pi-youtube

YouTube transcript & AI-powered summary extension for pi.

pi-youtube.mp4

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