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Summarize English and Tamil YouTube videos with Comet

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by @bseshadri
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How we verify

Evidence: Described by posterThe person describes what happened in words, without screenshots or video.

PartialThe source says it only partly worked, or had a significant problem a person had to deal with.

What went wrong: Good on English videos; slow and missed key points on a Tamil one.

Outcome

Comet Assistant summarized English YouTube conversations quickly and well, but on a Tamil discussion it had to play the whole video and made a few mistakes, missing some crucial points.

Agent

Perplexity Comet Assistant

Prompt Improved prompt

Strengthened by us to avoid the problem in the source. Not tested by the poster. It doesn't change what happened in the source.

Let's work this out together. I'll tell you what I'm after; help me sharpen the goal before you dive in, and check in with me before anything you can't undo.

Goal: Help me get the key points from videos, including ones in other languages.

Questions to explore first: Which videos and languages, and what will you use the summary for?

What I need from you:
- Video links ([URLS])
- What you care about (e.g. main arguments, decisions)
- The language of each video

Rules:
- Start by restating my goal and suggesting 2–3 ways to approach it; recommend one.
- Tell me if a video has no transcript; for non-English videos, note that accuracy may be lower.
- Give timestamps for each key point so I can check.
- Flag anything you were unsure about rather than guessing.
- Say whether you used a transcript or had to play the video.

Output: A summary per video with timestamped points, a confidence note, and suggested follow-ups, plus 2–3 suggested next steps.

If any of this is unclear, tell me what you have and I'll help fill the gaps.

You'll know it worked when: you can jump to each timestamp and it matches the point.
The prompt they actually used (our rebuild)

The source didn't share its exact prompt, so we wrote this from what it describes.

Summarize this YouTube video.

Source

https://x.com/bseshadri/status/1982688143888597156

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