pi-youtube

Fetch YouTube video transcripts and AI-powered summaries — slash command for pi. Customise the summary prompt.

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extension

Install pi-youtube from npm and Pi will load the resources declared by the package manifest.

npm report
$ pi install npm:pi-youtube
Package
pi-youtube
Version
1.1.0
Published
Jun 2, 2026
Downloads
not available
Author
oras
License
unknown
Types
extension
Size
32.7 KB
Dependencies
0 dependencies · 0 peers
Pi manifest JSON
{
  "extensions": [
    "./index.ts"
  ],
  "video": "https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/721c14bd-6d87-40d0-8004-a6dbf0657b8b",
  "image": "https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e84fb2c8-acf3-414f-bf02-0a47ca7a7d93"
}

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README

pi-youtube

YouTube transcript & AI-powered summary extension for pi.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/721c14bd-6d87-40d0-8004-a6dbf0657b8b

Install

pi install npm:pi-youtube

Commands

Command Description
/youtube <url> Fetch transcript & trigger LLM summarisation
/youtube-config View current save-directory settings
/youtube-config set transcriptDir ~/path Change transcript output directory
/youtube-config set summaryDir ~/path Change summary output directory

How it works

  1. Extracts the YouTube video ID from the URL via regex
  2. Calls YouTube's InnerTube API (ANDROID client context) to get video metadata + caption track URLs
  3. Fetches the timedtext transcript in JSON format
  4. Saves a timestamped Markdown transcript file
  5. Sends a structured summarisation prompt to the LLM
  6. The LLM produces a comprehensive summary and writes it to disk

Zero dependencies — uses only built-in fetch.

Config

Default save locations (edit ~/.pi/youtube-config.json):

{
  "transcriptDir": "~/YouTube/transcripts",
  "summaryDir": "~/YouTube/summaries"
}

Both paths support ~ home-directory expansion.

License

MIT