Media Download — tool skill for tools & renderers

For AI agents: find the right skill in one call — curl -s "https://skills.varg.ai/api/search?q=<what the person wants>" returns the matching use case and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://skills.varg.ai/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add .md to its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the use-case page.

Save any video by link (X, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, 1800+ sites) or Pinterest images as references, locally, no key.

What it does

The skill turns a pasted link into a local file. scripts/video.sh wraps yt-dlp and saves an MP4 (h264 + aac) that plays everywhere, or MP3 with -a. -q 720 caps resolution by the smaller side, so vertical Reels and TikToks stay 720×1280. -p downloads a playlist, and -c <browser> reuses the user's own login for Facebook, Instagram or Reddit, after the agent asks first. scripts/pinterest.sh wraps gallery-dl. It takes a search query, pin, board, profile or pin.it link and saves the images. It ships moodboard query presets ported from vargHQ/inspirator, which makes it a quick way to collect style and product references before a generation. Both scripts install or locate their tool themselves and print only file paths. Nothing is uploaded, and no varg account is needed. Companion CLI and library: vargHQ/social-media-video-downloader.

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Example output

https://skills.varg.ai/previews/media-download.mp4 — Downloaded from an X post with the skill's video.sh (-q 720): NASA's Moon Base rover clip, a US government work in the public domain. Cut 4-12 s. (credit: NASA, https://x.com/NASA/status/2112560723603632217)

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