# video-lens-gallery

Builds a catalog of video summaries in ~/Downloads/video-lens and launches a local web viewer. It helps you search and browse your saved video notes.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 438 installs · ★ 119
- Author: kar2phi
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/kar2phi/video-lens/tree/HEAD/skills/video-lens-gallery/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/video-lens-gallery

## What it does

This skill manages video summary libraries located in `~/Downloads/video-lens`. It executes Python scripts to generate `index.html` and reports the number of indexed entries. When requested, `backfill_meta.py` runs first to populate missing metadata across older summaries.

The workflow relies on `serve_report.sh` to host the compiled page at `http://localhost:8765/index.html`. The gallery opens in a browser. It searches through setup directories across eight coding assistants.

The gallery cannot run without the core `video-lens` skill installed. If another application holds port 8765, the script stops with an `ERROR:SERVE_PORT_BUSY` error.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kar2phi/video-lens --skill video-lens-gallery -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kar2phi/video-lens --skill video-lens-gallery -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kar2phi/video-lens --skill video-lens-gallery -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install kar2phi/video-lens video-lens-gallery
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kar2phi/video-lens --skill video-lens-gallery -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/kar2phi/video-lens --path skills/video-lens-gallery
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kar2phi/video-lens --skill video-lens-gallery -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/kar2phi/video-lens/tree/HEAD/skills/video-lens-gallery/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- compile an HTML catalog from reports in `~/Downloads/video-lens`
- start a local web viewer for the gallery on port 8765
- populate missing metadata in older notes using `backfill_meta.py`
- search and open saved video summaries by topic

## Example prompts
- Show my gallery of saved video summaries
- Rebuild the index and open my video notes
- Backfill metadata for saved reports

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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BEGIN THIRD-PARTY FILE 84e64885517ee1cf
````text
---
name: video-lens-gallery
description: >
  Open or rebuild the video-lens gallery index — your personal library of saved video summaries.
  Use this whenever the user wants to browse, open, or search saved video reports:
  "show my gallery", "open video library", "browse saved videos", "build gallery",
  "what videos have I saved", "show my video notes", "my video summaries",
  "find my saved summary for [topic]", "rebuild the index", "show video-lens index",
  "backfill metadata", "update index".
license: MIT
allowed-tools: Bash Read
metadata:
  author: kar2phi
  version: "2.1"
---

# video-lens-gallery

Manage and browse your saved video-lens reports.

## Step 1 — Locate skill scripts

Discover both `video-lens/scripts` (`$_sd`) and `video-lens-gallery/scripts` (`$_gd`) using the standard 8-agent discovery loop:

```bash
_sd=$(for d in ~/.agents ~/.claude ~/.copilot ~/.gemini ~/.cursor ~/.windsurf ~/.opencode ~/.codex; do
  [ -d "$d/skills/video-lens/scripts" ] && echo "$d/skills/video-lens/scripts" && break
done)
_gd=$(for d in ~/.agents ~/.claude ~/.copilot ~/.gemini ~/.cursor ~/.windsurf ~/.opencode ~/.codex; do
  [ -d "$d/skills/video-lens-gallery/scripts" ] && echo "$d/skills/video-lens-gallery/scripts" && break
done)
[ -z "$_sd" ] && echo "video-lens skill not found — install it first: npx skills add kar2phi/video-lens" && exit 1
[ -z "$_gd" ] && echo "video-lens-gallery skill not found — install it first: npx skills add kar2phi/video-lens" && exit 1
```

## Step 2 — Backfill metadata (only if requested)

If the user's request mentions "backfill", run:

```bash
python3 "$_gd/backfill_meta.py" --dir ~/Downloads/video-lens
```

## Step 3 — Rebuild index

Check that the reports directory exists before running:

```bash
[ -d ~/Downloads/video-lens ] || { echo "No reports directory found — save some videos first with the video-lens skill."; exit 1; }
python3 "$_gd/build_index.py" --dir ~/Downloads/video-lens
```

Tell the user the number of reports indexed, from the script's output.

## Step 4 — Serve gallery

```bash
bash "$_sd/serve_report.sh" ~/Downloads/video-lens/index.html ~/Downloads/video-lens
```

If `serve_report.sh` prints an `ERROR:` line (e.g. `ERROR:SERVE_PORT_BUSY` when port 8765 is held by another program), report the message and stop. Otherwise — confirmed by its `HTML_REPORT:` line — tell the user the gallery is now available at `http://localhost:8765/index.html`.
````
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© kar2phi · MIT · https://github.com/kar2phi/video-lens/tree/HEAD/skills/video-lens-gallery/SKILL.md

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