transcripter

CLI tool for fetching YouTube transcripts and generating summaries using Claude.

Installation

pip install -e ".[dev]"

Usage

Fetch a transcript

yt-transcript fetch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID

Summarize a transcript

yt-transcript summarize https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID

Options

• --lang / -l — Transcript language (default: en)
• --output / -o — Save output to a file
• --model / -m — Claude model for summarization (default: claude-sonnet-4-20250514)

Development

pip install -e ".[dev]"
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