Export what Claras makes and reuse it anywhere
Claras lets you download, copy and share everything it makes from a video: the transcript as text or subtitles, the summary as text or PDF, chapters ready for YouTube, and draft social posts.
Files you can keep
Download the transcript with a timestamp on every line, or as one plain block of text for reading and quoting. Take the summary as a text file or a PDF, and the chapters as a list you can study from. Transcript, summary and chapter files start with the video's title, its link and the date you exported it.
- Web app: transcript .txt, subtitles .srt, summary .txt
- Chrome extension: transcript .txt, summary PDF, chapters as text or PDF
- These files end with a short line saying they were made with Claras
Chapters ready for a YouTube description
In the web app, Copy, then Chapters for YouTube gives you one line per chapter, like "0:00 Introduction". YouTube asks that the first timestamp in a description starts at 00:00, and Claras' first chapter often begins a few seconds in, after an intro. So Claras sets the first line to 0:00 for you, and the list works when you paste it.
- Works for your own uploads too, labelled simply Chapters
- Copy the transcript, summary or video link from the same menu
Draft posts for X, LinkedIn and Reddit
In the extension's Transcript tab, Create writes drafts from the video. It first picks 3 to 6 specific insights, then writes posts that each credit the video. How many depends on how much the video has to say.
- X: 2 to 8 posts, each up to 280 characters
- LinkedIn: 1 to 3 posts of 150 to 300 words
- Reddit: 1 or 2 posts, a title and a body of 200 to 400 words
Where each export lives
The web app and the Chrome extension offer slightly different formats. This table shows exactly what each one has today.
| Web app | Chrome extension | |
|---|---|---|
| Transcript, timestamped | Download .txt, Copy | Download .txt, Copy transcript |
| Transcript, plain text | Download .txt, Copy | Download raw transcript .txt |
| Subtitles | Download .srt | Not available |
| Summary | Download .txt, Copy | Download PDF, Copy as Markdown, Copy as plain text |
| Chapters | Copy, set to start at 0:00 | Download as text, Save as PDF |
| Public share link | Yes, except for uploads | Yes |
| Draft social posts | Not available | X, LinkedIn and Reddit, download as .txt |
| Bulk Summaries run | Summary .md, all transcripts in one .txt, list of found videos as .csv | A folder in Downloads with Summary.md, one .txt per video and one with all of them |
- Web app. Use the Download and Copy buttons under the player, or the Download bar at the bottom of the Summary and Transcript tabs.
- Extension. Each tab has its own bar: Download timeline under Contents, Download PDF and Share under Summary, and Download, Send to AI and Create under Transcript.
- PDFs. The extension opens a clean page and your browser's print dialog. Choose Save as PDF as the destination. If nothing opens, allow pop-ups for the extension.
A worked example: one video, four outputs
Say you run a channel and just analyzed your own 25-minute tutorial in the web app.
Chapters for the description
Click Copy, then Chapters for YouTube, and paste into the video's description in YouTube Studio. The first line already reads 0:00, so YouTube can turn the list into chapters. Read the titles first and rename any you would phrase differently.
Captions
From Download, choose Subtitles (.srt). Each line of the transcript becomes a numbered cue with a start and end time. Check names and terms before you upload it, since the text is what was heard.
A written version
Download the plain-text transcript to edit into an article, or use Send to AI to hand it to Claude or ChatGPT with your own brief. For a first draft straight from a link, the free blog post tool does it in one step.
Posts to share it
Open the same video from History in the Chrome extension, go to the Transcript tab and choose Create, then Create drafts for all platforms. Download all drafts as one text file, or one platform at a time, and edit them in your own voice before posting.
The first three cost one video from your plan, since it is one analysis. Reopening a video from History is free, so the drafts don't cost a second one.
What it does well, and where it stops
Formats depend on where you are
PDF is only in the extension, and .srt is only in the web app. If you need both for one video, open it in each. Reopening a video from History is free, while a fresh analysis counts as a video on your plan.
No direct export to other apps
There is no Word, Google Docs, Notion or Obsidian export. Copy or download the text and paste or import it there. Markdown from the extension's Copy as Markdown keeps headings and lists for note apps that read it.
Subtitles follow the transcript
The .srt timing comes from the transcript's own lines. YouTube captions can split lines oddly, so a cue may hold half a sentence. Where a line has no length, Claras gives it 2 seconds.
Draft posts have limits
Create is in the extension only and reads up to 80,000 characters of the transcript, so the end of a very long video may be left out. The free plan includes 1 run every 7 days. Paid plans have no limit.
File names use plain letters
Claras builds file names from the title, keeping only plain letters and numbers, plus the date, like Title_Transcript_2026-11-11.txt. A title with accents or in another script gets a shorter or generic name. The full title inside the file is unchanged.
Uploads stay private
A recording you uploaded can be downloaded and copied, but it gets no public share link.
How it fits the rest of Claras
Every export starts from what Claras already made for the video.
Questions about exporting
Can I download a transcript as a PDF?
The extension saves summaries and chapters as PDF through your browser's print dialog. Transcripts download as .txt on both the web app and the extension.
Can I get an .srt subtitle file?
Yes, in the web app. Open the video, click Download and choose Subtitles (.srt). The extension doesn't offer .srt.
Do exports work on the free plan?
Yes. Downloads, copies and share links work on every plan. Draft social posts are limited to 1 run every 7 days on the free plan.
Can I export to Notion or Obsidian?
Not directly. Copy the summary as Markdown in the extension, or download the text, and paste or import it into your notes app.
Can I export everything from a playlist at once?
Yes, after a Bulk Summaries run. The web app gives you the summary as .md and all transcripts in one .txt. The extension saves a folder in Downloads with one file per video, plus one with all of them.
Where do the files go?
To your browser's usual download folder. After a Bulk Summaries run, the extension makes a folder inside Downloads named after your search and the date, and shows it to you when the files are saved.
Why does my chapter list start at 0:00 when the first chapter starts later?
YouTube asks that the first timestamp in a description starts at 00:00, so Claras sets the first line to 0:00 in Chapters for YouTube. The other times are unchanged.
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