---
title: "Capture YouTube transcripts without browser automation using YouTube Transcript API"
description: "Fetch manual or auto-generated YouTube subtitles, including translations, without Selenium or API keys before summarization, extraction, or quote-checking."
verification: "listed"
source: "https://github.com/jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api"
author: "jdepoix"
publisher_type: "open_source_project"
category:
  - "Media & Transcription"
framework:
  - "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api"
  github_stars: 7352
---

# Capture YouTube transcripts without browser automation using YouTube Transcript API

Fetch manual or auto-generated YouTube subtitles, including translations, without Selenium or API keys before summarization, extraction, or quote-checking.

## Prerequisites

Python, YouTube video ID

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

Install command or upstream instructions:

```
pip install youtube-transcript-api
```

## Documentation

- https://github.com/jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/capture-youtube-transcripts-without-browser-automation-using-youtube-transcript-api/)