Download Transcripts

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Content · Sub-category: content-misc

Download YouTube transcripts for videos tracked in a CSV file. Use when you need to download transcripts in bulk with progress tracking, fetching transcripts overnight, processing video libraries, or when the user mentions "get transcripts", "download captions", or "bulk transcript download".

What this skill does

Download Transcripts is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the content-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/download-transcripts/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when you need to download transcripts in bulk with progress tracking, fetching transcripts overnight, processing video libraries, or when the user mentions "get transcripts", "download captions", or "bulk transcript download".

Who uses this skill

The Download Transcripts skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/download-transcripts
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/download-transcripts/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/download-transcripts/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/download-transcripts/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/download-transcripts/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\download-transcripts\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.