Nate B Jones Digest

2. Poll for new videos

• Preferred: use the YouTube Data API playlistItems endpoint for the channel's uploads playlist. Example:

  curl "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/playlistItems?part=snippet,contentDetails&maxResults=5&playlistId=UPLOADS_PLAYLIST_ID&key=$YOUTUBE_API_KEY"
  

• Lightweight alternative: use yt-dlp to check the latest upload ID without downloading video:

  yt-dlp --flat-playlist --dump-json "https://www.youtube.com/@NateBJones/videos" | head -n 1 > latest.json
  jq -r '.id' latest.json
  

• Compare the discovered video ID with the last processed ID stored in your run logs (e.g., a simple last_video.txt or a Notion/Sheets tracker). Only proceed if it's new.

3. Fetch transcripts

1. Try official captions via youtube_transcript_api:

   from youtube_transcript_api import YouTubeTranscriptApi
   transcript = YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript(video_id, languages=['en'])
   text = '\n'.join([chunk['text'] for chunk in transcript])
   

2. If captions are unavailable, download audio and run Whisper:

   yt-dlp -f 140 -o audio.m4a "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$VIDEO_ID"
   whisper audio.m4a --model medium --language en --task transcribe --output_format txt
   

3. Save the raw transcript alongside metadata (title, URL, publish date, duration). Keep it in your logs for traceability but do not distribute it by default.

4. Summarize

Produce:

• Abstract (2–3 sentences) summarizing the thesis of the video.
• Highlights – 4–6 bullets (verb-led). Mention timestamps where possible (e.g., [05:42] Key insight).
• References & Links – always include the YouTube URL and any external resources the video mentions.

Template:

# Nate B Jones Daily Digest — {{DATE}}

**Video:** {{TITLE}} ({{DURATION}}) → {{URL}}
**Abstract:** ...

## Highlights
- ...

## References & Links
- {{URL}}
- ...

5. Publish per config

Email (uses gog skill)

Do not attach the transcript unless someone explicitly asks for it—email only the digest body linked above.

GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD=... gog gmail send \
  --to "{{config.outputs.email.to}}" \
  --subject "Nate B Jones Digest — {{DATE}}" \
  --body-file summary.txt \
  --body-html summary.html

Chat

• Control UI / Telegram: paste the summary or use the relevant messaging command (e.g., message action=send ...).
• Respect config.outputs.chat.targets (list of surfaces).

Document archive

• Google Docs:

  gog docs create "Nate B Jones Digest {{DATE}}" --body summary.md
  gog docs share <docId> --email {{config.outputs.doc.share_with}}
  

• Markdown on disk: write to the specified path in outputs.doc.path.

6. Automate (optional)

• Create a cron job or OpenClaw cron entry using poll_cron from config. Each run should:
  1. Poll for new video.
  2. If found, fetch transcript, summarize, publish, log the video ID.
• Keep lightweight audit logs (CSV or JSON) so you can prove what was sent and avoid duplicate emails.

References

• references/config-example.yml — copy/edit this to match each installation.
• youtube_transcript_api docs: https://pypi.org/project/youtube-transcript-api/
• Whisper CLI: https://github.com/openai/whisper

Stick to the playbook format every time so downstream consumers get consistent digests, and always fall back to Whisper if captions are missing.