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Summarize a long video or talk

The main points with time stamps, the numbers and tools named, and the quotes worth keeping.

  • You start it: When you start it
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What it does

The task

Open the video at video url and read its full transcript. Write a summary of 300 words or fewer with the main points in order, each with its time stamp. List the numbers, tools and resources that the speakers name, with links when you can find them. Add up to 5 short quotes with time stamps. Put the summary in a new Google Doc named after the video.

  • It works in YouTube and Google Docs, in the workspace you pick, and signs in with passwords from your Cuiar vault.
  • It runs once, when you start it.

What you give it

BlankWhat to giveExample
video urlA link to a YouTube video, a webinar or a conference talkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk3pR8vTq2M

What you get back

An example run with the example values above. Your run uses your own data.

Summary: B2B SaaS pricing, panel of 2 hours (Doc: Pricing panel notes)

  • 04:12 Start with 3 plans. Most buyers pick the middle one.
  • 18:40 Usage pricing raised revenue for each customer by 22% at one panel company.
  • 37:05 Show the yearly price first. Yearly plans fell from 61% to 44% when the monthly price came first.
  • 1:02:30 Test new prices on new customers only.
  • 1:31:10 Raise prices once a year, with 60 days of notice.

Tools named: Stripe Billing, a price calculator template (link in the doc)

Quote, 1:03:02: 'Your price page is a sales call that never ends.'

Run it in Cuiar

  1. 01

    Open it

    Click Use in Cuiar on this page. The side panel opens with the task in the composer.

  2. 02

    Fill in the blank

    Type video url. Tab moves to the next blank.

  3. 03

    Run it

    Run sends it to the agent. Follow each step in the panel, and stop it at any time.

From the terminal

cuiar exec "Open the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk3pR8vTq2M and read its full transcript. Write a summary of 300 words or fewer with the main points in order, each with its time stamp. List the numbers, tools and resources that the speakers name, with links when you can find them. Add up to 5 short quotes with time stamps. Put the summary in a new Google Doc named after the video."

Run it from your AI agent

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other MCP clients reach Cuiar at https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp. Add the server one time, then ask for the task in plain words, or call run_task yourself.

1. Add Cuiar to Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http cuiar https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp

2. Ask your agent

Use the Cuiar tool run_task to run my "Summarize a long video or talk" template with video url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk3pR8vTq2M.

Setup for other agents: AI agents.

The tool call

{
  "name": "run_task",
  "arguments": {
    "task": "Open the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk3pR8vTq2M and read its full transcript. Write a summary of 300 words or fewer with the main points in order, each with its time stamp. List the numbers, tools and resources that the speakers name, with links when you can find them. Add up to 5 short quotes with time stamps. Put the summary in a new Google Doc named after the video."
  }
}

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