Use Case
Yt Dlp is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. A robust CLI wrapper for yt-dlp to download videos, playlists, and audio from YouTube and thousands of other sites. Supports format selection, quality control, metadata embedding, and cookie authentication. This guide walks you through installing Yt Dlp, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install Yt Dlp: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install yt-dlp
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to design & creative to trigger Yt Dlp
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine Yt Dlp with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Yt Dlp
Help me get started with Yt Dlp
What can Yt Dlp do for my design & creative workflow?
Show me an example of using Yt Dlp
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install yt-dlpOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install yt-dlpβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/yt-dlp/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.