yt-dlp-direct
xiaomoBoy/claude-writing-skillsSkill
Use when the user wants to download or inspect online audio/video directly with the installed `yt-dlp` CLI. Best for single videos, playlists, audio extraction, subtitle download, format inspection, output templates, cookies-from-browser flows, and practical troubleshooting of `yt-dlp` commands.
Why this score
This repo hosts 5 skills, so its 34 stars are split between them (about 7 each) for scoring.
Popularity score: 47/100 from public GitHub signals only. It shows how widely used and maintained this is, not how well it works. Not included yet: the fake-star check. The security scan is shown separately and doesn't change the score. How we rank
Security
Scanned Nov 4, 2026 at commit 923c2c3d4f0e, with Cisco's open-source skill-scanner.
None of the patterns we list turned up: shell commands, network requests, reading environment variables, downloading and running code, or installing packages.
A scan lists patterns in the code. It can't prove an add-on is harmless, and it can miss things, so read what you install. How we scan
Alternatives
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| Name | Score | Stars | Context | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This oneyt-dlp-direct xiaomoBoy/claude-writing-skills · Skill | 47 | ★ 34 | ≈78 always | 5mo ago |
| yt-audit Jakeschincariol/youtube-agent-skill · Skill Both about yt | 69 | ★ 1.9k | ≈20 always | 2mo ago |
| yt-channel-optimizer sergebulaev/youtube-skills · Skill Both about yt and playlist | 58 | ★ 64 | ≈135 always | 20d ago |
| direct-response-copy Salesably/salesably-marketplace · Skill Both about direct | 58 | ★ 53 | ≈75 always | 21d ago |
| direct-style-scala VirtusLab/scala-skill · Skill Both about direct | 56 | ★ 77 | ≈70 always | 19d ago |