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Video To Claude by diegosouzapw — Agent Skill

Name: Video To Claude
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: diegosouzapw

Video To Claude

Analyze videos with Gemini and get build instructions for Claude. Supports YouTube URLs, GIFs, screen recordings, and local video files. Use when user shares a video/GIF and wants to understand how to build it, clone a UI, reverse engineer a product, or extract tutorial steps. Triggers on "watch this video", "clone this", "reverse engineer", "how do I build this", "analyze this demo".

diegosouzapw Updated Sep 8, 2026 54 repo stars

File contents

video-to-claude

Use Gemini's video understanding to extract build instructions from any video.

Quick Start

python ~/.claude/skills/video-to-claude/scripts/video_to_claude.py <source> [flags]

Flags

--micro - Detailed micro-interaction specs (exact colors, timing, easing)
--pro - Use Gemini Pro instead of Flash (4x cost, better quality)

Examples

# YouTube tutorial
python ~/.claude/skills/video-to-claude/scripts/video_to_claude.py "https://youtube.com/watch?v=..."

# UI micro-interaction (detailed specs)
python ~/.claude/skills/video-to-claude/scripts/video_to_claude.py --micro button.gif

# Complex product demo (best quality)
python ~/.claude/skills/video-to-claude/scripts/video_to_claude.py --pro "https://youtube.com/watch?v=..."

Supported Sources

YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=... (native, no download)
Local files: .mp4, .mov, .webm, .gif
Direct URLs: video.twimg.com, cloudfront.net, etc.
Tweets: https://x.com/user/status/... (requires yt-dlp)

Output

Returns JSON with:

product_name - What was shown
description - What it does
features - List of capabilities
workflow - Step-by-step flow
technical_notes - Stack, APIs, libraries
skill_instructions - How to build it

For --micro mode, also includes:

Exact dimensions, colors (hex), typography
Animation timing (ms), easing curves (cubic-bezier)
State transitions and keyframes

Environment

Requires GEMINI_API_KEY in environment.

Cost

Flash (default): ~$0.05/min of video
Pro (--pro): ~$0.20/min of video

---name: video-to-claudedescription: Analyze videos with Gemini and get build instructions for Claude. Supports YouTube URLs, GIFs, screen recordings, and local video files. Use when user shares a video/GIF and wants to understand how to build it, clone a UI, reverse engineer a product, or extract tutorial steps. Triggers on "watch this video", "clone this", "reverse engineer", "how do I build this", "analyze this demo".---# video-to-claudeUse Gemini's video understanding to extract build instructions from any video.## Quick Start```bashpython ~/.claude/skills/video-to-claude/scripts/video_to_claude.py <source> [flags]```## Flags- `--micro` - Detailed micro-interaction specs (exact colors, timing, easing)- `--pro` - Use Gemini Pro instead of Flash (4x cost, better quality)## Examples```bash# YouTube tutorialpython ~/.claude/skills/video-to-claude/scripts/video_to_claude.py "https://youtube.com/watch?v=..."# UI micro-interaction (detailed specs)python ~/.claude/skills/video-to-claude/scripts/video_to_claude.py --micro button.gif# Complex product demo (best quality)python ~/.claude/skills/video-to-claude/scripts/video_to_claude.py --pro "https://youtube.com/watch?v=..."```## Supported Sources- YouTube: `https://youtube.com/watch?v=...` (native, no download)- Local files: `.mp4`, `.mov`, `.webm`, `.gif`- Direct URLs: `video.twimg.com`, `cloudfront.net`, etc.- Tweets: `https://x.com/user/status/...` (requires yt-dlp)## OutputReturns JSON with:- `product_name` - What was shown- `description` - What it does- `features` - List of capabilities- `workflow` - Step-by-step flow- `technical_notes` - Stack, APIs, libraries- `skill_instructions` - How to build itFor `--micro` mode, also includes:- Exact dimensions, colors (hex), typography- Animation timing (ms), easing curves (cubic-bezier)- State transitions and keyframes## EnvironmentRequires `GEMINI_API_KEY` in environment.## Cost- Flash (default): ~$0.05/min of video- Pro (`--pro`): ~$0.20/min of video

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