SkipBait
AI-powered YouTube video summarizer and chat assistant.
In their words
SkipBait is a Chrome extension designed to transform how you consume YouTube content. It provides instant, timestamped summaries, transcripts, and interactive chat capabilities directly within your browser.
Key Features
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AI Summary: Get an honest title, 1-sentence TLDR, and a topic-by-topic breakdown with clickable timestamps.
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AI Chat: Engage in conversations with the video content using web-grounded search capabilities for accurate, non-hallucinated answers.
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Transcript Tools: Access full, searchable transcripts in over 20 languages that auto-scroll as you watch.
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Actionable Takeaways: Automatically extract grounded recommendations and to-do lists from video content.
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Multi-language Support: Supports chat and translations in over 50 languages.
Compatibility
SkipBait is compatible with all Chromium-based browsers, including Chrome, Brave, Edge, Arc, Opera, and Vivaldi, making it a versatile tool for enhancing productivity across various video-heavy workflows.
Fact file
Extension- Chrome extension
- Web
- YouTube
- Summary output
- Honest title and 1-sentence TLDR
- Transcript languages
- 20+ languages
- Chat languages
- 50+ languages
What is SkipBait?
Timestamps and transcripts inside YouTube
Long-form YouTube videos get processed directly inside Chromium-based browsers, showing up as a side panel on any watch page. SkipBait generates an honest title and a one-sentence TLDR, alongside a topic-by-topic breakdown where each point links to an exact moment in the video. Viewers also get a searchable transcript that auto-scrolls as playback advances, which can be downloaded directly from the panel or translated into more than 20 languages.
Web-grounded chat and actionables
Beyond basic summaries, the chat assistant lets users ask follow-up questions and combines video content with live web searches to avoid hallucinations. Actionable to-do lists and recommendations appear automatically, tied to specific timestamps and quotes from the speaker. The tool supports chat interactions in more than 50 languages and stores a history of previously summarized videos for quick reference.
Browser compatibility and free tier limits
Installation requires a Chromium-based browser such as Chrome, Brave, Edge, Arc, Opera, or Vivaldi. Firefox and Safari are not supported. The free tier provides two AI summary bundles daily alongside unlimited transcripts, while chat messages and translations operate under a monthly quota. Expanded view modes offer a focused reading experience for podcasts, tutorials, news, and lectures.