scripts/ingest.ts --playlist "https://youtube.com/playlist?list=..." --limit 5

Requirements

  • GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable
  • yt-dlp installed (brew install yt-dlp)
  • Output goes to output/youtube/ by default

Output Format

Each video produces a markdown file with YAML frontmatter containing title, channel, videoId, source URL, and full transcript with sections.

Cost

~$0.005 per hour of audio (Gemini Flash).

Install via CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/cdeistopened/skill-stack --skill youtube-ingest
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