How do I install the Douyin Downloader skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add dvcrn/douyin-downloader in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Douyin Downloader safe to use?

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Is Douyin Downloader free to use?

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Who published Douyin Downloader?

dvcrn (@dvcrn) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Douyin Downloader by dvcrn — Agent Skill

Name: Douyin Downloader
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: dvcrn

Douyin Downloader

Download Douyin (抖音) short videos from URLs. Supports direct video links, search page links with modal_id, share links (v.douyin.com), and note links. Uses headless browser to bypass anti-scraping and extract video source. Use when asked to "download douyin video", "下载抖音视频", "save douyin clip", or given any douyin.com URL to download.

dvcrn Updated Sep 8, 2026 32 repo stars

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Douyin Video Downloader

Downloads Douyin videos by opening the page in a headless browser, extracting the <video> source URL, and downloading via curl. This bypasses yt-dlp's cookie issues with Douyin's anti-scraping.

Prerequisites

agent-browser (npm i -g agent-browser)
curl

Usage

python3 scripts/douyin_download.py <URL> [--output-dir DIR] [--filename NAME]

Supported URL Formats

https://www.douyin.com/video/<id> — direct video page
https://www.douyin.com/search/...?modal_id=<id> — search results with video modal
https://v.douyin.com/<code> — share short links
https://www.douyin.com/note/<id> — note/image posts with video

Examples

# Basic download to ~/Downloads
python3 scripts/douyin_download.py 'https://www.douyin.com/video/7577715519366576522'

# Custom output directory and filename
python3 scripts/douyin_download.py 'https://www.douyin.com/video/7577715519366576522' \
  -o ~/Videos -f my_video

# From search page URL
python3 scripts/douyin_download.py 'https://www.douyin.com/search/关键词?modal_id=7577715519366576522'

How It Works

Normalize URL → extract video ID, construct direct video page URL
Open page in agent-browser (headless Chromium)
Extract <video> element's currentSrc (CDN direct link)
Close browser
Download MP4 via curl with proper Referer header

Notes

No login required — fresh browser session is sufficient
Video title auto-detected from page title for filename
Large videos may take 30-60s to download depending on network
CDN links are temporary (~2h validity); download promptly after extraction

---name: douyin-downloaderdescription: Download Douyin (抖音) short videos from URLs. Supports direct video links, search page links with modal_id, share links (v.douyin.com), and note links. Uses headless browser to bypass anti-scraping and extract video source. Use when asked to "download douyin video", "下载抖音视频", "save douyin clip", or given any douyin.com URL to download.---# Douyin Video DownloaderDownloads Douyin videos by opening the page in a headless browser, extracting the `<video>` source URL, and downloading via curl. This bypasses yt-dlp's cookie issues with Douyin's anti-scraping.## Prerequisites- `agent-browser` (`npm i -g agent-browser`)- `curl`## Usage```bashpython3 scripts/douyin_download.py <URL> [--output-dir DIR] [--filename NAME]```## Supported URL Formats- `https://www.douyin.com/video/<id>` — direct video page- `https://www.douyin.com/search/...?modal_id=<id>` — search results with video modal- `https://v.douyin.com/<code>` — share short links- `https://www.douyin.com/note/<id>` — note/image posts with video## Examples```bash# Basic download to ~/Downloadspython3 scripts/douyin_download.py 'https://www.douyin.com/video/7577715519366576522'# Custom output directory and filenamepython3 scripts/douyin_download.py 'https://www.douyin.com/video/7577715519366576522' \ -o ~/Videos -f my_video# From search page URLpython3 scripts/douyin_download.py 'https://www.douyin.com/search/关键词?modal_id=7577715519366576522'```## How It Works1. Normalize URL → extract video ID, construct direct video page URL2. Open page in `agent-browser` (headless Chromium)3. Extract `<video>` element's `currentSrc` (CDN direct link)4. Close browser5. Download MP4 via `curl` with proper Referer header## Notes- No login required — fresh browser session is sufficient- Video title auto-detected from page title for filename- Large videos may take 30-60s to download depending on network- CDN links are temporary (~2h validity); download promptly after extraction

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