@cli4ai/youtube

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Fetch transcripts, search within videos, browse channels and playlists (powered by yt-dlp).

Setup

``bash
npm i -g cli4ai
cli4ai add -g youtube
`

- yt-dlp is required. If it’s missing, cli4ai run youtube … will prompt you to install it.

Commands

`bash
cli4ai run youtube transcript [format] # Get transcript (text|timestamped|json)
cli4ai run youtube search # Search within video transcript
cli4ai run youtube info # Video metadata
cli4ai run youtube channel [limit] # Recent videos from channel
cli4ai run youtube playlist [limit] # Videos in playlist
cli4ai run youtube batch ... # Batch get transcripts
cli4ai run youtube find [limit] # Search YouTube
`

Examples

`bash


Get plain text transcript

cli4ai run youtube transcript "https://youtu.be/AJpK3YTTKZ4"

Get timestamped transcript

cli4ai run youtube transcript AJpK3YTTKZ4 timestamped

Search for "terminal" in a video - returns clickable timestamps

cli4ai run youtube search AJpK3YTTKZ4 "terminal"

Get Anthropic's last 5 videos

cli4ai run youtube channel @anthropic-ai 5

Search YouTube

cli4ai run youtube find "claude ai tutorial" 10

Get video info (views, likes, duration, etc)

cli4ai run youtube info AJpK3YTTKZ4
`

Notes

- Works with youtube.com, youtu.be, and shorts URLs
- Transcripts use auto-captions when manual captions aren't available
- Search returns timestamps with direct links to that exact moment
- text` format deduplicates overlapping auto-caption segments