How to Chat with a YouTube Video
Paste any YouTube URL, and our AI will read the full transcript so you can ask it questions. Instead of scrubbing through a long video to find one answer, just ask - "What tools did they recommend?", "Summarize the first 10 minutes", or "What were the three main arguments?"
Perfect for long podcasts, lectures, and interviews where you need specific information without watching the entire thing.
Why Chat with YouTube Videos?
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Ask Anything
Ask specific questions and get answers grounded in the actual video content.
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Save Hours
Skip scrubbing through hours of video. Get the exact information you need instantly.
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Deep Understanding
AI reads the full transcript so it can answer questions about any part of the video.
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Free & Private
No account needed. Your conversations aren't stored or shared.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does chatting with a YouTube video work?
We extract the video's full transcript using YouTube's captions, then load it into an AI model. When you ask a question, the AI searches through the transcript to find relevant sections and generates an answer based on what was actually said in the video.
What kind of questions can I ask?
Anything about the video content: "What were the main points?", "What tools were mentioned?", "Explain the concept discussed at the beginning", "What advice did they give about marketing?". The AI understands context, so you can ask follow-up questions too.
Can I chat across multiple videos at once?
This free tool works with one video at a time. To ask questions across your entire video library, try
Stash LM - it saves all your videos and lets you search and ask questions across all of them at once.