youtube-downloader
✓Download videos, audio, playlists, and channels from YouTube and 1000+ websites using yt-dlp. Supports quality selection, format conversion, subtitle download, playlist filtering, metadata extraction, thumbnail download, and batch operations. Use when downloading YouTube videos in any quality (4K, 8K, HDR), extracting audio as MP3/M4A/FLAC, downloading entire playlists/channels, getting subtitles in multiple languages, converting to specific formats, downloading live streams, archiving content, or batch processing multiple URLs. Optimized for reliability with automatic retries, rate limiting, and error handling.
Installation
SKILL.md
Download videos and audio from YouTube and 1000+ other websites using yt-dlp, the most powerful and actively maintained YouTube downloader.
From File Create a text file with URLs (one per line):
This creates archive.txt with IDs of downloaded videos. On subsequent runs, yt-dlp skips already downloaded videos.
Download videos, audio, playlists, and channels from YouTube and 1000+ websites using yt-dlp. Supports quality selection, format conversion, subtitle download, playlist filtering, metadata extraction, thumbnail download, and batch operations. Use when downloading YouTube videos in any quality (4K, 8K, HDR), extracting audio as MP3/M4A/FLAC, downloading entire playlists/channels, getting subtitles in multiple languages, converting to specific formats, downloading live streams, archiving content, or batch processing multiple URLs. Optimized for reliability with automatic retries, rate limiting, and error handling. Source: jackspace/claudeskillz.
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/jackspace/claudeskillz --skill youtube-downloader- Source
- jackspace/claudeskillz
- Category
- *Creative Media
- Verified
- ✓
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is youtube-downloader?
Download videos, audio, playlists, and channels from YouTube and 1000+ websites using yt-dlp. Supports quality selection, format conversion, subtitle download, playlist filtering, metadata extraction, thumbnail download, and batch operations. Use when downloading YouTube videos in any quality (4K, 8K, HDR), extracting audio as MP3/M4A/FLAC, downloading entire playlists/channels, getting subtitles in multiple languages, converting to specific formats, downloading live streams, archiving content, or batch processing multiple URLs. Optimized for reliability with automatic retries, rate limiting, and error handling. Source: jackspace/claudeskillz.
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/jackspace/claudeskillz --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/jackspace/claudeskillz
Details
- Category
- *Creative Media
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01