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Yt Dlp Downloader

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azure12355·vlatest·video-media

Downloads YouTube videos in various resolutions and formats using dynamic playlists – useful for archiving content or extracting specific clips.

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Install on your platform

Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add azure12355/weilan-skills --skill yt-dlp-downloader -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.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

azure12355

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill failed 1 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 1 host that is neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: www.youtube.com.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    www.youtube.comundeclared

    What it found

    • skills/yt-dlp-downloader/scripts/download.sh:20contacts www.youtube.com
      echo "  $0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxx"
    • skills/yt-dlp-downloader/scripts/download.sh:21contacts www.youtube.com
      echo "  $0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxx --audio"

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned azure12355/weilan-skills at eb65422261.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
eb65422261
Manifest
skills/yt-dlp-downloader/SKILL.md
Scanned
2 files, 210 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill uses yt-dlp to download videos from various online platforms. It can handle a wide range of sites, including YouTube, Vimeo, and others supported by yt-dlp. The downloaded files are saved locally, allowing for offline access or further processing.

When to use it

  • Research: Download video lectures or tutorials for later review when an internet connection isn't available.
  • Content Archiving: Save videos from websites that might change or disappear over time.
  • Personal Use: Download music videos, funny clips, or other content you enjoy for personal entertainment.
  • Data Collection: Gather video data for analysis or training machine learning models (ensure compliance with terms of service).

Key capabilities

  • Downloads videos from numerous online platforms.
  • Supports various video formats and resolutions.
  • Uses the yt-dlp library, a robust and actively maintained downloader.
  • Provides local file saving for offline access.

Example prompts

  • "Download the latest episode of [show name] from YouTube."
  • "Get the video '[video title]' from Vimeo and save it as 'my_video.mp4'."
  • “Can you download this video: [URL]”

Tips & gotchas

  • Ensure yt-dlp is properly installed and configured within the AI agent's environment. The skill depends on its availability.
  • Be mindful of copyright restrictions and terms of service when downloading videos.