notewise process accepts a YouTube video URL or a bare 11-character video ID. It fetches metadata and transcript text, generates notes with the configured LiteLLM model, writes files locally, and stores run metadata in SQLite.
Supported video inputs
Basic command
Common options
Live dashboard
By default,notewise process shows a Rich live dashboard while work is running. The dashboard summarizes the source, selected output folder, safe runtime flags, progress counts, active video workers, chapter workers, and recent completions or failures. Secret values are never shown: API keys are summarized as present or missing, and cookie files are displayed by safe status/basename only.
Use --no-ui when you want plain log-style terminal output instead of the live dashboard, such as in CI scripts or terminals that do not handle Rich live updates well.
Option examples
Chapter-aware generation is automatic when YouTube chapters exist. By default,
the final notes are bundled into one output file. Use
--chapter-directory-output
only when you want separate per-chapter Markdown files.