From c9b8fec077fad9687c87469b54ddc9776156460b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Ward <alxwrd@googlemail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:36:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add alternative entrypoint for better tool runner use

---
 README.md      | 8 ++++++++
 pyproject.toml | 1 +
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 22cec19..6b028ec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -497,6 +497,14 @@ Execute the CLI script using the video ids as parameters and the results will be
 youtube_transcript_api <first_video_id> <second_video_id> ...  
 ```  
 
+You can also run the CLI without installing it using [uvx](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/tools/) or [pipx](https://pipx.pypa.io/):
+
+```
+uvx youtube-transcript-api <first_video_id> <second_video_id> ...
+```
+
+
+
 The CLI also gives you the option to provide a list of preferred languages:  
 
 ```  
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d0bec13..50dd613 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ classifiers = [
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 youtube_transcript_api = "youtube_transcript_api.__main__:main"
+youtube-transcript-api = "youtube_transcript_api.__main__:main"
 
 [tool.poe.tasks]
 test = "pytest youtube_transcript_api"