Video Summary

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Summarize videos from local files or online sources (YouTube, Bilibili). Extracts embedded subtitles or uses Whisper AI for transcription.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
ContentIntermediate
307/26/2026
Claude Code
#video-summary#video-transcription#youtube#bilibili#subtitle-extraction

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Our review

Summarizes videos from local .mp4 files or online sources (YouTube, Bilibili) by extracting embedded subtitles or using Whisper AI for transcription, then generates a structured Markdown summary.

Strengths

  • Supports long videos (over 40 minutes) with chunked processing.
  • Uses embedded subtitles when available, otherwise Whisper AI for accurate transcription.
  • Produces a structured summary along with transcript and info files.

Limitations

  • Requires Whisper AI for videos without subtitles, which can be slow and resource-intensive.
  • May fail if the video file is corrupted or the link is inaccessible.
  • Summary quality depends on transcription accuracy (accent, noise).
When to use it

Use this skill when you need a written summary of a video, whether local or online, without watching it in full.

When not to use it

Do not use it if you need detailed visual analysis (charts, graphics) or if the video is in a language not supported by Whisper.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score85/100

The skill performs video summarization without any destructive actions, exfiltration, or obfuscation. It uses standard tools for media processing and AI summarization, and no risky system commands are instructed.

No concerns found

Examples

Résumé d'une vidéo YouTube
Summarize this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Résumé d'un fichier local
Summarize the local video file ./meeting_recording.mp4
Résumé d'une vidéo Bilibili
Summarize this Bilibili video: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1GJ411x7h7

name: video-summary description: Summarize videos from local .mp4 files or online sources (YouTube, Bilibili). Extracts embedded subtitles or uses Whisper AI for transcription, then generates a structured markdown summary. Use when user provides a video path or URL and wants a written summary.

Video Summary Skill

Summarize videos from local files or online sources (YouTube, Bilibili).

Usage

/video-summary <video-path-or-url>

Features

  • Local .mp4 files and online video URLs
  • Embedded subtitle extraction or Whisper AI transcription
  • Claude Haiku powered summary generation
  • Long video chunked processing (>40 min)

Output

  • Transcript: transcript.txt
  • Video info: video_info.json
  • AI Summary: ai总结/{title}.md
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