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download-video

Downloads embedded videos from web pages. Fetches the page, identifies the video hosting service (Vimeo, YouTube, etc.), resolves the correct embed/player URL, and downloads using yt-dlp. Handles private/unlisted videos that require referer headers or embed URLs. Use this skill when someone says "download this video", "save this video", "grab the video from this page", "rip this video", or provides a URL and asks to download media from it. Also trigger when someone pastes a URL to a page with an embedded video and wants the video file locally.

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Updated 3/28/2026
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quick start

Installation and usage

Downloads embedded videos from web pages. Fetches the page, identifies the video hosting service (Vimeo, YouTube, etc.), resolves the correct embed/player URL, and downloads using yt-dlp. Handles private/unlisted videos that require referer headers or embed URLs. Use this skill when someone says "download this video", "save this video", "grab the video from this page", "rip this video", or provides a URL and asks to download media from it. Also trigger when someone pastes a URL to a page with an embedded video and wants the video file locally.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use download-video