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Claude‑Video: Empower Claude to Analyze Any Video Instantly

Download, frame‑extract, and transcribe videos automatically, then feed the data to Claude for AI‑driven insights—ideal for founders building video‑centric products. 18k+ GitHub stars.

From the repo · “Give Claude the ability to watch any video. /watch downloads, extracts frames, transcribes, hands it all to Claude.”

19,019 stars+434★ this week1,980 forksPythonGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Oct 8Updated 9/25/2026100% free · open source
What it does

Claude-video allows you to give Claude the ability to watch and understand any video by downloading, extracting frames, transcribing, and handing it all to Claude for analysis.

When to use it
  • •When you need to analyze video content as part of your startup's data processing pipeline
  • •When you want to enable Claude to respond to video-based inputs or queries
  • •When you need to extract insights or information from video data for business decision-making
Ready-to-paste prompt
python /watch https://example.com/video.mp4 --extract-frames --transcribe
Heads up: Make sure you have the necessary dependencies installed, including `ffmpeg` and `pydub`, and that your system has sufficient disk space and computational resources to handle video processing
Saves to your device
Use with Claude
New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

⚡ Runs out of the box

A prompt/skill package — nothing to install beyond adding it to your AI tool.

Try it instantly — no install
Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/claude-video && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/claude-video/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/claude-video/SKILL.md
Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)
claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

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How Claude‑Video: Empower Claude to Analyze Any Video Instantly works
Codeflow
Free to inspect

Claude‑Video: Empower Claude to Analyze Any Video Instantly is a small Python project (~2.3k lines across 10 code files, plus 10 test files). You install it into your AI tool with one command; there is nothing to run yourself. Last commit 2 months ago, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size
Small codebase
~2.3k lines · 10 code files · 19 min skim
Setup
Install as a skill / plugin
Add it to Claude Code (or your AI tool) with one command — 1 skill inside. Nothing to run yourself.
Runs on
Inside your AI tool
Nothing to install on your machine
Python 95%Shell 5%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    skills/watch/SKILL.md
    Inside skills/ — an example of what the AI is told to do
What's in each folder
skills/Prompts, skills & agent definitions10 files
.claude-plugin/Plugin manifest — what gets installed2 files
hooks/Hooks — scripts that auto-run on events2 files
.codex-plugin/Plugin manifest — what gets installed1 files
tests/Tests — proof it works10 files
.agents/Tool / agent settings1 files
.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)1 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksMIT licenseUpdated 2 mo ago
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Details
Creator
bradautomates
Language
Python
Category
ai-agent
Published
4/24/2026

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