Does YS Summarizer install an Obsidian plugin or write to my vault?

No. You copy or download Markdown and add it to your vault manually. There is no Obsidian plugin and no direct vault write from this site.

Do I need an API key?

No API key on the Obsidian side. Summaries use the site’s shared daily allowance; optional credits are purchased on the pricing page—not tied to Obsidian plugins.

Which style fits Obsidian study notes?

Structured Summary for headings you can expand later; Key Takeaways for a fast scan list at the top of a note.

Will notes include bidirectional video timestamps?

No. We do not generate timestamp blocks or two-way jump links between the note and YouTube.

Is this a full YouTube transcript plugin?

No. It produces caption-based summaries. It will not replace a dedicated transcript capture plugin.

YouTube to Obsidian (Markdown into your vault)

The obsidian youtube summary intent is simple: capture what a video said as durable Markdown in your vault—not another half-watched tab. Paste a public YouTube link below. Structured Summary works well for section headings; Key Takeaways for a compact list—both from available captions. On the result page, copy Markdown or download a .md file and place it in your vault yourself. YS Summarizer is not an Obsidian community plugin, does not write into your vault over the filesystem, does not require an API key, and does not output timestamp blocks that bidirectionally jump to YouTube. It is also not a full transcript archive plugin.

Recent tasks

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How to get YouTube notes into Obsidian without a plugin

Paste a public YouTube URL

Requires usable captions. Private or captionless videos cannot be summarized yet.

Choose Structured Summary or Key Takeaways

Structured Summary for outline-friendly headings; Key Takeaways for a short bullet list. Export as Markdown on the result page.

Copy or download .md, then add to your vault

Save the file into your Obsidian vault folder or paste into a new note. Link back to the video manually if you want— we do not auto-insert timestamp jumps.

No plugin, no API key—honest export

Some workflows install an Obsidian plugin plus a cloud API key to pull transcripts. Here you paste a link on the web, get a caption-based summary, and move Markdown yourself. That keeps secrets out of plugins and avoids pretending we are inside Obsidian. Same free summarizer as the homepage, framed for vault users.

Summary notes vs transcript plugins

We organize available captions into readable summaries—not guaranteed word-for-word transcripts, not speaker labels, and not clickable timestamp outlines. If you need heavy transcript tooling, use a dedicated transcript plugin; if you need Notion paste flow, see the Notion page.