# video-downloader

This skill pulls videos from YouTube and other platforms onto your disk, at the resolution and format you pick. Handy when a talk or lecture has to be available offline.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code · 1049 installs
- Author: davila7
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/skills/media/video-downloader
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/video-downloader

## What it does

The skill lets your agent fetch videos from YouTube and other platforms into a local folder. You choose the resolution — 480p, 720p, 1080p or 4K — and the container: MP4, WebM, or audio alone. Title, description and thumbnail come along with the file, so an archive stays searchable instead of turning into anonymous clips.

Playlists work too. Ask for a whole list, or hand over several links at once. For podcasts and music, audio-only is the sensible pick since the file stays small. On a slow connection, check the size first: an hour-long talk at 1080p is a heavy download.

The skill is meant for personal, educational and archival use. Grabbing someone else's content without permission and passing it around is a different matter — copyright and platform terms still apply.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **claude-code-templates**
```bash
npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill media/video-downloader
```

2. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill video-downloader -a claude-code
```

3. **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

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

### Cursor

**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 davila7/claude-code-templates video-downloader
```

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

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates --path cli-tool/components/skills/media/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

### 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/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/skills/media/video-downloader

## When to use it
- keep a conference talk for offline viewing
- rip the audio track out of a video as MP3
- grab every clip in a playlist in one go
- pull your own uploads down for editing
- archive a video together with its title and thumbnail

## Example prompts
- Download this YouTube video at 1080p
- Save the audio from this video as MP3
- Download every video in this playlist

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## Other versions with the same name
- [video-downloader · nexu-io](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/nexu-io-video-downloader.md) — 2800 installs

From the same set: [davila7/claude-code-templates](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/by/davila7/claude-code-templates.md) — 361 cards

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