video-transcript-downloader

---
name: video-transcript-downloader
description: "Use when working with yt-dlp downloads: video, audio, subtitles, transcripts, clips, playlists from steipete/agent-scripts."
source: https://github.com/steipete/agent-scripts/tree/main/skills/video-transcript-downloader
generated: 2026-05-27T20:56:49.632Z
category: tool
audience: engineers
---

## When to use

- Using the video-transcript-downloader skill's upstream workflow, guardrails, and local-tool assumptions.
- Auditing commands or operational steps before changing video transcript downloader behavior.
- Needing a compact agent reference for yt-dlp downloads: video, audio, subtitles, transcripts, clips, playlists.

## Key concepts

### Transcript (default: clean paragraph)

Transcript (default: clean paragraph) guidance for the video-transcript-downloader skill.

### Download video / audio / subtitles

Download video / audio / subtitles guidance for the video-transcript-downloader skill.

### Formats (list + choose)

List available formats (format ids, resolution, container, audio-only, etc): Download a specific format id (example): Prefer MP4 container without re-encoding (remux when possible):.

### Notes

Default transcript output is a single paragraph. Use --timestamps only when asked. Bracketed cues like [Music] are stripped by default; keep them via --keep-brackets. Pass extra yt-dlp args after -- for transcript fallback, download, audio, subs, formats.

### Troubleshooting (only when needed)

Missing yt-dlp / ffmpeg: Verify:.

## API reference

```
npx skills add steipete/agent-scripts --skill video-transcript-downloader
```

Install the video-transcript-downloader skill from steipete/agent-scripts.

```
npx skills add steipete/agent-scripts --skill video-transcript-downloader
```

```
cd ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/video-transcript-downloader && npm ci.
```

Command or snippet documented by the upstream video-transcript-downloader skill.

```
cd ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/video-transcript-downloader && npm ci
```

```
./scripts/vtd.js --help.
```

Command or snippet documented by the upstream video-transcript-downloader skill.

```
./scripts/vtd.js --help
./scripts/vtd.js transcript --help
```

```
./scripts/vtd.js transcript --url 'https://…'.
```

Command or snippet documented by the upstream video-transcript-downloader skill.

```
./scripts/vtd.js transcript --url 'https://…'
./scripts/vtd.js transcript --url 'https://…' --lang en
./scripts/vtd.js transcript --url 'https://…' --timestamps
./scripts/vtd.js transcript --url 'https://…' --keep-brackets
```

```
./scripts/vtd.js download --url 'https://…' --output-dir ~/Downloads.
```

Command or snippet documented by the upstream video-transcript-downloader skill.

```
./scripts/vtd.js download --url 'https://…' --output-dir ~/Downloads
./scripts/vtd.js audio --url 'https://…' --output-dir ~/Downloads
./scripts/vtd.js subs --url 'https://…' --output-dir ~/Downloads --lang en
```

```
./scripts/vtd.js formats --url 'https://…'.
```

Command or snippet documented by the upstream video-transcript-downloader skill.

```
./scripts/vtd.js formats --url 'https://…'
```

```
./scripts/vtd.js download --url 'https://…' --output-dir ~/Downloads -- --format 137+140.
```

Command or snippet documented by the upstream video-transcript-downloader skill.

```
./scripts/vtd.js download --url 'https://…' --output-dir ~/Downloads -- --format 137+140
```

## Gotchas

- Prefer MP4 container without re-encoding (remux when possible):.

---
Generated by SkillMake from https://github.com/steipete/agent-scripts/tree/main/skills/video-transcript-downloader on 2026-05-27T20:56:49.632Z.
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File: ~/.claude/skills/video-transcript-downloader/SKILL.md