Agent skill

Douyin Download

by dragon-hh in dragon-hh/ai-boshu-crawler

Download Douyin (抖音) videos using yt-dlp with browser-assisted URL extraction.

No licenceAuto-check: warningsProductivity & Automation

Install Douyin Download

The automated check flagged lines worth reading first. See the safety section below.

skills CLI
$ npx skills add dragon-hh/ai-boshu-crawler --skill douyin-download -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install dragon-hh/ai-boshu-crawler douyin-download --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dragon-hh/ai-boshu-crawler.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/douyin-download .claude/skills/douyin-download && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
douyin-download
GitHub stars
106
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
458 words
Files
4 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
21
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Download Douyin (抖音) videos using yt-dlp with browser-assisted URL extraction.

  • Works in 3 steps: Browser (CDP) opens the video page… → If video.currentSrc is a normal CDN URL,… → If video.currentSrc is a browser-only…
  • User provides a Douyin video URL (e.g.
  • SKILL.md covers Workflow, Usage, Arguments and Why this approach, plus 1 more section
  • Runs JavaScript and Python scripts from its folder; calls python and yt-dlp; reaches v.douyin.com and douyin.com

What it does

Douyin Download is an agent skill from dragon-hh/ai-boshu-crawler. Download Douyin (抖音) videos using yt-dlp with browser-assisted URL extraction. Use when user provides a Douyin video URL (e.g., https://v.douyin.com/xxx or douyin.com/video/xxx). Supports video download, audio extraction (-x), format selection (-f), and all yt-dlp features.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/external-browser-manifest.md` and `scripts/dy_yt.py`).

It sits in Productivity & Automation. It works with Douyin. The repository describes itself as: AI creator ingestion workflows for Bilibili, Douyin, and Feishu Base.

When your agent uses it

  • User provides a Douyin video URL (e.g.
  • Https://v.douyin.com/xxx
  • Douyin.com/video/xxx)

Example prompts

  • “/douyin-download”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Node.js

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Browser (CDP) opens the video page through the shared web-access CDP proxy at http://127.0.0.1:3456 to get a pre-signed CDN URL
  2. If video.currentSrc is a normal CDN URL, yt-dlp downloads using the CDN URL with proper headers
  3. If video.currentSrc is a browser-only blob: URL, the script falls back to performance.getEntriesByType("resource"), finds the real…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 57ad263. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 2 files in scripts/ (JavaScript and Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python
    • yt-dlp

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • v.douyin.com
    • douyin.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Douyin Download loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 73 tokens; SKILL.md has 458 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~73
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.9k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: warnings

The automated check found patterns that need a careful read before installing.

  • WarningMentions a credentials file (SSH keys, cloud or package-manager tokens)SKILL.md:77
    - Fails even with `--impersonate chrome` + fresh cookies

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 458 words (~1,285 tokens).

“yt-dlp's native Douyin extractor fails due to anti-bot detection on the API endpoint. Instead, this skill uses a hybrid approach:”

— opening of SKILL.md by dragon-hh
name
douyin-download

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (scripts, references) in .agents/skills/douyin-download of dragon-hh/ai-boshu-crawler.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/external-browser-manifest.md
  • scripts/douyin_cdp_bridge.mjs
  • scripts/dy_yt.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 57ad263

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Questions about Douyin Download

What does Douyin Download do?

Download Douyin (抖音) videos using yt-dlp with browser-assisted URL extraction. Douyin Download is an agent skill from dragon-hh/ai-boshu-crawler. Download Douyin (抖音) videos using yt-dlp with browser-assisted URL extraction.

When should I use Douyin Download?

Douyin Download fits situations like: user provides a Douyin video URL (e.g; https://v.douyin.com/xxx; douyin.com/video/xxx).

How do I install Douyin Download in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add dragon-hh/ai-boshu-crawler --skill douyin-download -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/douyin-download in dragon-hh/ai-boshu-crawler) into .claude/skills/douyin-download in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Douyin Download in Codex?

Run `npx skills add dragon-hh/ai-boshu-crawler --skill douyin-download -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/douyin-download in dragon-hh/ai-boshu-crawler) into .agents/skills/douyin-download in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Douyin Download in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add dragon-hh/ai-boshu-crawler --skill douyin-download -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/douyin-download, .gemini/skills/douyin-download, .github/skills/douyin-download and .opencode/skills/douyin-download in your project.

What does Douyin Download need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Douyin Download needs JavaScript and Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python and yt-dlp). Our summary lists: Python 3; Node.js.

Does Douyin Download access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. In commands or code: v.douyin.com and douyin.com; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Douyin Download safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md flagged 1 warning(s): mentions a credentials file (ssh keys, cloud or package-manager tokens). Read the flagged lines before installing; the check is not a guarantee either way. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Douyin Download use?

No licence was found for Douyin Download or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Douyin Download use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 590 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Douyin Download?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Douyin Download: Yuwen Publish Precheck (yuwen-cool/yuwen-publish-precheck, 778 stars), Content Boom Monitor (xintu1314/content-boom-monitor, 113 stars), Sn Search Social Cn (OpenSenseNova/SenseNova-Skills, 5.7k stars) and Account Integration (vivy-yi/xiaohongshu-skills, 481 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Douyin Download?

dragon-hh (a GitHub user) maintains it in dragon-hh/ai-boshu-crawler, which has 106 GitHub stars. The repository holds 21 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 11, 2026.

Source: dragon-hh/ai-boshu-crawler on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.