Quick summary
You can summarize any YouTube video with AI by copying its transcript and pasting it into an AI tool like Claude with a summarization prompt. This method requires no paid tools — just a YouTube account and a free AI assistant.
Steps
- Go to youtube.com and open the video you want to summarize.
- Below the video title, expand the description panel by clicking more.
- Locate and click the Show transcript button to open the transcript panel.
- In the transcript panel, click the three-dot menu and select Toggle timestamps to hide them, then select and copy the text.
- Go to claude.ai and sign in or create a free account.
- Paste the transcript into the chat and enter a summarization prompt.
- Review Claude's output and send follow-up prompts to refine the summary as needed.