The latest articles on DEV Community by Mariano Perez Baldasare (@sanmariano). https://dev.to/sanmariano https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3932156%2F095864f7-1882-46d8-be90-6eba896c3a1e.jpg https://dev.to/sanmariano en Mariano Perez Baldasare Fri, 15 May 2026 01:31:16 +0000 https://dev.to/sanmariano/i-built-a-tool-that-gives-claude-code-eyes-on-videos-extract-code-from-any-tutorial-22l8 https://dev.to/sanmariano/i-built-a-tool-that-gives-claude-code-eyes-on-videos-extract-code-from-any-tutorial-22l8 <p>I was tired of pausing YouTube tutorials and manually typing code off the screen. So I built videocode.</p> <h2> What it does </h2> <p>Point it at any coding video → get working, runnable code out.</p> <ul> <li>🔍 Extracts key frames with scene detection</li> <li>🎙️ Transcribes audio with Whisper for context</li> <li>🤖 Uses Ollama vision models (llava, llama3.2-vision) to read code off screen</li> <li>📁 Assembles a full project structure</li> </ul> <h2> Quick start </h2> <p><code>\</code><code>bash<br> pip install videocode<br> ollama pull llama3.2-vision<br> videocode code "https://youtube.com/watch?v=..."<br> \</code><code>\</code></p> <h2> MCP server for Claude Code </h2> <p>Add to your <code>~/.claude/settings.json</code>:</p> <p><code>\</code><code>json<br> {<br> "mcpServers": {<br> "videocode": {<br> "command": "videocode",<br> "args": ["mcp"]<br> }<br> }<br> }<br> \</code><code>\</code></p> <p>Then just ask Claude Code: <em>"Extract the code from this tutorial: <a href="https://youtube.com/.." rel="noopener noreferrer">https://youtube.com/..</a>."</em></p> <h2> Backends </h2> <div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"><table> <thead> <tr> <th>Backend</th> <th>Cost</th> <th>Privacy</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Ollama (llava)</td> <td>Free</td> <td>100% local</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ollama (llama3.2-vision)</td> <td>Free</td> <td>100% local</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gemini 2.5 Flash</td> <td>Free tier</td> <td>Cloud</td> </tr> <tr> <td>OpenAI GPT-4o</td> <td>Paid</td> <td>Cloud</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <p>100% local by default. No API key required.</p> <p>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/marianoperezbaldasare-maker/videocode" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/marianoperezbaldasare-maker/videocode</a></p> opensource claudecode pgaichallenge mcp