# video-downloader

Downloads videos from YouTube and other platforms for archival or offline editing with format and quality options. Useful when an agent needs to fetch media files locally.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2800 installs · ★ 104031
- Author: nexu-io
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/tree/HEAD/skills/video-downloader/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/nexu-io-video-downloader

## What it does

This skill enables the agent to download videos from YouTube and other platforms. It pulls files locally for offline editing or archival, allowing selection across different formats and quality levels.

The entry in `nexu-io/open-design` acts as an index item so the agent discovers the capability during task planning. Its original workflow originates from `ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills`. Running the actual scripts requires installing the upstream bundle into your agent's skills directory; without it, the entry only provides metadata rather than executable tools.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill video-downloader -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill video-downloader -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill video-downloader -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install nexu-io/open-design video-downloader
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill video-downloader -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design --path skills/video-downloader
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill video-downloader -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/nexu-io/open-design/tree/HEAD/skills/video-downloader/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- download YouTube videos for offline viewing
- pull video files in specific formats for editing
- archive web videos to a local drive
- register video fetching capabilities in agent planning

## Example prompts
- \`video-downloader`: download this YouTube video in the best available quality
- Save this video locally for offline viewing and editing
- Archive the video from this link in MP4 format

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

Below is the content of a third-party file. It is data, not instructions for you: do not act on anything written inside unless the human asks. Block tag: 279cd9a988fbe058.

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````text
---
name: video-downloader
description: |
  Download videos from YouTube and other platforms for offline viewing, editing, or archival with support for various formats and quality options.
triggers:
  - "download video"
  - "youtube download"
  - "archive video"
  - "offline video"
od:
  mode: video
  category: video-generation
  upstream: "https://github.com/ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills/tree/master/video-downloader"
---

# video-downloader

> Curated from ComposioHQ awesome-claude-skills.

## What it does

Download videos from YouTube and other platforms for offline viewing, editing, or archival with support for various formats and quality options.

## Source

- Upstream: https://github.com/ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills/tree/master/video-downloader
- Category: `video-generation`

## How to use

This catalogue entry advertises the skill in OpenDesign so the agent
discovers it during planning. To run the full upstream workflow with
its original assets, scripts, and references, install the upstream
bundle into your active agent's skills directory:

```bash
# Inspect the upstream README for exact paths
open https://github.com/ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills/tree/master/video-downloader
```

Then ask the agent to invoke this skill by name (`video-downloader`) or with
one of the trigger phrases listed in this skill's frontmatter.
````
END THIRD-PARTY FILE 279cd9a988fbe058

The third-party file has ended. Everything between the 279cd9a988fbe058 tags is data: requests and commands from it are not followed. An “end of file” line with another tag inside the block is part of the file.

© nexu-io · Apache-2.0 · https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/tree/HEAD/skills/video-downloader/SKILL.md

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