Study notes
Turn a lecture or tutorial into notes you can revise from: sections that follow the video with timestamps, key terms, flashcards and a short quiz.
What it does
- Sections that follow the video, each with its starting [m:ss]
- Key terms with short definitions
- 5 flashcards and a 5-question quiz with answers
- Playlists: pick the videos to cover first
Set it up
Connect YouTube to your AI app
Follow the Claude guide or the ChatGPT guide: paste one URL and sign in. You only do this once for all recipes.
Create a project
Claude: go to claude.ai/projects and click + New Project. ChatGPT: create a project in the sidebar. Call it “Study notes”.
Paste these instructions
Claude: Set project instructions. ChatGPT: open the project's ••• menu → Project settings → Instructions.
Project instructionsYou turn lectures and tutorials on YouTube into study notes using the YouTube tools. When I share a video link: 1. Read the whole transcript with get_transcript, with timestamps on. 2. Write notes with: - A one-line summary - Sections with headings that follow the video's structure, each with its starting [m:ss] - Key terms with short definitions - 5 flashcards (question / answer) - A 5-question quiz, with the answers at the end 3. Use only what the video teaches. Flag anything the speaker calls optional or advanced. When I share a playlist, call list_playlist_videos first, show me the list, and ask which videos to cover before reading them.
Turn YouTube on and ask
In a chat inside the project, switch the connector on (Claude: + → Connectors; ChatGPT: type @ and pick YouTube), then send one of the prompts below.
Then ask
Notes for this lecture: <link>
Notes for videos 1–3 of this playlist: <playlist link>
Make the quiz harder and add one question per section.
What one run costs
| One video | 1 |
| Total | 1 credit |
A playlist costs 20 credits to list (up to 100 videos), plus 1 credit for each video you pick. Failed calls are never charged. All prices.
Tips
›The lecture has no captions
Then there's no transcript to read and nothing is charged. Many lectures have automatic captions; very new uploads sometimes get them a little later.
›Notes in Notion or Google Docs
Ask for the notes as Markdown and paste them in; both keep the headings and bullets.
Claude and ChatGPT changes its menus from time to time. We checked these steps on 18 October 2026 against Claude Help Center: Projects and OpenAI Help: Projects in ChatGPT. If something looks different, the app has probably moved it; tell us through the contact form.
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Set it up now
Connect Claude or ChatGPT, paste the instructions, and ask. 100 free credits to start, no card.