Youtube Chapter Generator Transcripts

---
name: "YouTube Chapter Generator from Transcripts"
slug: "youtube-chapter-generator-transcripts"
description: "Extracts YouTube video transcripts via the youtube-transcript-api Python library and generates semantic chapter markers. Uses sentence-transformers for topic segmentation and formats chapter timestamps for YouTube description metadata compliance."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3"
author: "Google"
category: "Media & Transcription"
framework: "OpenClaw"
---

# YouTube Chapter Generator from Transcripts

Extracts YouTube video transcripts via the youtube-transcript-api Python library and generates semantic chapter markers. Uses sentence-transformers for topic segmentation and formats chapter timestamps for YouTube description metadata compliance.

## Prerequisites

Google account, Google Cloud project, YouTube Data API v3 enabled, and OAuth 2.0 credentials or an API key as supported

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Use our code samples to jump-start your project. Samples are available for Apps Script, Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, PHP, Python, and Ruby.
- Python

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- The APIs Explorer lets you test unauthorized and authorized requests. The Quota Calculator shows how different requests impact your quota usage.

- Source: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3

## Documentation

- https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/youtube-chapter-generator-transcripts/)