KB Collector

Knowledge Base Collector - Save YouTube, URLs, and text to Obsidian with automatic transcription and summarization.

Features

• YouTube Collection - Download audio, transcribe with Whisper, auto-summarize
• URL Collection - Fetch and summarize web pages
• Plain Text - Direct save with tags
• Digest - Weekly/Monthly/Yearly review emails
• Nightly Research - Automated AI/LLM/tech trend tracking

Installation

# Install dependencies
pip install yt-dlp faster-whisper requests beautifulsoup4

# For AI summarization (optional)
pip install openai anthropic

Usage (Python Version - Recommended)

# Collect YouTube video
python3 scripts/collect.py youtube "https://youtu.be/xxxxx" "stock,investing"

# Collect URL
python3 scripts/collect.py url "https://example.com/article" "python,api"

# Collect plain text
python3 scripts/collect.py text "My note content" "tag1,tag2"

Usage (Bash Version - Legacy)

# Collect YouTube
./scripts/collect.sh "https://youtu.be/xxxxx" "stock,investing" youtube

# Collect URL
./scripts/collect.sh "https://example.com/article" "python,api" url

# Collect plain text
./scripts/collect.sh "My note" "tag1,tag2" text

Nightly Research (New!)

Automated AI/LLM/tech trend tracking - runs daily and saves to Obsidian.

# Save to Obsidian only
./scripts/nightly-research.sh --save

# Save to Obsidian AND send email
./scripts/nightly-research.sh --save --send

# Send email only
./scripts/nightly-research.sh --send

Features

• Searches multiple sources (Hacker News, Reddit, Twitter)
• LLM summarization (optional)
• Saves to Obsidian with tags
• Optional email digest

Cron Setup (optional)

# Run every night at 10 PM
0 22 * * * /path/to/nightly-research.sh --save --send

Configuration

Edit the script to customize:

VAULT_PATH = os.path.expanduser("~/Documents/YourVault")
NOTE_AUTHOR = "YourName"

Output Format

Notes saved to: {VAULT_PATH}/yyyy-mm-dd-title.md

---
created: 2026-03-03T12:00:00
source: https://...
tags: [stock, investing]
author: George
---

# Title

> **TLDR:** Summary here...

---

Content...

---
*Saved: 2026-03-03*

Dependencies

• yt-dlp
• faster-whisper (for transcription)
• requests + beautifulsoup4 (for URL fetching)
• Optional: openai/anthropic (for AI summarization)

Credits

Automated note-taking workflow for Obsidian.