Video Notes

Use when the user gives a YouTube link or a local video file and wants an automatic transcript plus key-points notes. Triggers on /video-notes, "transcribe this video", "影片重點", "整理逐字稿", "影片逐字稿".

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Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)

npx skills add iamvista/video-notes --skill video-notes

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/iamvista/video-notes.git /tmp/video-notes
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/video-notes/. ~/.claude/skills/video-notes

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From the SKILL.md

# Video Notes

Turn a YouTube URL or local video file into two Markdown files: a key-points
note and a full timestamped transcript.

Usage: `/video-notes <url-or-local-path> [--out-dir <dir>] [--lang <code>]`

Pipeline: a stdlib-only Python CLI fetches the transcript (YouTube subtitles
first, Whisper API fallback) and emits `transcript.json`. You then read that JSON
and author the two Markdown files yourself — the summary, key points, and
chapters are your work, not a separate API call.

## Step 1: Parse the arguments

From the user input extract:
- `source` — the YouTube URL or local file path (required)
- `--out-dir` — destination folder for the two Markdown files. If omitted,
  default to `./video-notes/` in the current working directory.
- `--lang` — transcription language hint passed to Whisper (default `en`). Has
  no effect when subtitles are used; only matters for the Whisper fallback.

## Step 2: Check dependencies

Run `which yt-dlp ffmpeg ffprobe curl`. If any is missing, tell the user the
install command (`brew install yt-dlp ffmpeg`, or your platform's equivalent)
and stop. Do NOT check `OPENAI_API_KEY` yet — it is only needed if the video has
no subtitles.

## Step 3: Run the transcript pipeline

```bash
SKILL_DIR=<path-to-this-skill>
OUT=$(mktemp -d)
python3 "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/cli.py" "<source>" --lang <lang> --out "$OUT"
```

Notes:
- The scripts are stdlib-only — any Python 3.9+ works. If you prefer an isolated

Read the full skill on GitHub

Details

Skill name: video-notes
Repository: iamvista/video-notes
License: MIT
Repo updated: 19 June 2026

FAQ

What does the Video Notes skill do?

How do I install the Video Notes skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add iamvista/video-notes --skill video-notes. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

Is Video Notes popular?

It lives in iamvista/video-notes, which has 7 GitHub stars and 0 forks.

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