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name: youtube-ultimate version: 4.2.2 description: "Free transcripts, 4K downloads, and video exploration — zero API quotas burned. Built for the TinkerClaw fork — github.com/globalcaos/tinkerclaw." metadata: openclaw: owner: kn7623hrcwt6rg73a67xw3wyx580asdw category: media tags: - youtube - transcripts - video-download - media - offline license: MIT notes: security: "This skill invokes yt-dlp and youtube-transcript-api locally to fetch transcripts and download videos. No credentials stored, no API keys required, no external services beyond YouTube itself. All processing happens on your machine. No data is sent anywhere except standard YouTube HTTP requests."

YouTube Ultimate

Your agent reads YouTube so you don't have to. Pull transcripts, summarize videos, and extract knowledge — all without touching YouTube's API quota.

What It Does

• Free Transcripts — Grab any video's transcript instantly. No API key, no quota, no billing surprises at 3 AM. Won't burn through your free-tier quota fetching a single playlist, then suggest you upgrade to the $200/month plan like it's doing you a favor.
• 4K Video Downloads — Save videos locally for offline access, training data, or that flight where Wi-Fi costs more than the ticket.
• Video Exploration — Search, browse, and drill into video details without rate-limit anxiety.

Why It Matters

YouTube's API gives you 10,000 quota units per day. A single search costs 100. A transcript request? Not even supported. YouTube Ultimate sidesteps all of that. Your agent gets full access to video content while your quota counter stays at zero.

Clone it. Fork it. Break it. Make it yours.

👉 Explore the full project: github.com/globalcaos/clawdbot-moltbot-openclaw