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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Skill	What it does
Learn This	One command to extract content from any URL and turn it into an action plan.
Ship-Learn-Next	Transform learning content into a 5-rep action plan you can ship.
YouTube Transcript	Download and clean YouTube video transcripts with deduplication.
Article Extractor	Extract clean, readable text from web articles and blog posts.
Scrum Sage	AI Scrum Master and agile coach grounded in Sutherland, Ohno, and First Principles.
Session Log	Summarize your session and append it to a weekly agent-log file.
Unblock Action	Turn a vague stuck task into a concrete next action in under 2 minutes.

Skills Included

0. Learn This ⭐

The unified workflow that orchestrates everything. Just say learn-this <URL> and it:

Detects content type (YouTube, article, PDF)
Extracts clean content
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:

Detect content type (YouTube/article/PDF)
Extract clean content
Create a Ship-Learn-Next action plan automatically
Save both files
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:

Check if yt-dlp is installed (install if needed)
List available subtitles
Try manual subtitles first, then auto-generated
Convert to readable plain text with video title as filename
Remove duplicate lines
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:

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

Scrum Sage

Claude will activate this skill when you ask about Scrum, agile coaching, or team performance:

"Help me plan our next sprint"
"Analyze our team's velocity trend"
"We keep missing sprint goals — what's wrong?"
"How should we scale from 2 to 5 teams?"

The skill will:

Assess your situation with targeted clarifying questions
Provide analysis grounded in Scrum mechanics and First Principles
Detect anti-patterns and surface hidden impediments
Recommend concrete experiments (not mandates)
Offer sprint health dashboards, flow maps, or retrospective synthesis as needed

Session Log

Claude will use this skill when you want to log your session:

"log this"
"session log"
"summarize this session"

The skill will:

Review the full conversation history
Identify topics, decisions, and reusable outputs
Append entries to YYYY-wWW agent-log.md in reverse chronological order
Confirm what was logged

Unblock Action

Claude will activate this skill when you're stuck on a task:

"unblock: work on marketing"
"I'm stuck on the pricing page"
"unstick: figure out onboarding"

The skill will:

Ask one question to clarify the concrete output
Scope it to a day-sized deliverable
Identify the literal first physical action
Output a clean action card you can work from

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:

Read the content file
Extract actionable lessons
Help you define a specific quest
Design 5 progressive reps (iterations)
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: Learn This Unified Workflow (Recommended)

User: "learn-this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

Claude:
🧵 Learn This 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

✅ Learn This 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!

Fork the repository
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-skill)
Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing skill')
Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-skill)
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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