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**Youtube-clipper-skill**

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Description

> AI-powered YouTube video clipper for Claude Code. Download videos, generate semantic chapters, clip segments, translate subtitles to bilingual format, and burn subtitles into videos.

Installation

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open the source below and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

Repository README

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YouTube Clipper Skill

AI-powered YouTube video clipper for Claude Code. Download videos, generate semantic chapters, clip segments, translate subtitles to bilingual format, and burn subtitles into videos.

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English | [简体中文](README.zh-CN.md)

[Features](#features) • [Installation](#installation) • [Usage](#usage) • [Requirements](#requirements) • [Configuration](#configuration) • [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)


Features

  • AI Semantic Analysis - Generate fine-grained chapters (2-5 minutes each) by understanding video content, not just mechanical time splitting
  • Precise Clipping - Use FFmpeg to extract video segments with frame-accurate timing
  • Bilingual Subtitles - Batch translate subtitles to Chinese/English with 95% API call reduction
  • Subtitle Burning - Hardcode bilingual subtitles into videos with customizable styling
  • Content Summarization - Auto-generate social media content (Xiaohongshu, Douyin, WeChat)

Installation

Option 1: npx skills (Recommended)

npx skills add https://github.com/op7418/Youtube-clipper-skill

This command will automatically install the skill to `~/.claude/skills/youtube-clipper/`.

Option 2: Manual Installation

git clone https://github.com/op7418/Youtube-clipper-skill.git
cd Youtube-clipper-skill
bash install_as_skill.sh

The install script will:

  • Copy files to ~/.claude/skills/youtube-clipper/
  • Install Python dependencies (yt-dlp, pysrt, python-dotenv)
  • Check system dependencies (Python, yt-dlp, FFmpeg)
  • Create .env configuration file

Requirements

System Dependencies

Dependency Version Purpose Installation
Python 3.8+ Script execution python.org
yt-dlp Latest YouTube download brew install yt-dlp (macOS)
sudo apt install yt-dlp (Ubuntu)

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