YouTube Downloader

Skill Verified Active

Download and process YouTube content for research. Use when: downloading competitor videos for analysis; extracting audio for podcasts; getting transcripts for content repurposing; archiving webinars; research content curation

Purpose

To efficiently download and process YouTube content for research, competitor analysis, audio extraction for podcasts, transcript generation, and archiving webinars.

Features

Download YouTube videos in various formats and qualities
Extract audio from YouTube videos
Obtain transcripts (SRT/TXT) from YouTube videos
Download entire YouTube playlists
Retrieve YouTube video metadata

Use Cases

Downloading competitor videos for analysis
Extracting audio for podcast creation
Getting transcripts for content repurposing
Archiving webinars and tutorials
Research content curation

Non-Goals

Replacing audio engineering expertise
Making subjective creative decisions
Accessing or editing audio files directly
Guaranteeing commercial success

Workflow

Specify YouTube URL and desired action (download, audio, transcript, playlist, info)
Select format, quality, and output options
Skill executes yt-dlp or relevant process
Output file (video, audio, transcript) or metadata is generated
User reviews output for research or repurposing

Practices

Content extraction workflow
Research data acquisition
Audio production pipeline

Prerequisites

yt-dlp installed
click installed
Python 3.8+ recommended

Installation

npx skills add guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills

Runs 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

Verified

100 /100

Analyzed about 14 hours ago

Trust Signals

Last commitabout 1 month ago

GitHub owner guia-matthieu

Stars104

LicenseMIT

Websiteclawfu.com

Status

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