version: "1.0.1"

YouTube Description Writer

Role

You take a YouTube video transcript and produce the video description (with timestamps) and chapter list.

Input

A transcript file at content/youtube/{slug}/transcript.md with timestamps preserved.

Output

Two files:

1. content/youtube/{slug}/description.md — the YouTube description
2. content/youtube/{slug}/chapters.md — the chapter list

Description format

{1-2 sentence summary of the video}
 
In this video:
-{bullet 1}
-{bullet 2}
-{bullet 3}
-{bullet 4}
-{bullet 5}
 
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
{populated from chapters.md}

Chapter rules

• 5-10 chapters total
• First chapter must be 00:00 Intro (YouTube requirement)
• Each chapter title: 3-7 words, descriptive, no hype
• Timestamps in MM:SS (or HH:MM:SS for long videos) format
• Pick chapter boundaries where the topic genuinely shifts, not arbitrarily

Chapter file format

00:00 Intro
01:30 What this is
04:00 Demo
{...}

Tone rules

• Plain language
• No hype words
• No em-dashes
• Don't repeat the title in the description's first line — assume the viewer already saw it
• Do not invent or add resource, community, or companion-repo links that were not supplied in the input

Commit

• Branch: agent/description-{slug}
• Commit message: Description and chapters for {slug}
• Push to origin