Every YouTube video, filed into Claude.
One click adds the full YouTube transcript to Claude project knowledge. Clean markdown, timestamps, ready to summarize, question, and cite.
No API key. No signup. Uses the claude.ai session already in your browser.
Read it first. Then decide.
Open the popup on any video to preview the whole transcript before it goes anywhere. Add it to a project, copy the markdown, or download the file.
How it works
From watching a video to querying it in Claude, in under ten seconds.
Install and pick a project
Add the extension to Chrome, then choose the Claude project your transcripts should land in. Or skip it and pick per video.
Click Add to Claude
The button lives on every YouTube watch page, right next to Like and Share. One click grabs the video's full caption transcript.
Ask Claude anything
The transcript arrives as markdown with the title, channel, link, and timestamps. Claude can quote the exact moment.
How to Build a $1M One-Person Business
0:00Today we're breaking down exactly how solo founders are quietly building seven figure businesses without employees, without funding…
0:31The first pattern is what I call the audience first flywheel. You don't build the product before you've built the distribution…
1:02Here's the actual math. If you charge $49 a month and you need $83K a month, that's about 1,700 customers…
Built for project knowledge, not copy-paste.
Other tools dump raw captions into your clipboard. This one files a formatted document straight into the Claude project you choose.
Every paragraph carries a timestamp, so when Claude cites 14:32 you can jump to that exact second of the video and check the claim yourself.
Guides
Everything people actually do with YouTube transcripts and Claude, step by step.
How to get a YouTube transcript into Claude
The manual copy-paste method, its limits, and the one-click way.
How to add a YouTube video to a Claude project
Turn videos into permanent knowledge Claude can use in every conversation.
How to summarize a YouTube video with Claude
Accurate, citable summaries of lectures, podcasts, and interviews.
How to get the transcript of any YouTube video
Every extraction method in 2026: built-in, manual, and automatic.
How to chat with a YouTube video using AI
Ask questions, pull quotes, and dig into any video with Claude.
How to get a YouTube transcript with timestamps
Timestamped markdown that lets AI cite the exact second.
Questions, answered
How do I get a YouTube video transcript into Claude?
Install the extension, open any YouTube video with captions, and click Add to Claude next to Like and Share. The full transcript is formatted as markdown and uploaded into the Claude project you pick. Learn more →
Can I preview the transcript before adding it?
Yes. Open the extension popup on any video and click Preview transcript. Read it, then add it to a project, copy the markdown, or download the file.
Does it work without a Claude API key?
Yes. It uses your existing claude.ai browser session. No API key, no signup, no separate account. If you can open claude.ai, it works. Learn more →
Do transcripts include timestamps?
Yes. Transcripts are grouped into paragraphs of about 30 seconds, each prefixed [m:ss], so Claude can cite the exact moment something was said. Learn more →
Which videos does it work on?
Any YouTube video with captions, manual or auto generated, in any language. Videos with no captions at all show a clear error instead of failing silently. Learn more →
Is my data collected?
No. There are no servers and no analytics. The transcript goes from YouTube directly to claude.ai inside your browser, only when you click the button. Your default project choice is stored locally.
Can Claude work across a whole playlist or channel?
Add each video's transcript to the same project. Claude then answers across all of them at once, comparing talks or finding themes. Learn more →
Stop copy-pasting transcripts.
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