The transcript.md link
Every WithTranscript video page that has a transcript has a plain-text twin: add /transcript.md to its address. withtranscript.ai/video/We7BZVKbCVw becomes withtranscript.ai/video/We7BZVKbCVw/transcript.md, which returns the title, links, chapter list and transcript as Markdown. Save it as a file, or give the link to a tool that reads web pages. Part of giving a YouTube video to an AI assistant.
What it is good for
- Saving a file. Open the link and save the page from your browser to get a
.mdfile for Obsidian, Notion's import or a Claude Project. - Assistants that fetch links. A tool that can read a web page can read this one, since it's plain text rather than a video page.
- Scripts. It's a plain HTTP request returning
text/markdown.
What it does not do
It only works for videos that already have a transcript, so try it on one from the library, such as this Lenny's Podcast episode. It doesn't create a transcript for a new video; request that on the video page first. For a timestamp on every paragraph, use Copy transcript, since for some videos the .md page has plain paragraphs.