Agent skill

Zoom Download

This skill should be used when the user asks to "download Zoom recordings", "grab recordings from Zoom", "get new Zoom videos", or needs to download cloud recordings and analyze their content via…

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Zoom Download

skills CLI

$ npx skills add swyxio/skills --skill zoom-download -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install swyxio/skills zoom-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/swyxio/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/zoom-download .claude/skills/zoom-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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "zoom-download" agent skill from https://github.com/swyxio/skills/tree/main/zoom-download into .claude/skills/zoom-download/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "zoom-download", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/swyxio/skills/tree/main/zoom-download

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add swyxio/skills --skill zoom-download -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install swyxio/skills zoom-download --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/swyxio/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/zoom-download .agents/skills/zoom-download && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "zoom-download" agent skill from https://github.com/swyxio/skills/tree/main/zoom-download into .agents/skills/zoom-download/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "zoom-download", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add swyxio/skills --skill zoom-download -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install swyxio/skills zoom-download --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/swyxio/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/zoom-download .cursor/skills/zoom-download && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "zoom-download" agent skill from https://github.com/swyxio/skills/tree/main/zoom-download into .cursor/skills/zoom-download/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "zoom-download", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/swyxio/skills.git --path zoom-download

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add swyxio/skills --skill zoom-download -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install swyxio/skills zoom-download --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/swyxio/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/zoom-download .gemini/skills/zoom-download && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "zoom-download" agent skill from https://github.com/swyxio/skills/tree/main/zoom-download into .gemini/skills/zoom-download/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "zoom-download", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install swyxio/skills zoom-download

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add swyxio/skills --skill zoom-download -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/swyxio/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/zoom-download .github/skills/zoom-download && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "zoom-download" agent skill from https://github.com/swyxio/skills/tree/main/zoom-download into .github/skills/zoom-download/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "zoom-download", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add swyxio/skills --skill zoom-download -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install swyxio/skills zoom-download --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/swyxio/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/zoom-download .opencode/skills/zoom-download && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "zoom-download" agent skill from https://github.com/swyxio/skills/tree/main/zoom-download into .opencode/skills/zoom-download/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "zoom-download", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: zoom-download
GitHub stars: 176
Token cost: ~881 tokens
SKILL.md length: 389 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 89
Repo updated: Oct 5, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

This skill should be used when the user asks to "download Zoom recordings", "grab recordings from Zoom", "get new Zoom videos", or needs to download cloud recordings and analyze their content via…

Works in 5 steps: Navigate to zoom.us/recording (log in… → On each recording's detail page, locate… → Hover over the row to reveal the… → …
Asks to download Zoom recordings
SKILL.md covers Overview, Which Recordings to Download, Choosing the Correct File Type and Content Analysis via Frame…, plus 2 more sections
Calls ffmpeg

What it does

Zoom Download is an agent skill from swyxio/skills. This skill should be used when the user asks to "download Zoom recordings", "grab recordings from Zoom", "get new Zoom videos", or needs to download cloud recordings and analyze their content via frame extraction. Covers file type selection, filename verification, and ffmpeg-based content analysis.

Its SKILL.md is about 880 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 FFmpeg. The repository describes itself as: Agent skills for Claude Code and other AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Asks to download Zoom recordings
Grab recordings from Zoom
Get new Zoom videos
Needs to download cloud recordings and analyze their content via frame extraction

Example prompts

“download Zoom recordings”
“grab recordings from Zoom”
“get new Zoom videos”
“/zoom-download”

Workflow steps

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

Navigate to zoom.us/recording (log in via Google SSO if needed)
On each recording's detail page, locate the "Shared screen with gallery view" row
Hover over the row to reveal the download button (appears on the right)
Click download — file saves to ~/Downloads
Wait for download to complete before moving to the next recording

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 038ef34. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- ffmpeg
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
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

Zoom Download loads about 881 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 78 tokens; SKILL.md has 389 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~78
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~881

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 swyxio/skills at commit 038ef34, republished under its MIT licence (© swyxio). 389 words, ~881 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/zoom-download/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: zoom-download
description: This skill should be used when the user asks to "download Zoom recordings", "grab recordings from Zoom", "get new Zoom videos", or needs to download cloud recordings and analyze their content via frame extraction. Covers file type selection, filename verification, and ffmpeg-based content analysis.
metadata.version: 0.1.0

Zoom Cloud Recording Download

Overview

Download recent Zoom cloud recordings, selecting the correct file type and skipping already-uploaded content. Optionally delete old recordings from Zoom after confirming they've been uploaded.

