YouTube Transcribe

Transcribe YouTube videos with smart fallback: extracts captions first (fast, free), falls back to local Whisper transcription when no captions available. Au...

This skill appears internally consistent and implements the advertised behavior. Before installing, consider: 1) it will download YouTube metadata and audio to a temporary directory (yt-dlp/ffmpeg are used), so only run it with links you trust and where downloading is permitted; 2) Whisper backends and models (if used) can be large and may need GPU/CPU resources—you must pip-install the backend you want and may incur large model downloads; 3) the script runs yt-dlp subprocesses (no shell injection vulnerability visible because arguments are passed as lists), but you should still review the included script if you have a high security posture; 4) there are no requested secrets or outbound endpoints beyond standard YouTube/yt-dlp usage. If any of the above is unacceptable (downloading media, installing models, or running subprocesses), do not install the skill.

Type: OpenClaw Skill Name: youtube-transcribe Version: 1.0.0 The skill is a legitimate utility for transcribing YouTube videos using yt-dlp for caption extraction and various Whisper backends for local audio transcription. The implementation in scripts/transcribe.py follows security best practices, such as using list-based subprocess calls to prevent shell injection and utilizing temporary directories for intermediate files. No evidence of data exfiltration, malicious execution, or prompt injection was found.