C Video
Skill ActiveDownload videos, extract audio, convert formats, and clip segments using `yt-dlp` and `ffmpeg`. Supports YouTube, Vimeo, and hundreds of other sites.
To enable Claude Code to easily download, extract audio from, convert formats of, and clip segments from online videos using powerful command-line tools.
Features
- Download videos from YouTube, Vimeo, and hundreds of other sites
- Extract audio tracks from videos
- Convert video and audio files between various formats
- Clip specific segments from video files
Use Cases
- Download a YouTube video in its best available quality.
- Extract the audio from a video file and save it as an MP3.
- Convert a video from MP4 to WebM format.
- Create a short clip from a specific timestamp and duration of a video.
Non-Goals
- Uploading videos
- Live streaming
- Video editing beyond simple clipping
- Handling copyrighted content without proper rights
Practical Utility
- info:Edge casesThe skill notes that yt-dlp may need periodic updates but does not document other specific failure modes or recovery steps.
Maintenance
- warning:Commit recencyThe last commit was over 3 months ago (March 6, 2026), suggesting potential for unmaintained status.
Trust
- warning:Issues AttentionIn the last 90 days, 1 issue was opened and 0 were closed, indicating a lack of responsiveness from maintainers.
Versioning
- warning:Release ManagementThere is no explicit versioning declared in the SKILL.md frontmatter or as GitHub release tags, and installation instructions may rely on 'main', making version pinning difficult.
Execution
- warning:Pinned dependenciesWhile `yt-dlp` can be updated via pip, there's no explicit pinning or lockfile mechanism shown for the core dependencies within the extension's own packaging, and no shebang/header for scripts.
Installation
npx skills add daxaur/openpawRuns the Vercel skills CLI (skills.sh) via npx — needs Node.js locally and at least one installed skills-compatible agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …). Assumes the repo follows the agentskills.io format.
Quality Score
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