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youtube-live-chat

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Download live chat transcripts from YouTube videos. Use when the user asks for live chat, chat messages, or chat replay from a YouTube video and provides a YouTube URL (youtube.com/watch?v=, youtu.be/, or similar). Works with live streams and past streams that have chat replay enabled.

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  1. Distinctive:

    Run the script with a YouTube URL or video ID:

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  2. Distinctive:

    If you were asked to save the chat to a specific file, save it to the requested file.

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  3. Very specific:

    If no output file was specified, use the YouTube video ID with a -livechat.txt suffix.

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SKILL.md

YouTube Live Chat Downloader

Download live chat messages from YouTube videos using yt-dlp.

Usage

Run the script with a YouTube URL or video ID:

uv run get_live_chat.py "VIDEO_URL_OR_ID"

With timestamps:

uv run get_live_chat.py "VIDEO_URL_OR_ID" --timestamps

Output to a specific file:

uv run get_live_chat.py "VIDEO_URL_OR_ID" --output chat.txt

Supported URL Formats

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
  • https://www.youtube.com/live/VIDEO_ID
  • https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID
  • https://youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID
  • Raw video ID (11 characters)

Output Format

  • Without timestamps (default): [author]: message format
  • With timestamps: [HH:MM:SS] [author]: message format

Output

  • If you were asked to save the chat to a specific file, save it to the requested file.
  • If no output file was specified, use the YouTube video ID with a -livechat.txt suffix.

Notes

  • Works with live streams currently in progress
  • Works with past streams that have chat replay enabled
  • Some videos may not have live chat available
  • Super chats and memberships are included with their message text

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