YouTube2MD - Repurpose Your Own Videos into Markdown

A creator tool that converts YouTube video transcripts into structured, AI-ready Markdown. Built for content creators who want to repurpose their own videos into blog posts, documentation, newsletters, or knowledge bases.

What it does

1. Fetches the transcript (subtitles/captions) from a YouTube video
2. Uses AI to extract and structure the key knowledge into clean Markdown (.md)
3. Returns a ready-to-use .md file with key insights, details, and facts

The output is a clean .md file that you can:

• Save directly as a Markdown document
• Use as a blog post or newsletter draft
• Drop into AI knowledge bases (Claude Projects, ChatGPT Custom GPTs, Obsidian vaults, Notion, etc.)
• Feed into AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, Clawdbot, OpenClaw, ...) as context for follow-up questions about the video content

No video or audio is downloaded or stored. Only the publicly available text transcript is processed on-the-fly. No data is persisted after the run completes.

Use cases

• Creators: Turn your YouTube videos into blog posts or show notes
• Educators: Convert your lectures into structured study material
• Podcasters: Repurpose your video podcasts into written content
• Documentation: Extract how-to knowledge from your tutorial videos

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
youtubeUrl	string	(required)	YouTube video URL or video ID
outputLang	string	en	Output language (en, de, fr, es, ...)
detailLevel	string	standard	brief, standard, or detailed (see below)

Detail Levels

Level	What you get	Best for
Brief ($0.07)	3-5 key insights + short summary	Quick overview, social media posts, deciding if a video is worth watching
Standard ($0.09)	Balanced overview with main topics, key facts and structure	Blog posts, show notes, knowledge base entries
Detailed ($0.12)	Comprehensive extraction with all topics, examples, quotes and nuances	Deep research, study material, full content repurposing

Output

Structured Markdown with these sections:

# [Video Topic]

## Key Insights
- ...

## Details
### [Topic 1]
...

## Tools & Resources
- ... (only if mentioned)

## Numbers & Facts
- ... (only if mentioned)

Results are available in the dataset (JSON with metadata) and as a direct Markdown file in the key-value store (OUTPUT key).

Limits

• Maximum video length: 3 hours
• Maximum transcript length: 200,000 characters
• If the transcript exceeds 200,000 characters, the run returns an error and nothing is charged

Pricing

Fixed price per run, based on detail level:

Detail Level	Price per run
Brief	$0.07
Standard	$0.09
Detailed	$0.12

Data privacy

• No video or audio content is downloaded or stored
• Transcripts are processed in-memory and discarded after the run
• No user data or results are persisted beyond the run output
• All processing happens on-the-fly with no caching or logging of content

Terms of use

• This tool is intended for processing content you own or have explicit permission to use.
• By using this Actor, you confirm that you have the necessary rights to the video content being processed.
• The operator of this Actor is not responsible for misuse by third parties.