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Downloads YouTube videos to ~/Downloads. Use when user wants to download a YouTube video to their machine.

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March 20, 2026
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Composite score
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Best-practice grade
S96.0

Install command

npx @skill-hub/cli install openclaw-skills-youtube-download

Repository

openclaw/skills

Skill path: skills/bestisblessed/youtube-download

Downloads YouTube videos to ~/Downloads. Use when user wants to download a YouTube video to their machine.

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Primary workflow: Ship Full Stack.

Technical facets: Full Stack.

Target audience: everyone.

License: Unknown.

Original source

Catalog source: SkillHub Club.

Repository owner: openclaw.

This is still a mirrored public skill entry. Review the repository before installing into production workflows.

What it helps with

  • Install download into Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, or OpenCode workflows
  • Review https://github.com/openclaw/skills before adding download to shared team environments
  • Use download for development workflows

Works across

Claude CodeCodex CLIGemini CLIOpenCode

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Sub-skills: 0.

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Original source / Raw SKILL.md

---
name: download
description: Downloads YouTube videos to ~/Downloads. Use when user wants to download a YouTube video to their machine.
metadata: {"openclaw": {"emoji": "⬇️", "requires": {"bins": ["yt-dlp"]}, "install": [{"id": "brew", "kind": "brew", "formula": "yt-dlp", "bins": ["yt-dlp"], "label": "Install yt-dlp (brew)"}], "user-invocable": true}}
---

# Download

Downloads YouTube videos to your ~/Downloads folder using yt-dlp.

## What it does

- Takes a YouTube URL as input
- Downloads the best available quality (video + audio merged to MP4)
- Saves to ~/Downloads with the video title as filename

## Usage

```bash
{baseDir}/download.sh "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"
```

Or just give me the URL and I'll run it for you.

## Requirements

- yt-dlp must be installed: `brew install yt-dlp`
- On first run, if yt-dlp is missing, the skill will prompt you to install it


---

## Skill Companion Files

> Additional files collected from the skill directory layout.

### _meta.json

```json
{
  "owner": "bestisblessed",
  "slug": "youtube-download",
  "displayName": "YouTube Downloader",
  "latest": {
    "version": "1.0.3",
    "publishedAt": 1772496138873,
    "commit": "https://github.com/openclaw/skills/commit/0069021f67fdbc19dd379a8c00fba0be52698e55"
  },
  "history": [
    {
      "version": "1.0.2",
      "publishedAt": 1772495827582,
      "commit": "https://github.com/openclaw/skills/commit/bf4c4dc615dbaf629f5d46ba6e292a32b0fdff13"
    }
  ]
}

```