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YouTube Video Transcriptv1.0.0

Name: YouTube Video Transcript
Author: pratie

bulktranscripts-video-transcript

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Get the transcript of a single YouTube video (or Short, or TikTok video) as clean text, timestamped segments, or SRT/VTT/Markdown via the BulkTranscripts API. Use when the user shares a video link and wants it summarized, quoted, translated, fact-checked or turned into notes. Requires a free BulkTranscripts API key in BULKTRANSCRIPTS_API_KEY, created at https://bulktranscripts.co/app?tab=mcp (Google sign-in, 30 free credits, no card).

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Install & Quick Start

Install via ClawdBot CLI:

clawdbot install pratie/bulktranscripts-video-transcript

Skill Package2 files

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Quality Score

C47/100

Grade Limited — based on market validation, documentation quality, package completeness, maintenance status, and authenticity signals.

Market Validation4/35

· 103 downloads (low demand)
· No tracked installs (may still have real users via manual install)

Documentation16/25

· SKILL.md present
· Detailed documentation (≥3000 chars)
· Detailed summary

Package Completeness6/15

· skillAssets present (1 files)

Security Analysis

💙 Low Risk

UNDOCUMENTED_EXTERNALlow

Calls external URL not in known-safe list

https://bulktranscripts.co/app?tab=mcp

Audited Sep 23, 2026 · audit v1.0

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Usage Guide

Generated Sep 23, 2026

AI agent developers and automation engineers building research or content workflowsContent marketers and podcast producers repurposing video content into written formatsJournalists, researchers, and fact-checkers who need timestamped source citationsEdtech creators generating multilingual subtitles and study materials from course videosProduct managers and analysts tracking competitor video contentbeginner

💡 Application Scenarios

Research Paper Fact-CheckingAcademic Research

A graduate student pastes a YouTube lecture link into their AI agent and asks it to verify specific claims. The skill fetches the timestamped transcript, allowing the agent to quote exact passages and cross-reference claims against sources, with links back to the original video at precise timestamps.

Podcast-to-Blog RepurposingContent Marketing

A content marketing team uses the skill to pull transcripts from YouTube-hosted podcast episodes and transform them into SEO-optimized blog articles. The silence-grouped paragraphs make for natural reading flow, and the agent can cite the original video source at the end of each post.

Competitive Intelligence MonitoringProduct Management

A product manager bookmarks competitor keynotes and product launch videos on YouTube. Using the skill with the full endpoint suite, the agent pulls transcripts on demand, extracts feature announcements, pricing mentions, and strategic pivots into structured briefing notes.

Multilingual Subtitle GenerationOnline Education

An edtech company generates SRT/VTT subtitle files from their YouTube course videos, then uses the transcript segments as the source for machine translation into multiple languages. The rendered file formats integrate directly into their video player, and repeat reads of the same video are free.

Journalist Interview VerificationMedia & Journalism

A journalist covering a public figure's YouTube interview needs to pull exact quotes with timestamps for a published article. The skill returns timestamped segments that link directly to the source moment, ensuring accuracy and providing readers with verifiable citations.

💼 Business Models

API Credit PacksOne-time credit pack purchases; credits follow the Google account and persist indefinitely

BulkTranscripts charges per-credit for transcript extraction, search, and playlist operations, with one-time credit packs that never expire. The first transcript added to an account costs 1 credit, and repeat reads are free, encouraging users to build a personal transcript library over time.

Freemium API AccessFree tier converts to paid credit packs when users exhaust their initial 30 credits

The service offers 30 free credits on sign-up with no credit card required, plus always-free endpoints like account balance and channel/latest. This lowers adoption friction for developers and AI agent builders who can prototype before committing to paid credits.

MCP/Agent Platform IntegrationUsage-based credit consumption from AI agents and automated pipelines at scale

By providing an MCP server and AI-friendly response formats (txt, md, ai, paragraphs), the service positions itself as infrastructure for AI agents and automation pipelines. Credit purchases scale with agent usage volume, making it a per-seat or per-workflow cost for AI product teams.

💬 Integration Tip

Set BULKTRANSCRIPTS_API_KEY as an environment variable before any requests, and always check billing.remaining in the response to monitor credit usage; use segments=0 with paragraphs for summarization workflows to reduce token overhead, and respect the 30 requests/min rate limit under /api/v1/ by pacing batch fetches.