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Give a YouTube video to ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini

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Copy the video's transcript from WithTranscript and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. The assistant then works from every word that was said, with a timestamp on each paragraph and the chapter list, so you can ask for a summary, notes or a specific answer and check it against the exact moment in the video. Videos already in the library need no account.

How to do it

  1. Paste the YouTube link into WithTranscript (the box above works).
  2. Press Copy transcript above the transcript. On a phone it's in the ⋯ menu.
  3. Paste it into the assistant and ask your question.

Some assistants can take a YouTube link, Gemini and NotebookLM among them. The transcript still helps:

  • It works in any assistant. ChatGPT and Claude don't document reading YouTube videos from a link; text in the chat always works.
  • You can check the answer. Ask the assistant to cite timestamps, then click that line on WithTranscript to hear it.
  • You control what goes in. Paste one chapter, or the whole thing, or two videos side by side.

Good things to ask

  • "Summarize this in 10 bullet points, each with the timestamp it comes from."
  • "What does the speaker say about pricing? Quote them and give the timestamp."
  • "Turn chapters 3 and 4 into study notes."

More in prompts for YouTube transcripts.

Limits worth knowing

The transcript comes from the video's captions, so it covers what was said, not what was shown on screen. A video without captions can't be transcribed yet (why). Very long transcripts can be more than an assistant handles well in one go; paste a chapter or two at a time (long videos).

Example from the library

Head of Claude Code: What happens after coding is solvedLenny's Podcast · 1h 27m

An interview of nearly an hour and a half, in 8 chapters. Copy it and ask an assistant for the five most concrete pieces of advice, with timestamps.

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