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Build a RAG Dataset from Y Combinator YouTube Videos

Pulls transcripts of the 20 newest Y Combinator videos as clean text plus timestamped segments you can chunk and cite, with title, publish date, views and word count for each. The run also saves one combined markdown file of every transcript. Use it to seed a startup-advice knowledge base, or paste your own channel link.

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YouTube Transcript Scraper – Subtitles to Text for LLM & RAG
YouTube Transcript Scraper – Subtitles to Text for LLM & RAGinovaflow/youtube-transcript-scraper
Video
Channel
Length
Lang
+7 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

YouTube URLs (videos, Shorts, playlists, channels)
url:https://www.youtube.com/@ycombinator
Max videos per playlist / channel / search:20
Include publish date, likes & category:true

Output fields

Video
Channel
Length
Lang
Auto-generated
Words
Published
Views
Status
URL
Transcript

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The YouTube Transcript Scraper – Subtitles to Text for LLM & RAG Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like youtube urls (videos, shorts, playlists, channels), max videos per playlist / channel / search, and more, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Build a RAG Dataset from Y Combinator YouTube Videos" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as video, channel, length, and more.

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The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Build a RAG Dataset from Y Combinator YouTube Videos" task via API.

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