# extracting-structure

Pulls structure out of a video you already watched: timestamped chapters, a bug report with the exact frame, a scored hook analysis.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 505 installs · ★ 528
- Author: oxbshw
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/oxbshw/watch-skill/tree/HEAD/skills/extracting-structure/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-14
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/extracting-structure

## What it does

The skill answers from the persistent index of a video that has already been watched, so extraction is deterministic and costs no extra model calls. Watching comes first — that part belongs to the `watching-videos` skill.

Three extractors. `watch-skill extract chapters <video_id-or-source>` builds titled chapters with start and end timestamps from scene changes plus topic shifts in the transcript. `watch-skill extract bug-report <video_id-or-source>` pins down the failure: timestamp, the exact frame, the on-screen error text as OCR read it, and the steps leading up to it. When there is no error signal it returns `found: false` honestly, and that should be reported as no error found in the recording rather than as a failure. `watch-skill extract hook <video_id-or-source> [--seconds 15]` scores the opening seconds on four measured axes: attention trigger in the opening line, speech pacing, visual change rate, on-screen text. Each axis comes with a critique, plus a 0–100 score and a verdict.

The skill is limited to `Bash` and `Read`. For hook analysis, hand the user the per-axis critiques — the number on its own explains nothing.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add oxbshw/watch-skill --skill extracting-structure -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/extracting-structure/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/extracting-structure/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add oxbshw/watch-skill --skill extracting-structure -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/extracting-structure/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add oxbshw/watch-skill --skill extracting-structure -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/extracting-structure/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install oxbshw/watch-skill extracting-structure
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/extracting-structure/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add oxbshw/watch-skill --skill extracting-structure -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/oxbshw/watch-skill --path skills/extracting-structure
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/extracting-structure/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add oxbshw/watch-skill --skill extracting-structure -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/oxbshw/watch-skill/tree/HEAD/skills/extracting-structure/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a chapter list with timestamps for a long tutorial
- locate the exact frame where an error shows up in a screen recording
- turn a screen recording into a fileable bug report
- score an intro on pacing and visual change rate
- split a lecture or meeting into topic segments

## Example prompts
- make chapters for this video
- where does the bug appear in this recording
- turn this screen recording into a bug report

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: extracting-structure
version: "1.4.3"
description: The user wants structure pulled out of a watched video — "make chapters for this video", "where does the bug appear in this recording", "turn this screen recording into a bug report", "how strong is my intro/hook". Use this for deterministic extraction from the index — chapters with timestamps, a fileable bug report with the exact frame, or a scored hook analysis.
license: MIT
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools: Bash, Read
---

# Extracting structure

Three extractors turn an already-watched video into something structured.
All of them answer straight from the persistent index — deterministic, no
extra model calls. The video must be watched first (see `watching-videos`).

## Chapters

```bash
watch-skill extract chapters <video_id-or-source>
```

Titled chapters with start/end timestamps, built from scene changes plus
transcript topic shifts. Good for long tutorials, lectures, meetings —
give the user the chapter list with timestamps, not a prose summary.

## Bug report from a screen recording

```bash
watch-skill extract bug-report <video_id-or-source>
```

Pinpoints where an error appears: timestamp, the exact frame, the
on-screen error text as OCR read it, and the steps that led up to it
(from the transcript/actions preceding the failure). Returns
`found: false` honestly when no error signal exists — report that as
"no error found in the recording", not as an error.

Paste the output into the user's issue tracker format when they ask for
a fileable report; the frame path is the attachment.

## Hook analysis (creators)

```bash
watch-skill extract hook <video_id-or-source> [--seconds 15]
```

Scores the opening seconds on four measured axes — attention trigger in
the opening line, speech pacing, visual change rate, on-screen text —
each with an actionable critique, plus a 0–100 score and verdict. Give
the user the per-axis critiques; the number alone helps nobody.
````
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© oxbshw · MIT · https://github.com/oxbshw/watch-skill/tree/HEAD/skills/extracting-structure/SKILL.md

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