Is the Video Notes skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from iamvista/video-notes. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Video Notes SkillProof Score?

9.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install Video Notes?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Video Notes with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Video Notes

Turns a YouTube link or local video into a timestamped transcript plus agent-written key-point notes.

by iamvista · iamvista/video-notes

Tested · Works

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 9.6/10
Tested: Jul 16, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · 481e942

Ran the real pipeline against YouTube's first-ever upload (jNQXAC9IVRw): yt-dlp pulled manual captions and the de-dup logic collapsed rolling auto-caption overlap into 6 clean, non-repeating segments with correct timestamps; all 23 bundled unit tests passed too.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 9/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What Video Notes does

A stdlib-only Python CLI fetches YouTube subtitles (or falls back to the Whisper API for videos with no captions) and emits a transcript.json; the agent then reads it and writes a TL;DR/key-points/chapters note plus a full timestamped transcript as two Markdown files. Triggers on a YouTube URL or local video path plus a transcribe/notes request, or the /video-notes command.

How to install Video Notes

git clone https://github.com/iamvista/video-notes
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r video-notes ~/.claude/skills/video-notes

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Video Notes

/video-notes Turns a YouTube link or local video into a timestamped transcript plus agent-written key-point notes.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Transcribe this YouTube video into key-point notes with timestamps
Turn this local lecture video into a TL;DR plus full transcript
Get chapter markers and notes out of this conference talk video

Frequently asked questions

Is the Video Notes skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from iamvista/video-notes. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Video Notes work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 16, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Ran the real pipeline against YouTube's first-ever upload (jNQXAC9IVRw): yt-dlp pulled manual captions and the de-dup logic collapsed rolling auto-caption overlap into 6 clean, non-repeating segments with correct timestamps; all 23 bundled unit tests passed too.
What is the Video Notes SkillProof Score?: 9.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install Video Notes?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Video Notes with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.