{"repo":"JimmySadek/youtube-fetcher-to-markdown","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/JimmySadek/youtube-fetcher-to-markdown","clone":"git clone https://github.com/JimmySadek/youtube-fetcher-to-markdown.git","description":"Claude Code skill: turn YouTube videos into structured, Obsidian-ready Markdown notes with full metadata, chapters, and transcripts","language":"HTML","stars":198,"topics":["claude-code","claude-code-skill","knowledge-base","markdown","obsidian","transcript","youtube","yt-dlp"],"license":"MIT","category":"productivity","readme_excerpt":"YouTube Fetcher to Markdown YouTube video in, structured archival Markdown note out. Capture the transcript, creator metadata, description, chapters, actual caption language, and provenance in one Obsidian-ready file—without an API key. What you get Paste a YouTube link and receive a file such as: The YAML frontmatter makes a collection queryable through tools such as Dataview, while the Markdown remains portable to Logseq, other knowledge bases, and plain text workflows. Why this exists Most transcript extractors stop at raw caption text. An archival knowledge note also needs the source URL, creator, capture date, actual language, description, chapters, and a predictable filename. YouTube Fetcher keeps that complete record in one local file. Features - Manual and auto-generated captions with optional timestamps - Truthful language fallback: the note records the selected caption language - Title, channel, duration, upload date, description, and chapters when available - Safe YAML frontmatter and Markdown tables for dynamic metadata - Duplicate detection that preserves existing notes unless overwrite is approved - Obsidian-vault and custom-directory output - Raw JSON and SRT export - No API keys and no hosted service Installation Install the skill Or clone the canonical repository: Install runtime dependencies Python 3.8 or newer is supported. yt-dlp is optional but recommended for descriptions, chapters, duration, and upload dates: Check dependencies without fetching a video:","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/JimmySadek","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/JimmySadek/youtube-fetcher-to-markdown/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}