diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 481107e..68341d2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 module gitea.d-ma.be/mathias/tapir
 
-go 1.23
+go 1.23.0
+
+require golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c05b468
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 h1:dnDm7JmhM45NNpd8FDDeLhK6FwqbOf4MLCM9zb1BOHI=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0/go.mod h1:B++QgG3ZKulg6sRPGD/mqlHQs5rB3Ml9erfeDY7xKlU=
diff --git a/internal/adapters/youtube/captions.go b/internal/adapters/youtube/captions.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d63af30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/adapters/youtube/captions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+package youtube
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
+	"gitea.d-ma.be/mathias/tapir/internal/domain"
+)
+
+// FetchTranscript resolves a transcript captions-first (ADR-007):
+//
+//   - List the video's caption tracks. No track => domain.SourceNone, no error.
+//   - Select a track (preferred language first, else the first track) and
+//     download it as WebVTT, stripping cue timing/markup to plain text.
+//
+// Audio download and speech-to-text are deliberately absent: no captions means
+// SourceNone, full stop.
+func (a *Adapter) FetchTranscript(ctx context.Context, v domain.Video) (domain.Transcript, error) {
+	client, err := a.httpClient(ctx, a.cfg.TokenSecretRef)
+	if err != nil {
+		return domain.Transcript{}, err
+	}
+
+	tracks, err := a.listCaptionTracks(ctx, client, v.ProviderVideoID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return domain.Transcript{}, fmt.Errorf("list captions for %q: %w", v.ProviderVideoID, err)
+	}
+
+	track, ok := a.selectTrack(tracks)
+	if !ok {
+		// No usable caption track: a recorded "checked, none available", not an error.
+		return domain.Transcript{
+			VideoID: v.ID,
+			UserID:  v.UserID,
+			Source:  domain.SourceNone,
+		}, nil
+	}
+
+	raw, err := a.getRaw(ctx, client, "/captions/"+track.ID, url.Values{"tfmt": {"vtt"}})
+	if err != nil {
+		return domain.Transcript{}, fmt.Errorf("download caption track %q: %w", track.ID, err)
+	}
+
+	text := vttToText(string(raw))
+	if text == "" {
+		// Track existed but carried no text: treat as no usable transcript.
+		return domain.Transcript{
+			VideoID: v.ID,
+			UserID:  v.UserID,
+			Source:  domain.SourceNone,
+		}, nil
+	}
+
+	return domain.Transcript{
+		VideoID:  v.ID,
+		UserID:   v.UserID,
+		Source:   domain.SourceCaptions,
+		Language: track.Snippet.Language,
+		Content:  text,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (a *Adapter) listCaptionTracks(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, videoID string) ([]captionTrack, error) {
+	q := url.Values{
+		"part":    {"snippet"},
+		"videoId": {videoID},
+	}
+	var resp captionListResponse
+	if err := a.getJSON(ctx, client, "/captions", q, &resp); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return resp.Items, nil
+}
+
+// selectTrack picks the best caption track: the first track whose language
+// matches a configured preferred language, else the first track. Returns ok ==
+// false when there are no tracks at all.
+func (a *Adapter) selectTrack(tracks []captionTrack) (captionTrack, bool) {
+	if len(tracks) == 0 {
+		return captionTrack{}, false
+	}
+	for _, pref := range a.cfg.PreferredLanguages {
+		for _, t := range tracks {
+			if strings.EqualFold(t.Snippet.Language, pref) {
+				return t, true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return tracks[0], true
+}
+
+// --- caption response shapes ------------------------------------------------
+
+type captionListResponse struct {
+	Items []captionTrack `json:"items"`
+}
+
+type captionTrack struct {
+	ID      string `json:"id"`
+	Snippet struct {
+		Language  string `json:"language"`
+		TrackKind string `json:"trackKind"` // "standard" | "ASR" | "forced"
+		Name      string `json:"name"`
+		Status    string `json:"status"`
+	} `json:"snippet"`
+}
+
+// --- WebVTT -> plain text ---------------------------------------------------
+
+var (
+	vttCueTime = regexp.MustCompile(`-->`)
+	vttTag     = regexp.MustCompile(`<[^>]+>`)              // inline <00:00:01.000>, <c> markup
+	vttIndex   = regexp.MustCompile(`^\d+$`)                // SRT-style numeric cue index
+	vttSetting = regexp.MustCompile(`^(NOTE|STYLE|REGION)`) // VTT block headers
+)
+
+// vttToText reduces a WebVTT (or SRT-ish) caption file to plain transcript text:
+// the WEBVTT header, NOTE/STYLE blocks, cue-timing lines, numeric indices, and
+// inline markup are dropped; consecutive duplicate lines (common in rolling
+// auto-captions) are collapsed.
