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youtube-clipper

Has your agent automatically clip and edit YouTube videos. Selects highlights, adds captions, and exports the clip.

What it does

This tool creates clips from YouTube videos. It can take a whole video, cut out the most important parts, add captions, and export the final clip.

When to use it

  • ✓When you want to create a short clip from a long YouTube video.
  • ✓To highlight key moments from a video.
  • ✓When you need to automatically add captions to a clip.

Example of what to ask your AI

“Create a clip with the best moments from this YouTube video and add captions.”

Want more? Open the sections below.

How to use

The easiest way: copy the message below and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI. It reads the skill and follows the instructions.

Skill link

https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/blob/main/skills/youtube-clipper/SKILL.md

Ready-to-paste message

Use this skill to help me: https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/blob/main/skills/youtube-clipper/SKILL.md Read the SKILL.md file at that link and follow its instructions for my task.
How it works

The tool downloads the YouTube video, automatically identifies interesting parts, cuts those parts, adds captions, and saves the result.

Installation

Easiest way: copy the skill link and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor asking it to follow the instructions.

In the terminal (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor), in your project folder:

npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill youtube-clipper

Or download just the file:

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nexu-io/open-design/main/skills/youtube-clipper/SKILL.md -o SKILL.md
Technical content (original SKILL.md)

Original text by the author, straight from GitHub.

youtube-clipper

Curated from @op7418.

What it does

YouTube clip generation and editing with automated workflows — pull source video, slice highlights, add captions, and export.

Source

How to use

This catalogue entry advertises the skill in OpenDesign so the agent discovers it during planning. To run the full upstream workflow with its original assets, scripts, and references, install the upstream bundle into your active agent's skills directory:

# Inspect the upstream README for exact paths
open https://github.com/op7418/Youtube-clipper-skill

Then ask the agent to invoke this skill by name (youtube-clipper) or with one of the trigger phrases listed in this skill's frontmatter.

FAQ

How do I use this tool?

You can ask the AI to use the 'youtube-clipper' tool or use a phrase like 'create a clip from this video'.

Do I need to install anything?

To use all features, you might need to install the original tool package by following the instructions at the provided link.

Does it only work with YouTube videos?

The description indicates it works with YouTube videos.

Details

Original description by the author

YouTube clip generation and editing with automated workflows — pull source video, slice highlights, add captions, and export.

repo: nexu-io/open-design

Popularity

GitHub stars
101k
Ranking position
#796
License
Apache-2.0
Updated
10/16/2026

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