AI Summarycaption-clip enables users to download YouTube videos, transcribe them using Deepgram, and automatically add styled captions—streamlining video accessibility and content creation workflows for developers and content creators.
Install
Copy this and paste it into Claude Code, Cursor, or any AI assistant:
I want to install the "caption-clip" skill in my project. Please run this command in my terminal: # Install skill into the correct directory mkdir -p .claude/skills/skill-caption-clip && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/skill-caption-clip/SKILL.md "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kwindla/skill-caption-clip/main/SKILL.md" Then restart Claude Code (or reload the window in Cursor) so the skill is picked up.
Description
Download and caption YouTube clips. Use when the user asks to "caption a YouTube video", "download and add subtitles", "create captioned clips", "transcribe and caption a video", or mentions yt-dlp captioning workflows.
Prerequisites
• yt-dlp installed • ffmpeg installed • DEEPGRAM_API_KEY in .env file (or environment variable) • Avenir Next font (falls back to Arial if unavailable)
Caption YouTube Clips
Download YouTube video clips with timestamps, transcribe with Deepgram, and burn styled captions.
Step 1: Download Clip
Download a specific section of a YouTube video using yt-dlp: `bash yt-dlp --download-sections "*START-END" -o "clip_name.%(ext)s" "YOUTUBE_URL" ` Example with timestamps 02:53-04:15: `bash yt-dlp --download-sections "*02:53-04:15" -o "clip_intro.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" `
Step 2: Convert to MP4
Ensure consistent encoding with ffmpeg defaults: `bash ffmpeg -i clip_name.webm -y clip_name.mp4 `
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