+func vttToText(raw string) string {
+	raw = strings.ReplaceAll(raw, "\r\n", "\n")
+	var out []string
+	var prev string
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(raw, "\n") {
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		if line == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "WEBVTT") {
+			continue
+		}
+		if vttSetting.MatchString(line) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if vttCueTime.MatchString(line) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if vttIndex.MatchString(line) {
+			continue
+		}
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(vttTag.ReplaceAllString(line, ""))
+		if line == "" || line == prev {
+			continue
+		}
+		out = append(out, line)
+		prev = line
+	}
+	return strings.Join(out, "\n")
+}
diff --git a/internal/adapters/youtube/youtube.go b/internal/adapters/youtube/youtube.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c315ed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/adapters/youtube/youtube.go
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+// Package youtube is a ports.VideoSource adapter backed by the YouTube Data API
+// v3. It lists a user's subscriptions, detects recent videos per subscription,
+// and resolves transcripts captions-first (ADR-007): when no usable caption
+// track exists it returns a domain.Transcript with Source == SourceNone, never
+// an error, and it never downloads audio or runs speech-to-text.
+//
+// OAuth is written fresh against golang.org/x/oauth2 (ADR-006 — the ingestion
+// repo's oauth package is inbound MCP auth, unrelated to outbound provider
+// OAuth). The per-user refresh token is resolved through the SecretStore port
+// from an opaque reference; the token material is never stored on the adapter,
+// logged, or returned.
+//
+// Live runtime egress: www.googleapis.com (Data API) and oauth2.googleapis.com
+// (token refresh). Tests inject an httptest transport and a fake SecretStore so
+// neither host is contacted.
+package youtube
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
+
+	"gitea.d-ma.be/mathias/tapir/internal/domain"
+	"gitea.d-ma.be/mathias/tapir/internal/ports"
+)
+
+// defaultBaseURL is the YouTube Data API v3 root. Overridable via Config.BaseURL
+// (tests point it at an httptest server).
+const defaultBaseURL = "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3"
+
+// googleEndpoint is the OAuth2 token endpoint for Google. Defined inline to avoid
+// pulling the heavy golang.org/x/oauth2/google dependency for a single URL.
+var googleEndpoint = oauth2.Endpoint{
+	AuthURL:  "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
+	TokenURL: "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
+}
+
+// Config wires the adapter. ClientID/ClientSecret are the registered app
+// credentials. TokenSecretRef is the opaque SecretStore reference that resolves
+// to the connection's OAuth refresh token — the exact ref/vault-item naming for
+// Tapir is still `confirm` (see docs/homelab-integration.md); the adapter treats
+// it as an opaque parameter and never assumes a scheme.
+//
+// At Stage 0 there is a single connection, so one TokenSecretRef/ConnectionID
+// covers every call. Mapping a Subscription back to its connection's ref is a
+// Stage 1 concern (per-user isolation, data-model.md) and is deliberately not
+// modelled here.
+type Config struct {
+	ClientID       string
+	ClientSecret   string
+	TokenSecretRef string
+	ConnectionID   string
+
+	// PreferredLanguages orders caption-track selection (e.g. {"en"}). The first
+	// track matching a preferred language wins; otherwise the first track is used.
