openakita/skills@video-downloader

SkillMedia

Lets your agent download YouTube videos in your chosen quality and format, or just the audio as MP3.

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Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.

Then ask your AI: use the openakita/skills@video-downloader skill

About this skill

Download YouTube videos with customizable quality and format options. Use this skill when the user asks to download, save, or grab YouTube videos. Supports various quality settings (best, 1080p, 720p, 480p, 360p), multiple formats (mp4, webm, mkv), and audio-only downloads as MP3.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by openakita/openakita in skills/video-downloader/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Download YouTube videos with full control over quality and format settings.

Quick Start

The simplest way to download a video:

uv run python scripts/download_video.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

This downloads the video in best available quality as MP4 to ./downloads/, or to OPENAKITA_OUTPUT_DIR when that environment variable is set.

Options

Quality Settings

Use -q or --quality to specify video quality:

best (default): Highest quality available
1080p: Full HD
720p: HD
480p: Standard definition
360p: Lower quality
worst: Lowest quality available

Example:

uv run python scripts/download_video.py "URL" -q 720p

Format Options

Use -f or --format to specify output format (video downloads only):

mp4 (default): Most compatible
webm: Modern format
mkv: Matroska container

Example:

uv run python scripts/download_video.py "URL" -f webm

Audio Only

Use -a or --audio-only to download only audio as MP3:

uv run python scripts/download_video.py "URL" -a

Custom Output Directory

Use -o or --output to specify a different output directory:

uv run python scripts/download_video.py "URL" -o /path/to/directory

Complete Examples

Download video in 1080p as MP4:

uv run python scripts/download_video.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" -q 1080p

Download audio only as MP3:

uv run python scripts/download_video.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" -a

Download in 720p as WebM to custom directory:

uv run python scripts/download_video.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" -q 720p -f webm -o /custom/path

How It Works

The skill uses yt-dlp, a robust YouTube downloader that:

Reports a clear installation requirement if yt-dlp is unavailable
Fetches video information before downloading
Selects the best available streams matching your criteria
Merges video and audio streams when needed
Supports a wide range of YouTube video formats

Important Notes

Downloads are saved to OPENAKITA_OUTPUT_DIR or ./downloads/ by default
Video filename is automatically generated from the video title
Install the dependency with uv tool install yt-dlp when it is not managed by OpenAkita
Only single videos are downloaded (playlists are skipped by default)
Higher quality videos may take longer to download and use more disk space

Signals

GitHub stars: 2k
Forks: 280
Last commit: Sep 2026

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Item type: skill
Key: openakita-skills-video-downloader
Source: github.com/openakita/openakita

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