Download YouTube video or audio with yt-dlp and ffmpeg at highest available quality.
npx skills add https://github.com/besoeasy/open-skills --skill using-youtube-download
Teach how to download YouTube videos as video files and MP3 audio, defaulting to highest quality.
yt-dlp (recommended fork of youtube-dl): https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlpffmpeg (for merging/conversion)Install (Linux/macOS):
python3 -m pip install -U yt-dlp
# or
sudo curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -o /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp && sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
# ffmpeg
sudo apt install ffmpeg # Debian/Ubuntu
brew install ffmpeg # macOS (Homebrew)
Windows: use the yt-dlp.exe release and install ffmpeg for Windows.
This downloads the best video and best audio and merges them into an MP4 (default highest quality).
yt-dlp -f "bestvideo+bestaudio/best" --merge-output-format mp4 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" <VIDEO_URL>
Notes:
-f "bestvideo+bestaudio/best" prefers separate best video and audio streams and falls back to the single best format.--merge-output-format mp4 ensures a widely compatible container.%(title)s.%(ext)s names the file by video title.To force a max resolution (e.g., 1080p):
yt-dlp -f "bestvideo[height<=1080]+bestaudio/best" --merge-output-format mp4 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" <VIDEO_URL>
Extract and convert the best available audio to MP3 (highest quality):
yt-dlp -x --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" <VIDEO_URL>
Options:
-x / --extract-audio extracts audio.--audio-format mp3 converts to MP3.--audio-quality 0 tells ffmpeg to use best VBR quality.If you prefer 320kbps constant bitrate MP3:
yt-dlp -x --audio-format mp3 --postprocessor-args "-b:a 320k" -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" <VIDEO_URL>
Download an entire playlist (preserve order):
yt-dlp -f "bestvideo+bestaudio/best" --merge-output-format mp4 -o "%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" <PLAYLIST_URL>
To download only a single video from a playlist use --no-playlist.
yt-dlp -f bestaudio -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" <VIDEO_URL>
yt-dlp -f bestvideo+bestaudio --external-downloader ffmpeg --external-downloader-args "-ss 00:01:00 -to 00:02:00" -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" <VIDEO_URL>
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# Highest-quality video
yt-dlp.exe -f "bestvideo+bestaudio/best" --merge-output-format mp4 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
# MP3
yt-dlp.exe -x --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
--no-overwrites to avoid replacing existing files.--download-archive archive.txt to avoid re-downloading previously downloaded videos when processing playlists or channels.--quiet for scripting and check exit codes for success.This skill covers common yt-dlp patterns to download highest-quality video and audio (MP3). For automation, combine these commands into scripts and use environment variables for URLs and output directories.
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Take besoeasy/using-youtube-download from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal
use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.
The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the
same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.
The instructions reference pip, brew.
Without those the skill loads but fails at the first command.