Get YouTube chapters and save to a Google Doc
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Ever wished you could extract YouTube chapters from a video effortlessly? Look no further! This playbook brings you the ultimate solution, powered by OpenAI.
No more tediously scanning through lengthy videos or manually creating timestamps. With this automation, you can quickly obtain YouTube chapters, saving you valuable time and effort.
No more frustration of trying to find specific sections within a video or struggling to locate relevant information. Whether you're a content creator looking to enhance your video navigation or a viewer seeking quick access to specific topics, this automation has got you covered.
Say goodbye to endless scrolling and welcome a seamless way to navigate through videos.
Let’s set it up!
Step 1: Pin the playbook and integrate Google Docs
To save this automation, click the 'Pin it' button located at the top of this page. If this is your first time using Bardeen, you will be redirected to install the browser extension. Bardeen will also prompt you to integrate Google Docs.
Step 2: Run the playbook
Press Option + B on Mac or Alt + B on a Windows machine on your keyboard to launch Bardeen.
Run the playbook for the current page. It will get from the currently open YouTube video using OpenAI and save it to Google Docs.

You can also edit the playbook and add your next action to further customize the automation.
Find more YouTube integrations, Google Docs integrations and YouTube and Google Docs integrations.
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Cases like this require you to scrape the links to the sections and use the background scraper to get details from every section.
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