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video-transcript-downloader

yt-dlp downloads: video, audio, subtitles, transcripts, clips, playlists.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

87%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is a lean, highly actionable CLI reference with well-organized sections and a single clearly signaled script reference. Its only notable gap is the absence of an explicit validation/checkpoint in the documented transcript-fallback path.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean and mostly code/commands with no explanation of concepts Claude already knows (e.g. what yt-dlp or subtitles are); every section earns its place, matching the "lean and efficient" anchor.

3 / 3

Actionability

It provides copy-paste-ready, fully executable commands for every subcommand (transcript, download, audio, subs, formats) plus concrete setup and troubleshooting commands, matching the "fully executable code/commands" anchor.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The CLI subcommands are clearly organized and troubleshooting includes verification steps, but the documented transcript fallback ("fetch via youtube-transcript-plus when possible. Otherwise: pull subtitles via yt-dlp, then clean") has an implicit sequence with no explicit validation checkpoint, so it sits below the top anchor.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Content is well-organized into focused sections and references a single real one-level-deep bundle file (./scripts/vtd.js), with `--help` invocations pointing to deeper CLI detail rather than nesting references, matching the "well-signaled one-level-deep references" anchor.

3 / 3

Total

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12

Passed

Description

60%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is specific and third-person, listing concrete download capabilities, but it lacks an explicit "Use when..." trigger clause and leans on the technical "yt-dlp" framing, capping its completeness and trigger-term quality at the mid level.

Suggestions

Add an explicit trigger clause, e.g. "Use when downloading videos, audio, subtitles, or transcripts from YouTube and other yt-dlp-supported sites."

Soften the jargon lead: replace "yt-dlp downloads:" with natural phrasing like "Downloads video, audio, subtitles, and transcripts..." before mentioning yt-dlp.

Include common user variations such as "download a video", "extract subtitles", or "get a transcript" to broaden natural keyword coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

"yt-dlp downloads: video, audio, subtitles, transcripts, clips, playlists" lists multiple specific concrete download actions, matching the anchor for listing several specific actions; it is not merely naming a domain.

3 / 3

Completeness

The description answers "what" (the six download types) but provides no "Use when..." or equivalent explicit trigger guidance, which per the judging guidelines caps completeness at 2.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

It includes natural terms (video, audio, subtitles, transcripts, clips, playlists) but the lead "yt-dlp downloads:" is tool jargon and it omits common user phrasings like "download a video" or "get subtitles from YouTube," so it does not reach full coverage.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The yt-dlp video/audio/transcript niche is fairly specific, but without explicit triggers it could still overlap with general media or subtitle skills, so it is not clearly at the distinct-niche level.

2 / 3

Total

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12

Passed

Validation

100%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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