+	PreferredLanguages []string
+
+	// MaxVideosPerSubscription caps how many recent videos NewVideos returns per
+	// poll. Zero means defaultMaxVideos.
+	MaxVideosPerSubscription int
+
+	// BaseURL overrides the Data API root. Empty means defaultBaseURL.
+	BaseURL string
+}
+
+const defaultMaxVideos = 10
+
+// Adapter implements ports.VideoSource for YouTube.
+type Adapter struct {
+	cfg     Config
+	secrets ports.SecretStore
+	baseURL string
+
+	// transport, when non-nil, replaces the live OAuth2 transport for API calls.
+	// Production leaves it nil and an oauth2-authorized client is built per call.
+	// Tests inject an httptest transport so no Google host is contacted while the
+	// SecretStore resolution path still runs.
+	transport http.RoundTripper
+}
+
+// New builds a YouTube adapter. secrets must be non-nil: every authorized call
+// resolves the refresh token through it by reference.
+func New(cfg Config, secrets ports.SecretStore) *Adapter {
+	base := cfg.BaseURL
+	if base == "" {
+		base = defaultBaseURL
+	}
+	return &Adapter{
+		cfg:     cfg,
+		secrets: secrets,
+		baseURL: strings.TrimRight(base, "/"),
+	}
+}
+
+// httpClient returns an HTTP client authorized for the connection's token ref.
+// The refresh token is resolved through SecretStore on every call and is never
+// retained or logged; oauth2 exchanges it for a short-lived access token against
+// googleEndpoint.TokenURL.
+func (a *Adapter) httpClient(ctx context.Context, tokenRef string) (*http.Client, error) {
+	refresh, err := a.secrets.Get(ctx, tokenRef)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("resolve youtube oauth token: %w", err)
+	}
+	if a.transport != nil {
+		// Test seam: the SecretStore lookup above has run (proving by-reference
+		// resolution); skip the live token exchange and use the injected transport.
+		return &http.Client{Transport: a.transport}, nil
+	}
+	conf := &oauth2.Config{
+		ClientID:     a.cfg.ClientID,
+		ClientSecret: a.cfg.ClientSecret,
+		Endpoint:     googleEndpoint,
+	}
+	ts := conf.TokenSource(ctx, &oauth2.Token{RefreshToken: refresh})
+	return oauth2.NewClient(ctx, ts), nil
+}
+
+// ListSubscriptions returns the channels the user subscribes to, paging through
+// the Data API until exhausted.
+func (a *Adapter) ListSubscriptions(ctx context.Context, userID string) ([]domain.Subscription, error) {
+	client, err := a.httpClient(ctx, a.cfg.TokenSecretRef)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var subs []domain.Subscription
+	pageToken := ""
+	for {
+		q := url.Values{
+			"part":       {"snippet"},
+			"mine":       {"true"},
+			"maxResults": {"50"},
+		}
+		if pageToken != "" {
+			q.Set("pageToken", pageToken)
+		}
+
+		var resp subscriptionListResponse
+		if err := a.getJSON(ctx, client, "/subscriptions", q, &resp); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("list subscriptions: %w", err)
+		}
+		for _, item := range resp.Items {
+			subs = append(subs, domain.Subscription{
+				ID:           item.ID,
+				UserID:       userID,
+				ConnectionID: a.cfg.ConnectionID,
+				ChannelID:    item.Snippet.ResourceID.ChannelID,
+				ChannelTitle: item.Snippet.Title,
+				Active:       true,
+			})
+		}
+		if resp.NextPageToken == "" {
+			break
+		}
+		pageToken = resp.NextPageToken
+	}
+	return subs, nil
+}
+
+// NewVideos returns the most recent videos for a subscription's channel, newest
+// first. The engine dedups within its lifetime and the store dedups durably
+// (data-model.md), so the adapter returns recent candidates rather than tracking
+// "seen" state itself.
