Downloader Skill

SkillFiles & storage

Downloads files, images, or media from URLs using curl, wget, or python scripts. Can handle bulk downloads and save them to a specified directory.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Downloader Skill skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by next-open-ai/openclawx in presets/workspaces/download-assistant/skills/downloader/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Use this skill to download resources from the internet to the user's local file system.

Workflow

  1. Identify the URL(s) to download and the target destination directory. If no directory is specified, default to ~/Downloads/OpenClawX/ and inform the user.
  2. Ensure the destination directory exists using bash (mkdir -p <dir>).
  3. Use a tool like wget or curl via the bash tool:
    • Example: wget -P ~/Downloads/OpenClawX/ <URL>
    • For multiple files, write urls to a file and use wget -i <file>.
  4. If downloading media (like video), suggest to the user to use yt-dlp or similar tools if they are available on the system.
  5. Check if the download succeeded (e.g., using ls -l on the destination file).
  6. Provide the exact path of the downloaded file(s) to the user.

Signals

GitHub stars
56
Forks
13
Last commit
Jun 2026
Advanced
Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
downloader
Source
github.com/next-open-ai/openclawx