Slice Timestamped YouTube & Shorts Transcripts into RAG Chunks

Test how hirepulse/youtube-transcript-scraper output (with segments[].start, duration, and text) transforms into overlapping vector-store documents with exact second-level YouTube deep-link citations (https://youtu.be/<id>?t=<seconds>) for LangChain, LlamaIndex, and Claude MCP agents.

Actor: hirepulse/youtube-transcript-scraper Free Plan: First 3 videos of each run are free Apify Free Plan: $0/mo + $5 monthly credit (apify.com/pricing) MCP: https://mcp.apify.com?tools=hirepulse/youtube-transcript-scraper

1. Chunking Strategy & Window

Chunking Unit

Chunk Window Size (Seconds) 8s

Window Overlap 2s

Verified Sample Loaded: Real owner test run on 2026-10-15 (run_id: cGwKCKbXRTkojfKto, build 1.0.5) for video_id: "jNQXAC9IVRw" ("Me at the zoo", channel jawed, 19s, 39 words, 6 timestamped segments).

2. Actor JSON Output (Editable) Valid JSON

Paste hirepulse/youtube-transcript-scraper JSON output:

3. Live RAG Document Chunks with Deep-Link Citations

4. Export Agent & RAG Pipeline Code