Video Ingest

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Video Ingest skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Video Ingest is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Content · Sub-category: video · Last updated: 2026-07-31

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Ingests a video's content (YouTube and similar) for agent context, routing by capability, task need, and video length — a natively multimodal engine (Gemini via agy or the Gemini API) for direct-URL and long video, Claude vision over ffmpeg-extracted frames when no such engine is present, yt-dlp captions when the transcript alone suffices, and the logged-in claude-in-chrome session for auth-gated videos. The governor cross-checks any multimodal comprehensive-read. Triggered by "ingest this video", "what does this video show", "get the transcript from this YouTube video", "video-ingest".

Security AStatic scan found no risk patternsHow grading works ›

From the source SKILL.md

A video carries two separable signals: the spoken transcript (text) and the visual content (on-screen demos, slides, UI). Captions give only the first. So the route is chosen by what the task needs × what engine is available × video length — not a single fixed path. This reuses frontier-digest's capability-over-engine logic and adds on-demand, need-based routing, a Claude-native frame path, output normalization, and a governance cross-check.

What this skill does

Video Ingest is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the video sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/video-ingest/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Video Ingest Claude Code skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 191,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/video-ingest
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/video-ingest/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/video-ingest/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/video-ingest/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/video-ingest/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\video-ingest\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Video Ingest Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/video-ingest/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Video Ingest skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Video Ingest skill?

Use Video Ingest when your Claude Code task falls under the Content category — specifically in the video area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Video Ingest" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/content/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Video Ingest skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Video Ingest is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/chrono-meta/forge-harness/blob/HEAD/plugins/fh-meta/skills/video-ingest/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: chrono-meta
Website: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@chrono-meta/fh-gate

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

chrono-meta. (2026). Video Ingest [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/video-ingest/

BibTeX

@misc{video-ingest-2026,
  author    = {chrono-meta},
  title     = {Video Ingest [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/video-ingest/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-08-26 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

No risk patterns were found in any of the ten OWASP-aligned categories. How grading works ›

✓ Prompt injection
✓ Data exfiltration
✓ Supply chain
✓ Reverse shell
✓ Credentials
✓ Execution
✓ Filesystem
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