Social Downloader

Use this for social video links.

Modes

1. Download best quality and send back

bash skills/social-downloader/scripts/download_best.sh "<url>" /tmp/social-download

Then inspect the output and send the downloaded video back to the user.

2. Download + transcribe for skill creation

python3 skills/social-downloader/scripts/download_transcribe.py "<url>" --out /tmp/social-skill-source

Then:

1. Read the transcript.
2. Extract the reusable workflow.
3. Create or update a concise OpenClaw skill.

Rules

• Prefer best available quality with yt-dlp.
• Do not re-encode unless needed for compatibility or file size.
• Keep downloaded files in a clear local output folder.
• Never hardcode cookies, API keys, auth tokens, or private credentials into the skill.
• If a site requires login/cookies, ask before using a logged-in browser/session.