Video Download Skill

Wraps yt-dlp with automatic recovery for YouTube anti-bot challenges.

Tool

scripts/download.py — installs yt-dlp on first run, merges video+audio to MP4, auto-rotates strategies on bot detection, uses a download-archive for safe resume.

Workflow

1. Collect all URLs from the user's request.
2. Determine output directory (current working directory if unspecified).
3. Decide single-video vs playlist mode:
   • User says "this video" / single URL → leave default (single-video).
   • User says "playlist" / "all videos" / passes a playlist?list= URL → add --playlist.
4. Run the script. If YouTube bot detection hits, the script auto-rotates strategies.
5. Report which files were saved and which strategy worked.