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universal-video-downloader

Download videos from YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter/X, and 1000+ other sites using yt-dlp. Supports quality selection and automatic cleanup. Use when a user provides a video link from any platform and wants to download it.

skill-install — Terminal

Install via CLI (Recommended)

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/itzsubhadip/universal-video-downloader

Download Source Code (.zip)

Universal Video Downloader

Download videos from almost any platform using the powerful yt-dlp tool.

Features

Platform Support: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter/X, Facebook, and many more.
Quality Selection: Choose from 144p up to 4K/8K resolutions.
Automatic Cleanup: Files are deleted from the server immediately after successful upload to the chat.
Smart Merging: Automatically merges high-quality video and audio streams into a single MP4 file.

Workflow

Trigger: User sends a video link (e.g., YouTube, Instagram).
Information Gathering: The agent uses scripts/download.py info to fetch available qualities and the video title.
User Choice: The agent presents resolutions to the user and asks which one they prefer.
Download: Once selected, the agent runs scripts/download.py download with the specific Format ID.
Delivery: The agent sends the resulting file using the message tool with filePath.
Cleanup: The agent must delete the file from disk using rm immediately after the message is successfully sent to save disk space.

Usage for Agents

1. Fetch Video Info

python3 scripts/download.py info "URL"

2. Download Specific Format

python3 scripts/download.py download "URL" "FORMAT_ID"

Safety & Storage

This skill is intended for temporary processing.
CRITICAL: Always delete the downloaded file after the user receives it to maintain disk space.

Read Full Documentation on GitHub

Metadata

Author@itzsubhadip

Stars2190

Updated2026-03-07

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Add to Configuration

Paste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.

{
  "plugins": {
    "official-itzsubhadip-universal-video-downloader": {
      "enabled": true,
      "auto_update": true
    }
  }
}

Safety NoteClawKit audits metadata but not runtime behavior. Use with caution.

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