HyperFrames Media Use
heygen-com/hyperframes
Finds, generates and edits media for HyperFrames video projects: music, sound effects, images, icons, logos, voiceovers, captions and color grades.
Create clean, subtitle-ready .srt subtitles for a local audio or video file using Whisper CLI.
Install Transcribe
$ npx skills add bholmesdev/skills --skill transcribe -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install bholmesdev/skills transcribe --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bholmesdev/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/transcribe .claude/skills/transcribe && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "transcribe" agent skill from https://github.com/bholmesdev/skills/tree/main/skills/transcribe into .claude/skills/transcribe/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "transcribe", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/bholmesdev/skills/tree/main/skills/transcribeType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add bholmesdev/skills --skill transcribe -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install bholmesdev/skills transcribe --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bholmesdev/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/transcribe .agents/skills/transcribe && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "transcribe" agent skill from https://github.com/bholmesdev/skills/tree/main/skills/transcribe into .agents/skills/transcribe/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "transcribe", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add bholmesdev/skills --skill transcribe -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install bholmesdev/skills transcribe --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bholmesdev/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/transcribe .cursor/skills/transcribe && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "transcribe" agent skill from https://github.com/bholmesdev/skills/tree/main/skills/transcribe into .cursor/skills/transcribe/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "transcribe", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/bholmesdev/skills.git --path skills/transcribe--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add bholmesdev/skills --skill transcribe -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install bholmesdev/skills transcribe --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bholmesdev/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/transcribe .gemini/skills/transcribe && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "transcribe" agent skill from https://github.com/bholmesdev/skills/tree/main/skills/transcribe into .gemini/skills/transcribe/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "transcribe", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install bholmesdev/skills transcribeInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add bholmesdev/skills --skill transcribe -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bholmesdev/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/transcribe .github/skills/transcribe && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "transcribe" agent skill from https://github.com/bholmesdev/skills/tree/main/skills/transcribe into .github/skills/transcribe/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "transcribe", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add bholmesdev/skills --skill transcribe -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install bholmesdev/skills transcribe --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bholmesdev/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/transcribe .opencode/skills/transcribe && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "transcribe" agent skill from https://github.com/bholmesdev/skills/tree/main/skills/transcribe into .opencode/skills/transcribe/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "transcribe", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
transcribe- GitHub stars
- 177
- Token cost
- ~478 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 212 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 4
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Create clean, subtitle-ready .srt subtitles for a local audio or video file using Whisper CLI.
- Works in 4 steps: Run Whisper on the input file and write… → Review the generated subtitles and make… → Reveal the final .srt file in Finder. → …
- Asks to transcribe a local media file
- SKILL.md covers Input, Instructions, Subtitle cleanup requirements and Command, plus 1 more section
- Calls whisper
What it does
Transcribe is an agent skill from bholmesdev/skills. Create clean, subtitle-ready .srt subtitles for a local audio or video file using Whisper CLI. Use this when the user asks to transcribe a local media file, generate subtitles, create captions, or make an .srt for a specific local file path.
Its SKILL.md is about 480 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Media & Creative, covering Transcription. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Asks to transcribe a local media file
- Generate subtitles
- Create captions
- Make an .srt for a specific local file path
Example prompts
- “/transcribe”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Run Whisper on the input file and write an .srt file next to the source media file.
- Review the generated subtitles and make them clean and subtitle-ready rather than overly literal.
- Reveal the final .srt file in Finder.
- Report the output .srt path.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 44da67b. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
whisper
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Transcribe loads about 478 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 64 tokens; SKILL.md has 212 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from bholmesdev/skills at commit 44da67b, republished under its MIT licence (© bholmesdev). 212 words, ~478 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/transcribe/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- transcribe
- description
- Create clean, subtitle-ready `.srt` subtitles for a local audio or video file using Whisper CLI. Use this when the user asks to transcribe a local media file, generate subtitles, create captions, or make an `.srt` for a specific local file path.
transcribe
Input
Use the media file path the user provided. If it's unclear which file to transcribe, ask the user for the local media file path and stop.
Instructions
When this skill is invoked, do the work immediately.
- Run Whisper on the input file and write an
.srtfile next to the source media file. - Review the generated subtitles and make them clean and subtitle-ready rather than overly literal.
- Reveal the final
.srtfile in Finder. - Report the output
.srtpath.
Subtitle cleanup requirements
You must optimize the subtitles for readability while preserving meaning and approximate timing.
- Remove obvious filler words when they do not add meaning, such as
um,uh,like, and similar verbal padding. - Remove obvious false starts, accidental repetitions, and disfluent fragments when they make captions harder to read.
- Fix punctuation, capitalization, and obvious formatting problems.
- Preserve intentional wording, important emphasis, and technical terms.
- Do not rewrite the speaker's meaning or turn the transcript into a summary.
- Prefer concise, natural subtitle text over raw verbatim speech.
Command
Run Whisper with the provided media file:
INPUT="<media file path>"
whisper "$INPUT" --output_format srt --output_dir "$(dirname "$INPUT")"The generated subtitle path is:
SRT_PATH="$(dirname "$INPUT")/$(basename "${INPUT%.*}").srt"After cleaning the subtitle text, reveal the file in Finder:
open -R "$SRT_PATH"Output
Report the final .srt path:
$SRT_PATH
If Whisper fails, report the error briefly and stop.
© bholmesdev, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/transcribe of bholmesdev/skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 44da67b
Compare with similar skills
Transcribe next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transcribe this skillbholmesdev/skills | 177 | — | ~478 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| HyperFrames Media Useheygen-com/hyperframes | 58k | 2 repos | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Native Subtitle Quote Imagechengyi-ai/native-subtitle-quote-image | 1.7k | 1 repos | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Videodbaffaan-m/ECC | 274k | 3 repos | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Edu Math Videowy51ai/edulab | 1.4k | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 | |
| Transcription Memory ReconstructionNxcoreAI/EverRoom | 3k | — | ~714 | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence |
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Questions about Transcribe
What does Transcribe do?
Create clean, subtitle-ready .srt subtitles for a local audio or video file using Whisper CLI. Transcribe is an agent skill from bholmesdev/skills.srt subtitles for a local audio or video file using Whisper CLI.
When should I use Transcribe?
Transcribe fits situations like: asks to transcribe a local media file; generate subtitles; create captions; make an .srt for a specific local file path.
How do I install Transcribe in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add bholmesdev/skills --skill transcribe -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/transcribe in bholmesdev/skills) into .claude/skills/transcribe in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Transcribe in Codex?
Run `npx skills add bholmesdev/skills --skill transcribe -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/transcribe in bholmesdev/skills) into .agents/skills/transcribe in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Transcribe in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add bholmesdev/skills --skill transcribe -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/transcribe, .gemini/skills/transcribe, .github/skills/transcribe and .opencode/skills/transcribe in your project.
What does Transcribe need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Transcribe needs the command-line tools its instructions call (whisper).
Does Transcribe access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Transcribe safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Transcribe use?
Transcribe is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Transcribe use?
About 478 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Transcribe?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Transcribe: HyperFrames Media Use (heygen-com/hyperframes, 58k stars), Native Subtitle Quote Image (chengyi-ai/native-subtitle-quote-image, 1.7k stars), Videodb (affaan-m/ECC, 274k stars) and Edu Math Video (wy51ai/edulab, 1.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Transcribe?
bholmesdev (a GitHub user) maintains it in bholmesdev/skills, which has 177 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 7, 2026.
Source: bholmesdev/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.