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Media Transcript Search is an Agent Skill for documents published in the majiayu000/claude-skill-registry repository on GitHub: a SKILL.md instruction file an AI agent can load to do this task.

Extract and search transcripts from multimedia sources (primarily YouTube). Allows finding specific topics within long content without watching the whole video.

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Multimedia Transcript Search Skill

This skill turns opaque video content into searchable text data, essential for analyzing speeches, lectures, and news clips.

Capabilities

  1. Get Transcript: Download the full transcript of a YouTube video or Playlist.
  2. Keyword Search: Find timestamps where specific keywords or phrases are mentioned.
  3. Metadata: Automatically fetches Video Title to context script.
  4. Export: Dump transcripts as .txt or .srt for external use.

Usage

Run the python script get_transcript.py.

Arguments

  • id (required): The YouTube Video ID (e.g., dQw4w9WgXcQ) or Playlist ID.
  • --playlist (optional): Set if the ID is a playlist. Limits to first 10 videos.
  • --search (optional): Keyword to find.
  • --format (optional): "json" (default), "txt", or "srt".

Example

# Find "climate change" in a Playlist
python3 get_transcript.py PLAYLIST_ID --playlist --search "climate change"

# Export a clean text script for a video
python3 get_transcript.py VIDEO_ID --format txt

Tips for the Agent

  • Playlist Limits: Playlists are limited to the first 10 videos to ensure speed.
  • SRT Format: Use srt if you need to re-upload captions or import into a video editor.