Agent skill

Video Downloader

by nexu-io in nexu-io/open-design

Download videos from YouTube and other platforms for offline viewing, editing, or archival with support for various formats and quality options.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Video Downloader

skills CLI
$ npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill video-downloader -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install nexu-io/open-design video-downloader --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/nexu-io/open-design.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/video-downloader .claude/skills/video-downloader && 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
video-downloader
GitHub stars
100k
Token cost
~339 tokens
SKILL.md length
98 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
245
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Download videos from YouTube and other platforms for offline viewing, editing, or archival with support for various formats and quality options.

  • Tasks that involve Video production
  • SKILL.md covers What it does, Source and How to use
  • Reaches github.com

What it does

Video Downloader is an agent skill from nexu-io/open-design. Download videos from YouTube and other platforms for offline viewing, editing, or archival with support for various formats and quality options.

Its SKILL.md is about 340 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Video production. It works with YouTube. The repository describes itself as: 🎨 Best DeepSeek Harness Design Plugin. The open-source Claude Design alternative. 🖥️ Local-first desktop app. 🖼️ Your coding agent becomes the design engine: prototypes… The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Video production

Example prompts

  • “/video-downloader”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 17e2559. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).

    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:

    • github.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

Video Downloader loads about 339 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 40 tokens; SKILL.md has 98 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~40
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~339

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 passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from nexu-io/open-design at commit 17e2559, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© nexu-io). 98 words, ~339 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/video-downloader/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
video-downloader
description
Download videos from YouTube and other platforms for offline viewing, editing, or archival with support for various formats and quality options.
triggers
download video, youtube download, archive video, offline video
od.mode
video
od.category
video-generation
od.upstream
https://github.com/ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills/tree/master/video-downloader

video-downloader

Curated from ComposioHQ awesome-claude-skills.

What it does

Download videos from YouTube and other platforms for offline viewing, editing, or archival with support for various formats and quality options.

Source

How to use

This catalogue entry advertises the skill in OpenDesign so the agent discovers it during planning. To run the full upstream workflow with its original assets, scripts, and references, install the upstream bundle into your active agent's skills directory:

bash
# Inspect the upstream README for exact paths
open https://github.com/ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills/tree/master/video-downloader

Then ask the agent to invoke this skill by name (video-downloader) or with one of the trigger phrases listed in this skill's frontmatter.

© nexu-io, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/video-downloader of nexu-io/open-design.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 17e2559

Compare with similar skills

Video Downloader next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Video Downloader this skillnexu-io/open-design100k—~339Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Yt Dlp DownloaderMapleShaw/yt-dlp-downloader-skill2091 repos~1.5kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Media Downloaderyizhiyanhua-ai/media-downloader4031 repos~824Automated safety check: PassNone
Youtube Thumbnailhassancs91/claude-youtube-editor328—~2.1kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT
Shorts Video Makeruxjoseph/content-marketing-team107—~665Automated safety check: PassNone
Motion Video in Remotionooiyeefei/ccc495—~2.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Works with

Questions about Video Downloader

What does Video Downloader do?

Download videos from YouTube and other platforms for offline viewing, editing, or archival with support for various formats and quality options. Video Downloader is an agent skill from nexu-io/open-design. Download videos from YouTube and other platforms for offline viewing, editing, or archival with support for various formats and quality options.

When should I use Video Downloader?

Video Downloader fits situations like: tasks that involve Video production.

How do I install Video Downloader in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill video-downloader -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/video-downloader in nexu-io/open-design) into .claude/skills/video-downloader in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Video Downloader in Codex?

Run `npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill video-downloader -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/video-downloader in nexu-io/open-design) into .agents/skills/video-downloader in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Video Downloader 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 nexu-io/open-design --skill video-downloader -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/video-downloader, .gemini/skills/video-downloader, .github/skills/video-downloader and .opencode/skills/video-downloader in your project.

What does Video Downloader need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Video Downloader is instructions for the agent only.

Does Video Downloader access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: github.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Video Downloader safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Video Downloader use?

Video Downloader is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Video Downloader use?

About 339 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Video Downloader?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Video Downloader: Yt Dlp Downloader (MapleShaw/yt-dlp-downloader-skill, 209 stars), Media Downloader (yizhiyanhua-ai/media-downloader, 403 stars), Youtube Thumbnail (hassancs91/claude-youtube-editor, 328 stars) and Shorts Video Maker (uxjoseph/content-marketing-team, 107 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Video Downloader?

nexu-io (a GitHub organization) maintains it in nexu-io/open-design, which has 100,280 GitHub stars. The repository holds 245 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: nexu-io/open-design on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.