youtube-downloader SKILL.md skillB
youtube-downloader from gurudevvv/my-claude-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add gurudevvv/my-claude-skills/youtube-downloader@git:20260727.59851fdPins git:20260727.59851fd in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- gurudevvv/my-claude-skills
- Path
external/youtube-downloader/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260727.59851fd, committed Jul 27, 2026
- Size
- 18,881 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5
- License
- MIT
Download YouTube videos and HLS streams (m3u8) from platforms like Mux, Vimeo, etc. using yt-dlp and ffmpeg. Use this skill when users request downloading videos, extracting audio, handling protected streams with authentication headers, or troubleshooting download issues like nsig extraction failures, 403 errors, or cookie extraction problems.
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
# YouTube Downloader ## Overview Enable reliable video and audio downloads from YouTube and HLS streaming platforms (Mux, Vimeo, etc.) using yt-dlp and ffmpeg. This skill provides workflows for: - YouTube downloads (up to 4K) using PO token providers or browser cookies - HLS stream downloads with authentication headers - Handling protected content and troubleshooting common download failures ## Non-Technical User Experience (Default) Assume the user is non-technical. Do not ask them to run commands. Execute everything yourself and report progress in plain language. Avoid mentioning tooling unless the user asks. **Default flow:** 1. Ask for the URL (if not provided). 2. Fetch video metadata (title/uploader/duration/thumbnail) and confirm it matches the user's intent. - If yt-dlp is blocked by “confirm you’re not a bot”, fall back to YouTube oEmbed for title/uploader/thumbnail (duration may be unknown). 3. Offer simple choices (video vs. audio-only, quality, subtitles, save location). 4. Proceed with sensible defaults if the user does not specify: - Video download at best quality - MP4 merged output - Single video only (no playlists) …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add gurudevvv/my-claude-skills/youtube-downloader@sha256:256aa505cb68a5d2The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260727.59851fd, 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_fi4ntojvrskspepb)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 27, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- fail: No link to a raw IP address (matched: http://127.0.0.1:1082)
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (18881 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 script tag
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
gurudevvv/my-claude-skills · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fi4ntojvrskspepb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=gurudevvv/my-claude-skills/youtube-downloader GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/256aa505cb68a5d27f1dfc4680ec6d2a31d7d656c16a3a2537613486392cef60
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