\n LLM Workflow Tip: Fetch YouTube Transcript via SupaData API\n

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Added at: August 6, 2025

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Declaration

\nyoutube_transcript() {\n  if [[ -z $SUPADATA_API_KEY ]]; then\n    echo \"Warning: SUPADATA_API_KEY is not set\" >&2\n    return 1\n  fi\n\n  if (( $# != 1 )); then\n    echo \"Usage: youtube_transcript <YouTube-URL>\" >&2\n    return 1\n  fi\n\n  curl -s -G \\\n    \"https://api.supadata.ai/v1/youtube/transcript\" \\\n    --data-urlencode \"url=$1\" \\\n    --data-urlencode \"text=true\" \\\n    -H \"x-api-key: $SUPADATA_API_KEY\"\n}\n

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Usage

\n youtube_transcript <youtube_video_url> > ~/tmp/<temp-file-name>\n
\n Pipe and process:
\n \n cat ~/tmp/<temp-file-name> | jq \".content\" | \\\n llm -m \"o4-mini\" -s \"This is the transcript of an informative youtube video. Summarize it exhaustively, but leave all platitude, ads and filler content out of it.\" | \\\n llm -m \"o4-mini\" -s \"Group by themes and summarize further.\" | \\\n pbcopy\n \n
\n Paste into your favorite note-taking tool.\n

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