# Share the clip. Leave the video where it is.

> ClipCook does not download the video. Share a YouTube, TikTok, Instagram or Safari link and it reads the public text, then builds a recipe draft you can edit.

Published: 22 September 2026.

The usual way into ClipCook is the share sheet. You are in YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Safari, or another app. You tap Share, then ClipCook. The link arrives in the importer as a video.

ClipCook does not download that video. It reads the title, the author and the public description when one exists. The recipe keeps a link back to the original. A YouTube clip can play from the recipe itself. Anything else opens in the app it came from.

## What the caption does not say

A lot of cooking videos put the amounts on screen and leave them out of the description. Before you extract, you can paste a transcript or add photos of that screen. The public description fills in on its own when the platform provides one.

Extraction builds a draft: title, servings, times, ingredients and steps. You edit that draft before it joins the library. An ingredient with no amount stays marked, so you can see what the caption never gave you.

The same importer also takes pasted text, a photo, or a recipe you type yourself.