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title: ToolRouter — Use Case
description: Step-by-step guide for a real-world ToolRouter use case with agent-specific instructions.
url: https://toolrouter.com/tools/video-transcripts/use-cases/transcribe-youtube-videos
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# Transcribe YouTube Videos

YouTube is the largest repository of video knowledge on the internet, but accessing that knowledge in text form is surprisingly difficult. YouTube's auto-generated captions are often inaccurate, and manually transcribing videos is tedious and time-consuming. Yet text transcripts are essential for content repurposing, research, SEO, and accessibility.

ToolRouter's get_youtube_transcript skill extracts the complete transcript from any YouTube video, returning clean, readable text with timestamps. This works with both auto-generated and human-uploaded captions, giving you the best available text version of any video.

This is the foundation for dozens of content workflows. Extract a transcript to turn a 30-minute conference talk into a blog post. Pull quotes from an interview for social media. Analyze competitor video content at scale. Create searchable archives of your own video library. The transcript is the raw material that unlocks the value trapped in video content.

**Tool:** [Video Transcripts](https://toolrouter.com/tools/video-transcripts)
**Skills:** get_youtube_transcript

## Agent Guides

- [How to Transcribe YouTube Videos with Claude](https://toolrouter.com/tools/video-transcripts/use-cases/transcribe-youtube-videos/claude): Guide for Claude
- [How to Transcribe YouTube Videos with ChatGPT](https://toolrouter.com/tools/video-transcripts/use-cases/transcribe-youtube-videos/chatgpt): Guide for ChatGPT
- [How to Transcribe YouTube Videos with Copilot](https://toolrouter.com/tools/video-transcripts/use-cases/transcribe-youtube-videos/copilot): Guide for Copilot
- [How to Transcribe YouTube Videos with OpenClaw](https://toolrouter.com/tools/video-transcripts/use-cases/transcribe-youtube-videos/openclaw): Guide for OpenClaw
