Tapestry Skills for Claude Code

A collection of productivity skills for Claude Code that help you work faster and learn better.

Tapestry weaves learning content into action. Extract any content (YouTube, articles, PDFs) and automatically create implementation plans.

Skills Included

0. Tapestry (Master Skill) ⭐

The unified workflow that orchestrates everything. Just say tapestry <URL> and it:

1. Detects content type (YouTube, article, PDF)
2. Extracts clean content
3. Automatically creates a Ship-Learn-Next action plan

One command. Complete workflow. From learning to shipping.

1. YouTube Transcript Downloader

Download and clean YouTube video transcripts with automatic deduplication and readable formatting.

Features:

• Downloads transcripts using yt-dlp
• Removes duplicate lines (YouTube VTT format issue)
• Uses video title for filename
• Fallback to Whisper transcription if no subtitles available
• Automatic cleanup of temporary files

Use cases:

• Get transcripts from educational videos
• Extract content from tutorials
• Archive important talks/interviews

2. Article Extractor

Extract clean, readable content from web articles and blog posts, removing ads, navigation, and clutter.

Features:

• Uses Mozilla Readability or trafilatura for extraction
• Removes ads, navigation, and newsletter signups
• Saves as clean plain text
• Uses article title for filename
• Multiple extraction methods with automatic fallback

Use cases:

• Save articles for offline reading
• Extract tutorial content
• Archive important blog posts
• Get clean text without distractions

3. Ship-Learn-Next Action Planner

Transform passive learning content (transcripts, articles, tutorials) into actionable implementation plans using the Ship-Learn-Next framework.

Features:

• Converts advice into concrete, shippable iterations (reps)
• Creates 5-rep action plans with timelines
• Focuses on DOING over studying
• Includes reflection questions after each rep
• Saves plan to markdown file

Use cases:

• Turn YouTube tutorials into action plans
• Extract implementation steps from articles
• Create learning quests from course content
• Build by shipping, not just consuming

Installation

Quick Install (Recommended)

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/tapestry-skills-for-claude-code.git

# Run the installation script
cd tapestry-skills-for-claude-code
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

Manual Installation

Option 1: Personal Skills (Available in all projects)

# Create personal skills directory if it doesn't exist
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills

# Copy skills
cp -r tapestry ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r youtube-transcript ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r article-extractor ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r ship-learn-next ~/.claude/skills/

Option 2: Project Skills (Only in specific project)

# In your project directory
mkdir -p .claude/skills

# Copy skills
cp -r /path/to/tapestry-skills-for-claude-code/tapestry .claude/skills/
cp -r /path/to/tapestry-skills-for-claude-code/youtube-transcript .claude/skills/
cp -r /path/to/tapestry-skills-for-claude-code/article-extractor .claude/skills/
cp -r /path/to/tapestry-skills-for-claude-code/ship-learn-next .claude/skills/

Usage

Tapestry (Recommended - Use This!)

The simplest way to use Tapestry skills. One command extracts content and creates your action plan:

"tapestry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"
"weave https://example.com/article"
"help me plan https://example.com/paper.pdf"
"make this actionable https://blog.com/post"

All these phrases work: tapestry, weave, help me plan, extract and plan, make this actionable

The skill will:

1. Detect content type (YouTube/article/PDF)
2. Extract clean content
3. Create a Ship-Learn-Next action plan automatically
4. Save both files
5. Ask: "When will you ship Rep 1?"

YouTube Transcript Downloader

Once installed, Claude will automatically use this skill when you ask to download YouTube transcripts:

"Download the transcript for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

The skill will:

1. Check if yt-dlp is installed (install if needed)
2. List available subtitles
3. Try manual subtitles first, then auto-generated
4. Convert to readable plain text with video title as filename
5. Remove duplicate lines
6. Clean up temporary files

Article Extractor

Claude will use this skill when you ask to extract content from a URL:

"Extract the article from https://example.com/blog-post"
"Download this article without the ads"

The skill will:

1. Check for extraction tools (reader or trafilatura)
2. Download and extract clean article content
3. Remove ads, navigation, and clutter
4. Save as plain text with article title as filename
5. Show preview of extracted content

Ship-Learn-Next Action Planner

Claude will use this skill when you want to turn content into an action plan:

"Turn this transcript into an implementation plan"
"Make this actionable using the Ship-Learn-Next framework"

The skill will:

1. Read the content file
2. Extract actionable lessons
3. Help you define a specific quest
4. Design 5 progressive reps (iterations)
5. Save the complete plan as a markdown file

Requirements

YouTube Transcript Downloader

• yt-dlp: Automatically installed by the skill (uses Homebrew on macOS, apt on Linux, or pip)
• Whisper (optional): For transcribing videos without subtitles

  pip3 install openai-whisper
  

Article Extractor

• reader (recommended): Mozilla's Readability

  npm install -g reader-cli
  

• trafilatura (alternative): Python-based extractor

  pip3 install trafilatura
  

• If neither is installed, uses fallback method (less accurate)

Ship-Learn-Next Action Planner

• No additional requirements (uses built-in tools)

Examples

Example 0: Tapestry Unified Workflow (Recommended)

User: "tapestry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

Claude:
🧵 Tapestry Workflow Starting...
📍 Detected: youtube
📺 Extracting YouTube transcript...
✓ Saved transcript: Never Gonna Give You Up.txt

🚀 Creating action plan...
✓ Quest: Master Video Production Techniques
✓ Saved plan: Ship-Learn-Next Plan - Master Video Production.md

✅ Tapestry Complete!
📥 Content: Never Gonna Give You Up.txt
📋 Plan: Ship-Learn-Next Plan - Master Video Production.md

🎯 Rep 1 (This Week): Film and edit a 60-second video
When will you ship Rep 1?

Example 1: Download and Process a YouTube Video

User: "Download transcript for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

Claude:
✓ Checked available subtitles
✓ Downloaded auto-generated transcript
✓ Converted to readable format
✓ Removed duplicate lines
✓ Saved to: Never Gonna Give You Up.txt
✓ Cleaned up temporary files

Example 2: Extract an Article

User: "Extract https://example.com/how-to-build-saas"

Claude:
✓ Using reader (Mozilla Readability)
✓ Extracted article: How to Build a SaaS in 30 Days
✓ Saved to: How to Build a SaaS in 30 Days.txt

Preview (first 10 lines):
[Clean article text without ads or navigation...]

Example 3: Create an Action Plan

User: "Turn this transcript into an implementation plan"

Claude:
✓ Read transcript: Build a SaaS in 30 Days.txt
✓ Extracted core lessons
✓ Created 5-rep action plan
✓ Saved to: Ship-Learn-Next Plan - Build a SaaS.md

Your quest: Launch a SaaS MVP and get first 10 customers in 4 weeks

Rep 1 (this week): Find 3 proven market opportunities
When will you ship Rep 1?

Philosophy

These skills are built on the principle that learning = doing better, not knowing more.

Ship-Learn-Next Framework

• Ship: Create something real (code, content, product)
• Learn: Honest reflection on what happened
• Next: Plan the next iteration based on learnings

100 reps beats 100 hours of study.

Contributing

Found a bug or want to add a feature? Contributions are welcome!

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-skill)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing skill')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-skill)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

Acknowledgments

• Ship-Learn-Next framework: Inspired by the ShipLearnNext GPT methodology
• yt-dlp: Excellent tool for downloading YouTube content
• OpenAI Whisper: State-of-the-art speech recognition
• Mozilla Readability: Clean article extraction algorithm
• trafilatura: Python web scraping and content extraction

Support

Having issues? Please open an issue on GitHub.

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