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Getting Started Checklist

noreply@example.com (AG Sayyed) — Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Dictionary Video-to-Vocabulary: Getting Started Checklist

⚡ Quick Start (Copilot Method - 15 minutes)

Prerequisites

Have a YouTube video URL you want to learn from
Have GitHub Copilot Chat or ChatGPT access

Steps

Install youtube-transcript-api: pip install youtube-transcript-api
Get video transcript: youtube-transcript-api VIDEO_ID --format text > transcript.txt
Read /docs/dictionary/02-workflows/copilot-integration/
Copy the main prompt template
Replace [TOPIC] with your topic
Replace [TRANSCRIPT] with your transcript
Paste into Copilot Chat
Wait for YAML output
Copy output to data/dictionary/[topic]/vocabulary.yaml
Validate YAML: python -c "import yaml; yaml.safe_load(open('data/dictionary/[topic]/vocabulary.yaml'))"
Create Hugo page: hugo new content/docs/dictionary/[topic]/index.md --kind dictionary
Edit Hugo page to reference your topic
Test: npm run dev:memory
Visit: http://localhost:1313/docs/dictionary/[topic]/
Review and edit Urdu translations
Commit: git add data/dictionary/ content/docs/dictionary/ && git commit -m "Add vocabulary from [video]"

Estimated Time: 15-20 minutes

Setup Guide

noreply@example.com (AG Sayyed) — Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Setup Guide

🎉 SOLVED: Easy Script Execution from Anywhere

✅ What Was Fixed

Problem: Running scripts from wrong directories with complex relative paths and missing dependencies.

Solution:

✅ Installed all required Python packages in your ags-dictionary conda environment
✅ Created wrapper scripts that work from ANY directory
✅ Clear documentation and aliases

🚀 How to Use Now

⭐ Recommended Method (Easiest!)

From ANY directory in your project:

1# 1. Activate your conda environment
2conda activate ags-dictionary
3
4# 2. Run the wrapper script (absolute path)
5/home/ag-sayyed/Documents/projects/hbstack/ghafoors-blog/scripts/dictionary/dict-extract.sh \
6 --video-url "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M_dq_0ljsc" \
7 --topic "capitalism" \
8 --create-hugo-page \
9 --source-name "Capitalism is not natural"

That’s it! The script handles all paths correctly.