YouTube Summary with ChatGPT
Get a clean transcript free, then send it to ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini in one click — your prompt, your model.
Free · No sign-up · Works on any public YouTube video
Use your own AI, with your own prompt
ChatGPT cannot reliably watch a YouTube video. What it can do — very well — is work from the transcript. The bottleneck has always been getting that transcript out of YouTube in a usable form.
This page solves the first half free: paste a link, get clean timestamped text. The JumpWatch extension solves the second half by sending any video straight to ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini with a single click, using a prompt you control.
Your prompt, not ours
Set a custom prompt so every video comes back in the format you actually want.
Multiple models
ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are all one click away — use whichever you already pay for.
Clean input
A properly formatted transcript produces markedly better answers than a pasted URL or a mangled copy of YouTube's panel.
How to summarize YouTube with ChatGPT
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Get the transcript
Paste the YouTube link above to generate a clean, timestamped transcript free.
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Send it to your AI
Copy the text into ChatGPT, or use the free extension to send the video to ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini in one click.
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Prompt it your way
Ask for a summary, key arguments, action items, a study guide — whatever you actually need from that video.
Who works this way
Power users
People with a ChatGPT or Claude subscription who would rather use their own model than a bundled one.
Prompt tinkerers
Anyone with a prompt they have refined and want applied consistently to every video.
Researchers
Pull the actual argument out of a conference talk or interview, with timestamps you can cite, without watching the whole recording.
Creators
Mine podcasts and interviews for quotes, scripts, and references, or repurpose your own videos into blog posts and show notes.
ChatGPT and YouTube FAQ
Can ChatGPT summarize a YouTube video from a link?
Usually not reliably. ChatGPT works best when you give it the transcript text. Generate one free here, then paste it in.
Which AI models are supported?
The free JumpWatch extension can send any video to ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. The transcript tool on this page works with any AI you paste it into.
Can I set my own prompt?
Yes. The extension supports a custom prompt that is applied every time you send a video to your AI of choice.
Do I need an account or an extension?
No. Transcripts here are free with no sign-up. The free JumpWatch Chrome extension adds AI summaries and chat directly on the YouTube page if you want them.
Get AI summaries and chat on every video
The transcript is free here. Add the free JumpWatch extension to summarize and chat with any video without leaving YouTube.
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