download-video SKILL.md skillA
download-video from swyxio/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add swyxio/skills/download-video@v1.1Pins v1.1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- swyxio/skills
- Path
download-video/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v1.1, committed Mar 28, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 28, 2026
- Size
- 8,029 bytes
- Repository stars
- 194
- License
- MIT
Downloads embedded videos from web pages. Fetches the page, identifies the video hosting service (Vimeo, YouTube, etc.), resolves the correct embed/player URL, and downloads using yt-dlp. Handles private/unlisted videos that require referer headers or embed URLs. Use this skill when someone says "download this video", "save this video", "grab the video from this page", "rip this video", or provides a URL and asks to download media from it. Also trigger when someone pastes a URL to a page with…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Download Video This skill downloads embedded videos from web pages by inspecting the page source, identifying the video hosting service and embed URL, then using yt-dlp to download the video file. ## Why This Skill Exists Many event replays, webinars, and talks are embedded on pages using private/unlisted video hosting (especially Vimeo). The direct video URL often returns 404 because the video is only accessible through the embed player with the correct referer. This skill handles that automatically. ## Prerequisites Ensure yt-dlp is installed and up to date (older versions hit different errors): ```bash which yt-dlp || brew install yt-dlp brew upgrade yt-dlp ``` Install the impersonation library. On modern macOS (Python installed via Homebrew), the `--break-system-packages` flag is required: ```bash pip3 install --break-system-packages curl_cffi ``` Note: `curl_cffi` alone does not fix private Vimeo downloads. The embed URL approach (Step 2) is what actually works. But `curl_cffi` prevents a misleading OAuth 400 error that obscures the real issue. ## How to Use This Skill ### Step 1: Fetch the Page and Identify the Video …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add swyxio/skills/download-video@sha256:63629c0e560d3240The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.1, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_eweprii3n7sqrrfl)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, all committed on Mar 28, 2026.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.1 latest | 2026-03-28 | 2f553a0 | 8,029 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-03-28 | 2ca42b4 | 5,807 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (8029 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
swyxio/skills · 194 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_eweprii3n7sqrrfl GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=swyxio/skills/download-video GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/63629c0e560d324047f8862a475b6bc64b22d3713b9e2cf3545df2323b6d6fb2
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.