Cc-skills download-media

Use when user wants to download, save, or extract media files such as photos, videos, and documents from Telegram messages.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/terrylica/cc-skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/terrylica/cc-skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/plugins/tlg/skills/download-media" ~/.claude/skills/terrylica-cc-skills-download-media && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: plugins/tlg/skills/download-media/SKILL.md

source content

Download Telegram Media

Download photos, videos, documents, and other media from Telegram messages.

Self-Evolving Skill: This skill improves through use. If instructions are wrong, parameters drifted, or a workaround was needed — fix this file immediately, don't defer. Only update for real, reproducible issues.

Preflight

Session must exist:

~/.local/share/telethon/<profile>.session

If missing, run
```
/tlg:setup
```
first

Usage

/usr/bin/env bash << 'EOF'
SCRIPT="${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-$HOME/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/cc-skills/plugins/tlg}/scripts/tg-cli.py"

# Step 1: Find message ID with media
uv run --python 3.13 "$SCRIPT" read <chat> -n 10

# Step 2: Download by message ID
uv run --python 3.13 "$SCRIPT" download <chat> <message_id>

# Download to specific directory
uv run --python 3.13 "$SCRIPT" download 2124832490 471931 -o ./downloads
EOF

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
chat	string/int	Chat containing the message
message_id	int	ID of message with media
`-o/--output`	path	Output directory (default: current)

Workflow

Use
```
read <chat> -n N
```
to browse messages and find IDs
Messages with media show
```
[media/service]
```
in text
Use
```
download <chat> <id>
```
to save the file

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Fix
`message not found`	Invalid message ID	Check with `read` first
`has no media`	Text-only message	Choose a message with media

Post-Execution Reflection

After this skill completes, check before closing:

Did the command succeed? — If not, fix the instruction or error table that caused the failure.
Did parameters or output change? — If tg-cli.py's interface drifted, update Usage examples and Parameters table to match.
Was a workaround needed? — If you had to improvise (different flags, extra steps), update this SKILL.md so the next invocation doesn't need the same workaround.

Only update if the issue is real and reproducible — not speculative.