+func (a *Adapter) NewVideos(ctx context.Context, sub domain.Subscription) ([]domain.Video, error) {
+	client, err := a.httpClient(ctx, a.cfg.TokenSecretRef)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	max := a.cfg.MaxVideosPerSubscription
+	if max <= 0 {
+		max = defaultMaxVideos
+	}
+
+	q := url.Values{
+		"part":       {"snippet"},
+		"channelId":  {sub.ChannelID},
+		"order":      {"date"},
+		"type":       {"video"},
+		"maxResults": {fmt.Sprintf("%d", max)},
+	}
+
+	var resp searchListResponse
+	if err := a.getJSON(ctx, client, "/search", q, &resp); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("new videos for channel %q: %w", sub.ChannelID, err)
+	}
+
+	videos := make([]domain.Video, 0, len(resp.Items))
+	for _, item := range resp.Items {
+		if item.ID.VideoID == "" {
+			continue // non-video result; type=video should prevent this, be defensive
+		}
+		videos = append(videos, domain.Video{
+			UserID:          sub.UserID,
+			SubscriptionID:  sub.ID,
+			Provider:        domain.ProviderYouTube,
+			ProviderVideoID: item.ID.VideoID,
+			Title:           item.Snippet.Title,
+			URL:             "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" + item.ID.VideoID,
+			PublishedAt:     item.Snippet.PublishedAt,
+		})
+	}
+	return videos, nil
+}
+
+// getJSON issues a GET and decodes a JSON body into out. A non-200 status is an
+// error carrying a bounded slice of the response body for diagnosis.
+func (a *Adapter) getJSON(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, path string, q url.Values, out any) error {
+	body, err := a.getRaw(ctx, client, path, q)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, out); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("decode %s response: %w", path, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// getRaw issues a GET and returns the raw response body (used for caption
+// downloads, which are not JSON).
+func (a *Adapter) getRaw(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, path string, q url.Values) ([]byte, error) {
+	u := a.baseURL + path
+	if len(q) > 0 {
+		u += "?" + q.Encode()
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, u, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("build request %s: %w", path, err)
+	}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("request %s: %w", path, err)
+	}
+	defer func() { _ = resp.Body.Close() }()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		snippet, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 2048))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("youtube api %s: status %d: %s", path, resp.StatusCode, strings.TrimSpace(string(snippet)))
+	}
+	return io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+}
+
+// --- Data API response shapes (only the fields used) -----------------------
+
+type subscriptionListResponse struct {
+	NextPageToken string `json:"nextPageToken"`
+	Items         []struct {
+		ID      string `json:"id"`
+		Snippet struct {
+			Title      string `json:"title"`
+			ResourceID struct {
+				ChannelID string `json:"channelId"`
+			} `json:"resourceId"`
+		} `json:"snippet"`
+	} `json:"items"`
+}
+
+type searchListResponse struct {
+	Items []struct {
+		ID struct {
+			VideoID string `json:"videoId"`
+		} `json:"id"`
+		Snippet struct {
+			Title       string    `json:"title"`
+			PublishedAt time.Time `json:"publishedAt"`
+		} `json:"snippet"`
+	} `json:"items"`
+}
diff --git a/internal/adapters/youtube/youtube_test.go b/internal/adapters/youtube/youtube_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6eb0abe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/adapters/youtube/youtube_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+package youtube
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gitea.d-ma.be/mathias/tapir/internal/domain"
+)
+
+// --- fakes ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// fakeSecrets records the references it was asked to resolve, proving the
+// adapter resolves OAuth material by reference (never holding the token itself).
+type fakeSecrets struct {
+	byRef     map[string]string
+	requested []string
+}
+
+func (f *fakeSecrets) Get(_ context.Context, ref string) (string, error) {
+	f.requested = append(f.requested, ref)
+	v, ok := f.byRef[ref]
+	if !ok {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("no secret for ref %q", ref)
+	}
+	return v, nil
+}
+
+// newTestAdapter wires an adapter against an httptest server: BaseURL points at
+// the server and the server's transport is injected so the live OAuth2 exchange
+// is skipped while SecretStore resolution still runs.
