Youtube to Ebook

Transform YouTube videos into beautifully formatted ebook articles with transcripts

584 stars 122 forksImages, Video & Audio

Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)
npx skills add zarazhangrui/youtube-to-ebook --skill youtube-to-ebook
Manual install
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zarazhangrui/youtube-to-ebook.git /tmp/youtube-to-ebook
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/youtube-to-ebook/. ~/.claude/skills/youtube-to-ebook

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

# YouTube to Ebook

Transform YouTube videos from your favorite channels into well-written magazine-style articles, delivered as an EPUB ebook.

## What This Skill Does

1. Fetches latest videos from YouTube channels (filtering out Shorts)
2. Extracts transcripts from those videos
3. Transforms transcripts into polished articles using Claude
4. Packages articles into an EPUB ebook for reading on any device

## Quick Start

Ask: "Set up YouTube to ebook for me"

I'll guide you through:
1. Creating a project folder
2. Setting up YouTube API access
3. Configuring your favorite channels
4. Generating your first ebook

## Requirements

- Python 3.8+
- YouTube Data API key (free from Google Cloud Console)
- Anthropic API key (for Claude)

## Commands

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `python main.py` | Generate ebook from latest videos |
| `python main.py --channels` | Edit channel list |
| `python dashboard.py` | Launch web dashboard |

## Key Files

```
youtube-newsletter/
├── get_videos.py      # Fetch latest videos
├── get_transcripts.py # Extract transcripts
├── write_articles.py  # Transform to articles
├── send_email.py      # Create EPUB & send
├── main.py            # Run full pipeline
├── channels.txt       # Your channel list
└── .env               # API keys
```

## Known Pitfalls & Solutions

### 1. YouTube Shorts Detection
**Problem**: Filtering by duration doesn't work—some Shorts are longer than 60 seconds.
Read the full skill on GitHub

Details

Skill name
youtube-to-ebook
Repository
zarazhangrui/youtube-to-ebook
Repo updated
28 January 2026

FAQ

What does the Youtube to Ebook skill do?

Transform YouTube videos into beautifully formatted ebook articles with transcripts

How do I install the Youtube to Ebook skill?

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

Is Youtube to Ebook popular?

It lives in zarazhangrui/youtube-to-ebook, which has 584 GitHub stars and 122 forks.

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