Which Recordings to Download

"AI in Action Weekly Jam!" meetings → weekly demos/presentations
Paper Club / guest sessions (e.g., "[Person] and swyx") → paper readings
Skip recordings under ~10 minutes (test calls, false starts)
Cross-check against existing YouTube content to avoid re-downloading

Choosing the Correct File Type

CRITICAL: Zoom offers 6+ file types per recording. Always download:

File Type	Download?	Notes
Shared screen with gallery view	YES	Screen share + all webcams
Gallery view	NO	Webcams only, no screen share
Shared screen with speaker view	NO	Only shows active speaker
Speaker view	NO	Single speaker webcam
Audio only	NO	No video
Chat file	NO	Text chat log

Filename Identification

Correct: GMT[date]_Recording_gallery_[resolution].mp4 — the _gallery_ suffix (NOT _gvo_)
Wrong: GMT[date]_Recording_gvo_[resolution].mp4 — _gvo_ = gallery view only = no screen share

How to Download

Navigate to zoom.us/recording (log in via Google SSO if needed)
On each recording's detail page, locate the "Shared screen with gallery view" row
Hover over the row to reveal the download button (appears on the right)
Click download — file saves to ~/Downloads
Wait for download to complete before moving to the next recording

Show full SKILL.md (177 more words)Show less

Content Analysis via Frame Extraction

After downloading, extract frames to understand what each video contains:

bash

# Extract 7 frames at ~5 min intervals (covers a ~1hr video)
for t in 60 300 600 1200 1800 2400 3000; do
  ffmpeg -ss $t -i "video_file.mp4" -vframes 1 -q:v 2 "frame_${t}s.jpg" -y 2>/dev/null
done

Visually analyze the extracted frames to identify:

Slide titles and presentation content
Presenter names (from Zoom name labels in gallery view)
Paper titles, arxiv links, or references visible on screen
Demo names and tools being shown
Participant names visible in the gallery

Save these notes — they feed into the youtube-publish skill for titling and description.

Deleting Old Recordings from Zoom

After confirming videos are successfully uploaded and published on YouTube:

Navigate back to zoom.us/recording
Select the recordings that have been uploaded
User must perform the actual deletion (permanent deletion is a prohibited action)
Inform the user which recordings are safe to delete

Troubleshooting

Multiple recordings for same meeting: Zoom sometimes splits long meetings. Download all parts.
"Shared screen with gallery view" not available: The host may not have shared their screen. Download "Gallery view" as a fallback and note this in the YouTube description.
Large files (>2GB): Downloads may take several minutes. Don't start the next download until the current one finishes.

Files

Just SKILL.md in zoom-download of swyxio/skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 038ef34

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Questions about Zoom Download

What does Zoom Download do?

This skill should be used when the user asks to "download Zoom recordings", "grab recordings from Zoom", "get new Zoom videos", or needs to download cloud recordings and analyze their content via…. Zoom Download is an agent skill from swyxio/skills. This skill should be used when the user asks to "download Zoom recordings", "grab recordings from Zoom", "get new Zoom videos", or needs to download cloud recordings and analyze their content via frame extraction.

When should I use Zoom Download?

Zoom Download fits situations like: asks to download Zoom recordings; grab recordings from Zoom; get new Zoom videos; needs to download cloud recordings and analyze their content via frame extraction.

How do I install Zoom Download in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add swyxio/skills --skill zoom-download -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (zoom-download in swyxio/skills) into .claude/skills/zoom-download in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Zoom Download in Codex?

Run `npx skills add swyxio/skills --skill zoom-download -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (zoom-download in swyxio/skills) into .agents/skills/zoom-download in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Zoom 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 swyxio/skills --skill zoom-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/zoom-download, .gemini/skills/zoom-download, .github/skills/zoom-download and .opencode/skills/zoom-download in your project.

What does Zoom Download need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Zoom Download needs the command-line tools its instructions call (ffmpeg).

Does Zoom Download access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Zoom Download 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 Zoom Download use?

Zoom Download is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Zoom Download use?

About 881 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k 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 Zoom Download?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Zoom Download: Video Understand (calesthio/OpenMontage, 66k stars), HyperFrames Video Entry Point (heygen-com/hyperframes, 60k stars), Video Shots (eternityspring/reelbench-skills, 878 stars) and Mobile Demo Film Editor (superset-sh/superset, 15k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Zoom Download?

swyxio (a GitHub user) maintains it in swyxio/skills, which has 176 GitHub stars. The repository holds 89 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: swyxio/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Zoom Download

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Zoom Cloud Recording Download

Overview

Which Recordings to Download

Choosing the Correct File Type

Filename Identification

How to Download

Content Analysis via Frame Extraction

Deleting Old Recordings from Zoom

Troubleshooting

Files

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