youtube-downloader
✓Download YouTube video transcripts when user provides a YouTube URL or asks to download/get/fetch a transcript from YouTube. Also use when user wants to transcribe or get captions/subtitles from a YouTube video. Has detailed yt-dlp installation checks and error handling.
Installation
SKILL.md
This skill helps download transcripts (subtitles/captions) from YouTube videos using yt-dlp.
If installation fails: Inform the user they need to install yt-dlp manually and provide them with installation instructions from https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#installation
This shows what subtitle types are available without downloading anything. Look for:
Download YouTube video transcripts when user provides a YouTube URL or asks to download/get/fetch a transcript from YouTube. Also use when user wants to transcribe or get captions/subtitles from a YouTube video. Has detailed yt-dlp installation checks and error handling. Source: cdeistopened/opened-vault.
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/cdeistopened/opened-vault --skill youtube-downloader- Category
- *Creative Media
- Verified
- ✓
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is youtube-downloader?
Download YouTube video transcripts when user provides a YouTube URL or asks to download/get/fetch a transcript from YouTube. Also use when user wants to transcribe or get captions/subtitles from a YouTube video. Has detailed yt-dlp installation checks and error handling. Source: cdeistopened/opened-vault.
How do I install youtube-downloader?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/cdeistopened/opened-vault --skill youtube-downloader Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/cdeistopened/opened-vault
Details
- Category
- *Creative Media
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01