Video Intel

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Video Intel 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 Intel 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: 2026-06-13

ai:gemini

Ingest/curate side of the video intelligence plugin. Use whenever the user wants to modify or build the corpus: scan YouTube channels for new videos and generate mind maps via Gemini; transcribe a video (URL or local MP4); run the full mindmap+transcript+concepts pipeline on a local video; extract and normalize concepts into the taxonomy; rebuild the LanceDB hybrid-search index from existing transcripts; clean up title-rotation duplicates; prune YouTube Shorts that polluted the corpus; manage channel configuration. Trigger phrases: "scan channel", "scan all channels", "what's new from [creator]" (with scan intent), "last N days of [creator]", "transcribe this video", "transcribe [creator]'s backlog", "videos I am missing from [creator]", "catch up on [creator]", "fully scan [creator]", "backfill [creator]", "add [channel] to my watchlist", "find duplicate videos", "clean up duplicates", "dedupe my corpus", "the same video got scanned twice", "why do I have two mindmaps for [video]", "creator rotated the title", "prune shorts", "remove shorts from corpus", "delete YouTube Shorts", "clean up shorts", "too many shorts in my corpus", "process this local video", "run the full pipeline on [file]", "mindmap plus transcript plus concepts on one upload", "do everything on this MP4", "extract concepts", "rebuild the taxonomy", "rebuild the index", "build the search index". Requires GEMINI_API_KEY, YOUTUBE_API_KEY, and `channels:` configured in config.yaml - this skill must run from the plugin repo checkout, not a globally-installed cache. Calls Gemini as multimodal proxy (frames + on-screen text + audio). For read-only queries against an already-built corpus (library search, cross-creator synthesis, corpus-freshness reports, summarizing a video that is already indexed), use the video-intel-search skill instead - that one is safe to install globally and invoke from any project.

From the source SKILL.md

Multimodal video scanning and transcription powered by Gemini.

What this skill does

Video Intel 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-intel/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use whenever the user wants to modify or build the corpus: scan YouTube channels for new videos and generate mind maps via Gemini; transcribe a video (URL or local MP4); run the full mindmap+transcript+concepts pipeline on a local video; extract and normalize concepts into the taxonomy; rebuild the LanceDB hybrid-search index from existing transcripts; clean up title-rotation duplicates; prune YouTube Shorts that polluted the corpus; manage channel configuration. Trigger phrases: "scan channel", "scan all channels", "what's new from [creator]" (with scan intent), "last N days of [creator]", "transcribe this video", "transcribe [creator]'s backlog", "videos I am missing from [creator]", "catch up on [creator]", "fully scan [creator]", "backfill [creator]", "add [channel] to my watchlist", "find duplicate videos", "clean up duplicates", "dedupe my corpus", "the same video got scanned twice", "why do I have two mindmaps for [video]", "creator rotated the title", "prune shorts", "remove shorts from corpus", "delete YouTube Shorts", "clean up shorts", "too many shorts in my corpus", "process this local video", "run the full pipeline on [file]", "mindmap plus transcript plus concepts on one upload", "do everything on this MP4", "extract concepts", "rebuild the taxonomy", "rebuild the index", "build the search index".

Who uses this skill

The Video Intel 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 116,000+ 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-intel
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/video-intel/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/video-intel/SKILL.md

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

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

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Video Intel Claude Code skill?

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

What does the Video Intel 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 Intel skill?

Use Video Intel 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 Intel" 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 Intel 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 Intel 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/dzivkovi/video-intel/blob/db28f7da64646b94cdfcfd29992e4f61290d27b4/skills/video-intel/SKILL.md
Author: dzivkovi

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APA

dzivkovi. (2026). Video Intel [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/video-intel/

BibTeX

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

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