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.
2. Keyword Search: Find timestamps where specific keywords or phrases are mentioned.
3. Context Window: Return surrounding text to understand the context of the mention.

Usage

Run the python script get_transcript.py.

Arguments

• video_id (required): The YouTube Video ID (e.g., dQw4w9WgXcQ).
• --search (optional): Keyword to find.
• --lang (optional): Language code (default 'en').

Example

# Get full transcript for a video
python3 get_transcript.py dQw4w9WgXcQ

# Find where "climate change" is discussed
python3 get_transcript.py dQw4w9WgXcQ --search "climate change"

Dependencies

This skill requires the youtube-transcript-api library.

pip install youtube-transcript-api

Output Format

A JSON object containing:

• video_id
• transcript: Full list of segments (if no search) OR
• matches: List of segments matching the search term:
  • text: The text segment.
  • start: Start time (seconds).
  • duration: Duration of segment.
  • url: Direct URL to timestamp (e.g., https://youtu.be/ID?t=123).

Tips for the Agent

• Fuzzy Matching: The search is simple case-insensitive matching.
• Timestamps: Always provide the url with the timestamp so the user can verify the context immediately.