Quick facts
- Best for
- Let Claude Code watch videos with the /watch skill
- Pricing
- Free
- Editor rating
- 4.5 / 5
- Community saves
- 0
About Claude Video
Give Claude the ability to watch any video. /watch downloads, extracts frames, transcribes, hands it all to Claude. Source: GitHub README and repository metadata. This listing focuses on verified project capabilities and setup paths documented by the maintainers.
Pros
- Claude Code plugin and skill that adds a /watch command for video URLs and local files
- Uses captions first, then yt-dlp, ffmpeg frame extraction, and optional Whisper fallback
- Supports YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo, Loom, X, Instagram, and common local video formats
- Detail modes control frame extraction speed, fidelity, and token budget
- Frame deduplication reduces repeated images from slides and screen recordings
Cons
Pricing
Open source
USD0
- • Source code available on GitHub
- • Use with your own local agent/runtime setup
- • Model or transcription provider costs may apply separately