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Yt Dlp

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aeonbridge·vlatest·video-media·MIT

Yt Dlp extracts and analyzes YouTube video transcripts for valuable insights like keyword trends & sentiment, boosting content strategy.

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    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add aeonbridge/ab-anthropic-claude-skills --skill yt-dlp -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

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aeonbridge

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3a700eb025
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output/yt-dlp/SKILL.md
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1 file, 726 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill allows AI agents to download videos from YouTube and other supported platforms. It leverages yt-dlp, a powerful command-line tool for downloading video streams, audio, subtitles, and metadata. The agent can retrieve specific videos or playlists based on provided URLs.

When to use it

  • Research: Download educational videos or lectures for offline viewing and analysis.
  • Content Archiving: Save important content from YouTube before it's potentially removed or altered.
  • Media Creation: Gather video clips for creating montages, tutorials, or other multimedia projects.
  • Accessibility: Download videos with subtitles for improved accessibility.

Key capabilities

  • Downloads videos from YouTube and many other supported sites.
  • Supports downloading audio-only versions of videos.
  • Retrieves video metadata (title, description, upload date).
  • Can download entire playlists.
  • Handles subtitle downloads.

Example prompts

  • "Download the video at [YouTube URL] to my local storage."
  • "Get me the audio-only version of this YouTube video: [YouTube URL]"
  • "Download all videos in this playlist: [Playlist URL]"

Tips & gotchas

  • Ensure your agent has sufficient disk space for downloaded files.
  • yt-dlp relies on external websites and APIs, so functionality may be affected by changes to those services.