+func newTestAdapter(t *testing.T, handler http.HandlerFunc) (*Adapter, *fakeSecrets) {
+	t.Helper()
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(handler)
+	t.Cleanup(srv.Close)
+
+	secrets := &fakeSecrets{byRef: map[string]string{
+		"op://HomeLab/tapir-youtube#refresh": "super-secret-refresh-token",
+	}}
+	a := New(Config{
+		ClientID:           "cid",
+		ClientSecret:       "csecret",
+		TokenSecretRef:     "op://HomeLab/tapir-youtube#refresh",
+		ConnectionID:       "conn-1",
+		PreferredLanguages: []string{"en"},
+		BaseURL:            srv.URL,
+	}, secrets)
+	a.transport = srv.Client().Transport
+	return a, secrets
+}
+
+// --- subscriptions ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+func TestListSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
+	a, secrets := newTestAdapter(t, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path != "/subscriptions" {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected path %q", r.URL.Path)
+		}
+		if got := r.URL.Query().Get("mine"); got != "true" {
+			t.Errorf("expected mine=true, got %q", got)
+		}
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{
+			"items": [
+				{"id": "sub-a", "snippet": {"title": "Acme Talks", "resourceId": {"channelId": "UC_acme"}}},
+				{"id": "sub-b", "snippet": {"title": "Beta Lab", "resourceId": {"channelId": "UC_beta"}}}
+			]
+		}`))
+	})
+
+	subs, err := a.ListSubscriptions(context.Background(), "u1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListSubscriptions: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(subs) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 subscriptions, got %d", len(subs))
+	}
+	if subs[0].ChannelID != "UC_acme" || subs[0].ChannelTitle != "Acme Talks" {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected first subscription: %+v", subs[0])
+	}
+	if subs[0].UserID != "u1" || subs[0].ConnectionID != "conn-1" || !subs[0].Active {
+		t.Errorf("subscription not wired to user/connection: %+v", subs[0])
+	}
+	// The refresh token was resolved by reference, never read from config directly.
+	if len(secrets.requested) == 0 || secrets.requested[0] != "op://HomeLab/tapir-youtube#refresh" {
+		t.Errorf("expected token resolved by ref, got %v", secrets.requested)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestListSubscriptionsPaginates(t *testing.T) {
+	a, _ := newTestAdapter(t, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		switch r.URL.Query().Get("pageToken") {
+		case "":
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"nextPageToken":"p2","items":[{"id":"s1","snippet":{"title":"One","resourceId":{"channelId":"c1"}}}]}`))
+		case "p2":
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"items":[{"id":"s2","snippet":{"title":"Two","resourceId":{"channelId":"c2"}}}]}`))
+		default:
+			t.Errorf("unexpected pageToken %q", r.URL.Query().Get("pageToken"))
+		}
+	})
+
+	subs, err := a.ListSubscriptions(context.Background(), "u1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListSubscriptions: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(subs) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 subscriptions across pages, got %d", len(subs))
+	}
+}
+
+// --- new videos -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+func TestNewVideos(t *testing.T) {
+	a, _ := newTestAdapter(t, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path != "/search" {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected path %q", r.URL.Path)
+		}
+		if got := r.URL.Query().Get("channelId"); got != "UC_acme" {
+			t.Errorf("expected channelId=UC_acme, got %q", got)
+		}
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{
+			"items": [
+				{"id": {"videoId": "vid1"}, "snippet": {"title": "Designing for Attention", "publishedAt": "2026-06-01T10:00:00Z"}},
+				{"id": {"videoId": "vid2"}, "snippet": {"title": "Second", "publishedAt": "2026-05-31T10:00:00Z"}}
+			]
+		}`))
+	})
+
+	sub := domain.Subscription{ID: "s1", UserID: "u1", ChannelID: "UC_acme"}
