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Tapestry Skills for AI Agents

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

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Skills Included

0. Learn This ⭐

The unified workflow that orchestrates everything. Just say learn-this <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. Scrum Sage

AI-powered Scrum Master and Enterprise Agility Coach based on Jeff Sutherland, Taiichi Ohno, and First Principles thinking.

Features:

• Sprint analysis (basic and expert modes)
• Backlog refinement and story sizing guidance
• Anti-pattern detection and impediment radar
• Flow efficiency and cognitive load analysis
• Scrum@Scale advice for growing organizations
• Retrospective synthesis and predictive modeling

Use cases:

• Get coaching on Scrum mechanics, ceremonies, and artifacts
• Analyze sprint health, velocity trends, and predictability
• Remove impediments and detect systemic bottlenecks
• Plan scaling strategy (with Scrum@Scale, not SAFe)
• Facilitate retrospectives and backlog refinement
• Optimize team dynamics and sustainable pace

4. Session Log

Summarize your Claude Code conversation and append it to a weekly agent-log file.

Features:

• Reverse chronological daily entries
• Automatic ISO week file naming (YYYY-wWW agent-log.md)
• CHUNK markers for reusable outputs (plans, summaries, frameworks)
• Appends without overwriting existing entries
• Multi-day session support with date attribution

Use cases:

• Log what you accomplished in a session
• Build a searchable weekly work journal
• Track decisions, outputs, and topics across sessions

5. Unblock Action

Get unstuck on vague or overwhelming tasks. Clarifies the intended output, scopes it to today, and identifies the concrete next physical action.

Features:

• Socratic but fast — 2-3 questions max
• Turns fuzzy goals into concrete deliverables
• Scopes multi-day projects to today's completable slice
• Outputs a clean action card with deliverable, scope, and next step

Use cases:

• "I need to work on marketing but can't start"
• "I'm stuck on pricing"
• "I have to do something about onboarding"
• Any vague task you keep avoiding

6. 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 for Claude Code

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/michalparkola/tapestry-skills.git

# Run the installation script
cd tapestry-skills
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 learn-this ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r youtube-transcript ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r article-extractor ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r ship-learn-next ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r scrum-sage ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r session-log ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r unblock-action ~/.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/learn-this .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/
cp -r /path/to/tapestry-skills-for-claude-code/scrum-sage .claude/skills/
cp -r /path/to/tapestry-skills-for-claude-code/session-log .claude/skills/
cp -r /path/to/tapestry-skills-for-claude-code/unblock-action .claude/skills/

Usage

Learn This (Recommended - Use This!)

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

"learn-this 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: learn-this, learn this, 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

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