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My initial thought is that there are already free extensions that do this by grabbing the YouTube transcript and feeding it to an LLM with a prompt. I myself w
by runjake 2y ago
My initial thought is that there are already free extensions that do this by grabbing the YouTube transcript and feeding it to an LLM with a prompt.
I myself wrote my own unpublished browser extension to do this. Your extension name is great, however. This kind of extension has been super handy in seeing if a video is worth watching. It takes seconds to run.
Here's pretty much the prompt I use with a couple small personal things left out:
Create a summary of a YouTube video using its transcript. You will use the following template:
"""
## Summary
{Multiple sentences summarizing the YouTube video}
## Notes
{Bullet points that summarize the key points or important moments from the video’s transcript with explanations}
## Quotes
{Extract the best sentences from the transcript in a list}
"""
Transcript: