Media Download

Media Download

Use this for local, user-requested media downloads through yt-dlp. Respect platform terms and the user's rights to the media.

Preflight

1. Confirm the URL and desired output format if either is unclear.
2. Choose a target folder:
   • Use a user-provided folder when given.
   • Otherwise default to ~/Downloads.
3. Check whether yt-dlp is available:

command -v yt-dlp

If missing, suggest:

brew install yt-dlp

Common Commands

MP3 audio:

yt-dlp -P "$HOME/Downloads" -x --audio-format mp3 "<url>"

Highest-quality MP4 with broadly compatible codecs:

yt-dlp -P "$HOME/Downloads" -S vcodec:h264,fps,res,acodec:m4a "<url>"

Specific target folder:

yt-dlp -P "/path/to/folder" -x --audio-format mp3 "<url>"
yt-dlp -P "/path/to/folder" -S vcodec:h264,fps,res,acodec:m4a "<url>"

Output

After running, report:

• The format downloaded.
• The output folder.
• Any warnings from yt-dlp that affect the result.

Do not paste long download logs unless they are needed for debugging.

Notes

• yt-dlp supports many sites beyond YouTube. If a site fails, update yt-dlp first, then retry.
• For copyrighted or restricted material, ask the user to confirm they have permission before proceeding.
• This skill replaces the previous upstream video-downloader skill with a smaller local wrapper.

Attribution

Built around the open-source yt-dlp project: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp