How do I get content from YouTube videos?
Share a YouTube link with Astra — she uses Gemini video understanding first, then falls back to platform transcripts when a raw caption track is the better source or the video cannot be accessed directly.
What can I ask?
- "Summarize this YouTube video for me: [link]"
- "Get the transcript of this conference talk: [link]"
- "Extract key takeaways from this product demo"
- "Turn this educational video into a blog post"
- "Give me timestamped chapters from this video"
How does it work?
Astra asks Gemini to inspect the YouTube video, including audio and visual context when available, then formats the result as:
- Summary — 5-10 sentence overview
- Chapters — timestamped section breakdown
- Blog post — full article with sections and takeaways
- Key quotes — notable quotes with timestamps
- Twitter thread — numbered posts for sharing
If Gemini cannot access the video, Astra falls back to extracting the YouTube transcript/captions and works from that text.
When to use this
- Research: extract insights from conference talks and keynotes
- Competitive intelligence: summarize competitor product demos
- Learning: get the essence of long tutorials without watching them
- Content creation: repurpose video content into blog posts
"Astra, summarize this YouTube video for me: [link]""Get me the key points from this conference talk: [link]"