watching-videos
The user shared a video URL, a YouTube/TikTok/stream link, a local video file, a screen recording, a meeting recording, or a playlist/folder of videos — "watch this", "summarize this video", "what's in this recording". Use this to actually watch the video — download, extract frames, OCR, transcribe, and index it — instead of guessing from the title or asking the user to describe it.
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Install
Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/oxbshw/watch-skill --skill watching-videos- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads watching-videos automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
Watching videos
You don't have a video input; this skill gives you one. Anything a user hands you — a YouTube link, a TikTok, a lecture, a meeting recording, a screen capture, an .mp4 on disk — goes through the same pipeline: frames (scene-aware, deduplicated), OCR, transcript (captions first, local Whisper offline fallback), all persisted into one index.
Before watching: check the index
watch-skill list
If the video was already analyzed — this session or any earlier one —
do NOT watch it again. Ask it directly (see the asking-with-evidence
skill):
watch-skill ask <video_id> "<question>"
One video
watch-skill watch "<url-or-path>" [--start T --end T] [--max-frames N] [--transcript-only]
- Works on any yt-dlp-supported site (1800+), direct media URLs, HLS/DASH
manifests (
--duration 60bounds live streams), and local files. - Video over ~10 minutes and the user cares about one part → use
--start/--endfor dense sampling of that window. - User only needs what was said →
--transcript-only(fastest, often no video download at all).
The report prints Indexed: <video_id>, frames with t=MM:SS
timestamps, OCR text, and the transcript. Read every frame path listed —
in a single message, parallel Read calls — then answer from frames + OCR
- transcript, citing timestamps.
Many videos (playlist, channel, folder)
watch-skill batch "<playlist-url-or-folder>" [--limit N]
Everything lands in the same index; one broken video never stops the
rest. Afterwards a single watch-skill search "<phrase>" spans the whole
batch.
First run on a machine
If any command fails with a dependency error, run watch-skill doctor
once — it installs missing ffmpeg/yt-dlp itself. No API key is required
for any of this; transcription is local by default and the video file
never leaves the machine.
FAQ
What does the watching-videos skill do?
The user shared a video URL, a YouTube/TikTok/stream link, a local video file, a screen recording, a meeting recording, or a playlist/folder of videos — "watch this", "summarize this video", "what's in this recording". Use this to actually watch the video — download, extract frames, OCR, transcribe, and index it — instead of guessing from the title or asking the user to describe it.
How do I install watching-videos?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/oxbshw/watch-skill --skill watching-videos in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/watching-videos/ (personal) or .claude/skills/watching-videos/ (project).
Which AI agents can use watching-videos?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is watching-videos safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains watching-videos?
It is published by oxbshw in oxbshw/watch-skill. It has 554 recorded installs.
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