Is there a free YouTube transcript generator here?

Yes. Paste a video link in the box at the top of this page and it returns the timestamped text. Each run costs you nothing and is limited per hour. The data is public and comes through looot. For lists or repeated use, your agent runs the same job on your own looot account at the per-call price shown above.

How do I download a YouTube transcript as a .txt file?

Ask your agent to save the result. A line such as save the transcript to transcript.txt, one timestamp and one line per row, is enough.

Can I get transcripts for a whole YouTube channel?

Yes, in two steps. The agent lists the channel's videos with a channel endpoint from the catalog, then makes one transcript call per link. Each call is billed on its own.

What languages does the YouTube transcript tool support?

It returns the caption tracks a video has. Whether you can pick a language depends on the endpoint, so your agent reads the endpoint's parameters in the catalog before it calls.

Do auto-generated captions work?

When the video has them, yes. Auto-generated text can get names and jargon wrong, so check anything you quote.

What if the video has no captions?

Then there is no text to return. Ask your agent to check the result and tell you which links came back empty before you count the cost.

Is there a YouTube video summarizer?

Your agent summarizes the transcript with its own model. The prompt above already asks for a three line summary.

Can I scrape YouTube comments?

The catalog lists comment endpoints for YouTube from several providers. Ask your agent to search the catalog for them and show the price first.

How many transcripts can my agent pull at once?

One call covers one link, and the agent can loop over a list. The limit you will notice first is your balance. The agent shows the total cost before it runs a big list.

Do I need a YouTube API key?

No. One looot connection covers every provider in the catalog, so there is no Google console to set up.

Can I use a transcript to make subtitles?

The timestamps give you the timing to start from. Review the text and fix the timing before you publish, since auto-generated captions are not always accurate.

YouTube transcript toolTranscripts

YouTube transcript. Your agent pulls it.

Hand your agent a video link and get timestamped text back. It can do five hundred links as easily as one. You pay per call, and nothing while it is idle.

4 providers in the catalog

Cheapest live price per call

$0.00188

1,000 calls cost $1.88.

A YouTube video link
you give it: 4
providers: per call
billing

YouTube transcript toolTranscripts

YouTube transcript. Your agent pulls it.

Hand your agent a video link and get timestamped text back. It can do five hundred links as easily as one. You pay per call, and nothing while it is idle.

4 providers in the catalog

Live price

reading live price

A YouTube video link
you give it: 4
providers: per call
billing

Try it now

Run youtube transcript here

Each run costs you nothing and is limited per hour. The results come from public data through looot. Heavier or repeated use belongs on your own looot account.

Run it from your agent

Copy one prompt, give it to your agent.

Fill in the placeholder, paste it, and the agent runs the same job on your looot account and shows the cost. It can take a whole list, which the box above does not.

You give it: a youtube video link.
Billed per call, nothing while your agent is idle.
The agent shows the price before it calls.

Prompt: YouTube transcript

Use looot to get the transcript of this YouTube video: [paste the link]. 1. Set up https://looot.ai/skill.md. 2. Search the catalog for a YouTube transcript endpoint and check its price before you call. 3. Run the cheapest one that fits. 4. Return the timestamped text, a three line summary and the total cost.

Give this to your agent

Setup command

set up looot - https://looot.ai/skill.md

What comes back

What your agent gets from youtube transcript

Field names as the providers return them. The exact set varies by endpoint, and your agent reads it from the catalog.

start time
text of each caption line
video id
language when the provider returns it

Providers

Who can do this job today

Your agent picks the endpoint. These providers offer one right now, with the live price of their cheapest.

ScrapeCreators$0.00188 / call
DataForSEO$0.0020 / call
Anysite$0.003598 / call
SearchAPI.io$0.0040 / call

Cheapest priced endpoint of each provider, read from the looot catalog. Cheapest overall: $0.00188 per call.

Use it for

What people do with youtube transcript

Research
Search a stack of talks for one phrase instead of watching them.
Repurpose
Turn one video into posts, a newsletter or a thread.
Subtitles
Start from a timed text file, then review it before you publish.
Summaries
Have your agent boil a long video down to the three points that matter.

Set up once

Three steps. Your agent does the rest.

Paste one prompt into your agent

Set up looot

Done, looot is connected.

Copy one prompt from /connect into Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP agent. No SDK, no dashboard click-through first.

Your agent finds the right operation

Hunter$0.0265

Exa$0.0090

Diffbot$0.0032

The agent finds the operation it needs and sees the price first. It calls nothing blind.

You watch what it cost

Hunter$0.0265

Exa$0.0090

Diffbot$0.0032

Total$0.0387

Every call settles for its quoted price and lands in the ledger. You always know what ran and what it cost.

Keep going

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$0.0010 / calllive price
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$0.000539 / resultlive price
Ads
Facebook Ad Library search
Search the ads a brand runs on Meta and read each one's text and dates.
$0.00188 / calllive price

FAQ

Questions about youtube transcript

Copy the prompt above, paste it into your agent and add the video link. The agent calls a transcript endpoint and returns the timestamped text.

For agents

tool: YouTube transcript
category: Transcripts
input: A YouTube video link
output: start time, text of each caption line, video id, language when the provider returns it
endpoint: scrapecreators: scrapecreators-youtube-video-transcript
endpoint: dataforseo: dataforseo-youtube-video-subtitles-advanced
endpoint: anysite: anysite-api-youtube-video-subtitles
endpoint: searchapi-io: searchapi-io-youtube-transcripts
price: per call, read live from the catalog on the web page
web tool: runs live on the page, free to the visitor and limited per hour
schedule: on demand
setup: https://looot.ai/skill.md
llms.txt: https://looot.ai/llms.txt
updated: 2026-10-03

markdown /free-tools/youtube-transcript.md

Run youtube transcript from your own agent.

The box on this page is limited per hour. Start your workspace, top up, and paste the prompt into the agent you already use for lists and repeated runs.

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Run youtube transcript here

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What your agent gets from youtube transcript

Who can do this job today

What people do with youtube transcript

Research

Repurpose

Subtitles

Summaries