+	vids, err := a.NewVideos(context.Background(), sub)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewVideos: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(vids) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 videos, got %d", len(vids))
+	}
+	v := vids[0]
+	if v.ProviderVideoID != "vid1" || v.Title != "Designing for Attention" {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected video: %+v", v)
+	}
+	if v.Provider != domain.ProviderYouTube || v.URL != "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vid1" {
+		t.Errorf("video not wired correctly: %+v", v)
+	}
+	if v.UserID != "u1" || v.SubscriptionID != "s1" {
+		t.Errorf("video not scoped to user/subscription: %+v", v)
+	}
+	if v.PublishedAt.IsZero() {
+		t.Errorf("expected publishedAt parsed, got zero")
+	}
+}
+
+// --- transcript: captions present ------------------------------------------
+
+func TestFetchTranscriptWithCaptions(t *testing.T) {
+	a, secrets := newTestAdapter(t, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		switch r.URL.Path {
+		case "/captions":
+			if got := r.URL.Query().Get("videoId"); got != "vid1" {
+				t.Errorf("expected videoId=vid1, got %q", got)
+			}
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"items":[
+				{"id":"cap-sv","snippet":{"language":"sv","trackKind":"standard","status":"serving"}},
+				{"id":"cap-en","snippet":{"language":"en","trackKind":"standard","status":"serving"}}
+			]}`))
+		case "/captions/cap-en":
+			if got := r.URL.Query().Get("tfmt"); got != "vtt" {
+				t.Errorf("expected tfmt=vtt, got %q", got)
+			}
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte("WEBVTT\n\n1\n00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.000\nHello <c>world</c>\n\n2\n00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:04.000\nHello world\n\n3\n00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:06.000\nSecond line\n"))
+		default:
+			t.Errorf("unexpected path %q", r.URL.Path)
+		}
+	})
+
+	v := domain.Video{ID: "v1", UserID: "u1", ProviderVideoID: "vid1"}
+	tr, err := a.FetchTranscript(context.Background(), v)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("FetchTranscript: %v", err)
+	}
+	if tr.Source != domain.SourceCaptions {
+		t.Fatalf("expected SourceCaptions, got %q", tr.Source)
+	}
+	if tr.Language != "en" {
+		t.Errorf("expected preferred language en, got %q", tr.Language)
+	}
+	// Markup stripped, timestamps/indices dropped, consecutive duplicate collapsed.
+	want := "Hello world\nSecond line"
+	if tr.Content != want {
+		t.Errorf("transcript text mismatch:\n got %q\nwant %q", tr.Content, want)
+	}
+	if !tr.HasText() {
+		t.Error("expected HasText() true")
+	}
+	if len(secrets.requested) == 0 {
+		t.Error("expected SecretStore consulted for OAuth token")
+	}
+}
+
+// --- transcript: no captions => SourceNone, no error ------------------------
+
+func TestFetchTranscriptNoCaptionsReturnsSourceNone(t *testing.T) {
+	a, _ := newTestAdapter(t, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path != "/captions" {
+			t.Errorf("download must not be attempted when no track exists; got path %q", r.URL.Path)
+		}
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"items":[]}`))
+	})
+
+	v := domain.Video{ID: "v1", UserID: "u1", ProviderVideoID: "vid-nocaps"}
+	tr, err := a.FetchTranscript(context.Background(), v)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no error for missing captions, got %v", err)
+	}
+	if tr.Source != domain.SourceNone {
+		t.Fatalf("expected SourceNone, got %q", tr.Source)
+	}
+	if tr.HasText() {
+		t.Error("expected HasText() false for SourceNone")
+	}
+	if tr.Content != "" {
+		t.Errorf("expected empty content, got %q", tr.Content)
+	}
+}
+
+// A missing-token reference surfaces as an error rather than a silent skip.
+func TestFetchTranscriptSecretResolutionError(t *testing.T) {
+	a, _ := newTestAdapter(t, func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"items":[]}`))
+	})
+	a.cfg.TokenSecretRef = "op://HomeLab/missing#refresh"
+
+	_, err := a.FetchTranscript(context.Background(), domain.Video{ID: "v1", ProviderVideoID: "x"})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error when secret ref cannot be resolved")
+	}
+}