youtube-transcriptlisted

# YouTube transcript Turn a YouTube video into traceable text or a detailed learning report. Caption extraction is not audio transcription; sampled images are not continuous video review. ## 1. Choose the evidence path | Request | Required evidence | Deliverable | | --- | --- | --- | | Existing transcript or subtitles | Available source-language captions | Timestamped text with original captions retained | | Transcribe the audio | Audio processed by speech recognition | Timestamped transcript with uncertain passages identified | | Detailed account of what the video teaches | Captions or audio transcript, plus relevant video frames | Chapter notes, verified report, evidence and coverage records | Use the learning-report path for demonstrations, on-screen steps, or requests to capture everything taught. Start with source-language captions on this path; add audio review when captions are missing or material wording remains uncertain. Follow explicit audio-transcription requests even when captions exist. Record the URL, video ID, requested outcome, output language, and output directory. Resolve language from the user's instructions. Use a new directory per run outside the source repository unless repository output is requested. **Done when:** the selected path and expected deliverable are recorded. ## 2. Establish access and collect sources Inspect available tools and authentication before requesting credentials. For acquisition, timestamped extraction, or Codex CLI analy