Prompt | Claude

Stop rewatching the same AI tutorial

Drop the video into Claude, pull out the method as steps you can reuse, and save it as a skill. Next time you need the workflow, it is already there, in your words instead of theirs.

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Watched it 3 times. Still stuck.

You found the tutorial that finally explained the thing. You watched it, did it once, and 2 weeks later you needed it again and opened the video. Then again. Scrubbing through 12 minutes for the one part that mattered.

The video is not the method. The method is 8 steps hidden inside 12 minutes of someone talking. Pull those 8 steps out once, in your own words, and save them where Claude can find them. Next time you say the name and it is already there.

That is what a skill is: a saved method Claude uses when the job matches. This page has the prompt that pulls the method out of any tutorial, and the plain version for people who do not use Claude.

ClaudeAny AI for the plain versionAny YouTube video
Step 1

Get the transcript

Open the video on YouTube in a browser
Under the video, click "...more" in the description box. Near the bottom of it there is a button that says "Show transcript". Click it and the full transcript opens on the right side.
Copy the whole thing
Click at the top of the transcript, scroll to the bottom, shift-click at the end, and copy. The timestamps come along. That is fine, Claude ignores them.
If that feels fiddly, let Claude fetch it
Paste the video link into Claude and say "get me the transcript of this video." When web access is on, it will. If it cannot, go back to step 1.
Note the title, the creator and the link
The prompt asks for them so the skill remembers where the method came from.
Step 2

The prompt that pulls the method out

Two versions. The first one builds the skill in Claude in one go. The second works in any AI and gives you the method as a page you can save anywhere.

01
Claude
Make it a Claude skill

Claude reads the transcript, pulls out the method, asks you what is missing, and writes the skill file. One prompt, then a couple of questions.

Copy it. Fill in anything in [brackets]. 
Use the skill-creator to turn this video into a Claude skill.
Video: [title]. Creator: [name]. Link: [YouTube link].

Pull out the problem the video solves, the method as numbered steps, the rules the creator repeats, the mistakes they warn about, and what the finished result should look like.
Write it in plain English, as if for someone who has never seen the video. Where the creator's example is about their business, swap in a blank I can fill for mine.
The skill should only run when I ask for this exact method, never for general advice or summaries.
Ask me about anything important that is missing, then write the SKILL.md and test it once.

Transcript: [paste the transcript]
02
Any AI
The plain version

For ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude without skills. You get the method as one page you can paste into a Project or keep in a note.

Copy it. Fill in anything in [brackets]. 
Read this transcript. Do not summarize it.
Give me the method as numbered steps I can follow without the video: what to do, in what order, the rules the creator repeats, the mistakes they warn about, and what the result should look like when it is done.
Then rewrite it in plain English so it fits on one page. Where the creator's example is about their business, leave a blank in [brackets] I can fill for mine.
Put the video title and link at the top.

Transcript: [paste the transcript]
Step 3

Save it, then test it

In Claude, say yes when it offers to save
After the SKILL.md is written, Claude asks whether to save it. Say yes. If it does not offer, go to Settings, then Capabilities, then Skills, then Upload, and add the file.
Test it with a matching request
Ask for the method by name. "Do the [method] on this." It should run the steps. Then ask something unrelated and check it stays quiet. A skill that fires on everything is worse than no skill.
In ChatGPT, make it a Project
Open Projects in the left sidebar, make a new one named after the method, and paste the one-page version into its instructions. Every chat inside that Project starts with the method loaded.
Delete the video from your saved list
You will not need it. If the skill ever misses a step, you fix the skill, not rewatch the video.
Do not skip this

Make it yours

A skill pulled from a tutorial knows the creator's method. It does not know your business, your clients or the way you say no. The first time you run it, you will see where their examples do not fit yours. Fixing that takes 10 minutes and makes it a skill you reach for every week instead of one you forget you installed.

You do not need to be technical for any of it. A skill is a set of instructions saved in a file called SKILL.md, and you change those instructions by talking to Claude in plain English. Claude does the typing.

The one rule that saves you: copy it somewhere safe first

Every skill lives in a folder on your computer, inside one called .claude/skills (personal skills) or a .claude/skills folder inside a project. Before you change anything, make a copy of that folder somewhere safe. When a skill gets updated, the update overwrites the original and takes your edits with it, with no warning.

If you cannot find the folder, ask Claude, "where is this skill saved on my computer?" and it will tell you.

Copy the skill folder somewhere safe
So an update can never erase your work. This is the one step you cannot fix after the fact, so do it first.
Tell Claude about your business
What you do, who you serve, and the rules you keep in your head. Those are the parts no skill knows until you say them.
Ask Claude to rewrite the skill
Paste the prompt below. Claude edits the file for you. Your only job is to read it over and say what to change.
Leave the very top alone
The few lines at the top of the file, between the dashes, tell Claude when to use the skill. Leave those exactly as they are.

This prompt is written for a skill you just made from someone else's video. Fill in the brackets and paste it into Claude.

Copy it. Fill in anything in [brackets]. 
I want to customize the skill you made from [video title] so it works the way my business does.

Here is my business: [what you do and who you serve].
The job I'll use this method for: [the one thing, e.g. planning a week of Instagram posts for my studio].
My rules: [the do-nots, e.g. never use em dashes, never promise a delivery date, keep every post under 100 words].
The tools I use for this: [e.g. Canva, Google Calendar, Notion].
Where the creator's example does not fit me: [what you noticed on the first run].

Rewrite the skill so every example is about my business, keep the creator's steps in order, keep my rules word for word, and tell me in plain English what you changed. Leave the section at the very top between the dashes exactly as it is.

What to tell it