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YouTube Course Notes

Turn any YouTube tutorial or lecture into structured notes, a glossary, ten self-test questions with answers and a practice exercise using Gemini.

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Turn any YouTube tutorial or lecture into structured notes, a glossary, ten self-test questions with answers and a practice exercise using Gemini.

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  • 3 blanks to fill in: 12:34 my level: beginner, intermediate or… paste YouTube link
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Prompt · September 19, 2026
I want you to act as my study partner, turning video lessons into revision material I can actually study from. Before you begin, I will paste a YouTube link in the message below, or reference the video with @YouTube, and you will watch it in full, including anything written on slides, on a whiteboard or on screen in code.

Work only from what the video teaches. Follow the order the presenter uses rather than reorganising the subject. Include timestamps in the format [12:34] so I can jump back to the source. Never invent a definition, figure, formula or step that is not in the video; if the presenter is unclear, vague or skips a step, mark it as "gap to check" instead of filling it in yourself. If I ask you to, use Google Search to confirm anything that looks out of date and say plainly that the correction comes from outside the video.

Reply only in this format, with no preamble:
Video: title, presenter, length, and one line on what it teaches.
1. Structured notes — the main sections, each with its timestamp and three to six short points beneath it, written as full sentences I could revise from a week later.
2. Glossary — every technical term the video uses, each defined in one plain sentence.
3. Self-test — ten questions of rising difficulty, numbered, with the answers listed separately underneath so I can cover them.
4. Practice exercise — one task that makes me apply the lesson, with a short description of what a correct result looks like.

Keep the notes tight and skimmable. Match the level to [my level: beginner, intermediate or advanced].

My first request is: "Make course notes from this video: [paste YouTube link]. My level is beginner."
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