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Download videos, extract audio, or fetch metadata from YouTube, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, and many more sites.
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| name | yt-dlp |
| description | Download videos, extract audio, or fetch metadata from YouTube, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, and many more sites. |
| requires | {"bins":["yt-dlp"],"env":[]} |
Wraps the yt-dlp CLI. Use for metadata extraction, format listing, and
(gated) downloads to local disk.
openai-whisper for transcription (download audio → whisper)summarize with video metadata + captionsstatus — yt-dlp binary version + output dirinfo — url → title, duration, channel, upload date, webpage URLformats — url → list of available formats (id, ext, resolution, codecs, size)download — url + optional mode (video default / audio), format (yt-dlp -f selector),
audio_format (mp3 default / m4a / opus), output_dirdownload requires YTDLP_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD=true. Without it, returns -32041.
| Var | Default |
|---|---|
YTDLP_BIN | yt-dlp |
YTDLP_OUTPUT_DIR | $TMPDIR/agent-yt-dlp |
YTDLP_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD | — (must be true to download) |
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