extract-wisdom_skill

Overview

This skill extracts wisdom, insights and actionable takeaways from YouTube videos, blog posts, articles or local text files. It automates content acquisition, analyses the material to preserve high-signal ideas, and writes a structured markdown analysis file. The output is organised for quick reading and practical follow-up.

How this skill works

The skill detects the source type, then fetches content: YouTube transcripts via a download script, web articles via WebFetch, or local files via a read tool. It cleans and condenses text, then identifies key insights, notable quotes, a structured summary and concrete action items. Finally it writes a dated, titled markdown analysis file in a predictable directory and returns the analysis when requested.

When to use it

• You need a short, high-signal synthesis of long video transcripts or articles
• You want clear, prioritised action items from a talk, tutorial or essay
• You need a structured analysis saved as a markdown file for later reference
• You are compiling insights from multiple sources and want consistent output
• You want quotes and context extracted for citations or notes

Best practices

• Provide a concise title or short description when renaming output directories
• Request topic-focused analysis if you only need specific themes or sections
• Prefer English transcripts or articles for best accuracy; specify Australian English if needed
• Ask for timestamps only when precise video timing is essential
• Run the self-review checklist after generation to ensure spelling and formatting are correct

Example use cases

• Summarise a 90 minute keynote into 5 actionable steps and 3 notable quotes
• Extract best practices and tools from a technical blog series into a single markdown file
• Process a stack of articles into per-source analyses plus a synthesis file comparing themes
• Pull out growth strategies and immediate experiments from a marketing webinar transcript
• Create study notes from lecture videos with clear next steps and references