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YouTube Tools

Automatic detection

You can simply mention @Hana and describe your request. If the intent is clear, she will automatically run the relevant YouTube workflow.

What it does

Hana can fetch captions from YouTube videos and use them for summaries and Q&A.

Supported operations/arguments

OperationInvocation KeywordsDescriptionSupported arguments
YouTube captions retrievalyoutube, captionsRetrieve captions for a YouTube video in a chosen language.video_id, language_code (BCP-47, default en)

Invocation examples

youtubecaptions
@Hana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAF1NjEVHhY&t=197s
Can you identify key highlights from this video?

The above example fetches captions for the specified YouTube video and uses them to answer your follow-up questions.

More copy-paste examples

Common invocations:

@Hana summarize this YouTube video in 6 bullets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
@Hana extract action items with timestamps from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123xyz
@Hana what are the top 3 recommendations from this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123xyz

Edge invocations:

@Hana use captions language as es and summarize this video in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123xyz
@Hana compare advice in these two videos and list conflicts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vid111 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vid222
@Hana focus only on content after 12:30 in this video and list risks mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123xyz

When to use

Use for summarization and Q&A when a YouTube link has useful spoken content and captions.

Troubleshooting

  • No captions found: choose a video with available captions or change language code.
  • Weak summary: ask a focused follow-up with topic/time-range constraints.

Permissions/limits

  • Accuracy depends on caption quality and language availability.
  • Private/restricted videos cannot be processed without accessible captions.

High-signal invocation

@Hana summarize this YouTube video in 5 bullets and include timestamps for each point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123xyz

Edge-case invocation

@Hana use captions language as es for this video and return output in English with action items: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123xyz