Agent skill

Podcast To Course

by Cobb04 in Cobb04/podcast-to-course

Turn any podcast transcript into reusable AI judgment assets — structured frameworks, decision checklists, interview talking points, and an optional interactive HTML course.

No licenceAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Podcast To Course

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Cobb04/podcast-to-course --skill podcast-to-course -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Cobb04/podcast-to-course podcast-to-course --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Cobb04/podcast-to-course.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/podcast-to-course .claude/skills/podcast-to-course && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
podcast-to-course
GitHub stars
121
Token cost
~17k tokens
SKILL.md length
8,172 words
Files
33 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
1
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Turn any podcast transcript into reusable AI judgment assets — structured frameworks, decision checklists, interview talking points, and an optional interactive HTML course.

  • Works in 7 steps: Determine Tier and Learning Goal (Course… → Transcript Analysis & Knowledge Extraction → Curriculum / Asset Design → …
  • Someone wants to extract actionable knowledge from a podcast episode
  • SKILL.md covers Input Handling, Three Output Tiers, Knowledge Base Persistence and Operating Modes, plus 7 more sections
  • Runs Shell and JavaScript scripts from its folder; calls bash

What it does

Podcast To Course is an agent skill from Cobb04/podcast-to-course. Turn any podcast transcript into reusable AI judgment assets — structured frameworks, decision checklists, interview talking points, and an optional interactive HTML course. Use this skill whenever someone wants to extract actionable knowledge from a podcast episode, systematize an interview, build AI product intuition, or create a learning resource from spoken content. Also trigger when users mention 'learn from this podcast,' 'make this transcript actionable,' 'podcast study guide,' 'systematize this…

Its SKILL.md is about 17k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 33 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/build-self-contained.sh`, `references/build.sh` and `references/claim-ledger-template.md`).

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Podcasting, HTML artifacts and Study guides and flashcards. The repository describes itself as: Turn any podcast transcript into reusable AI judgment assets — framework cards, decision checklists, interview talking points, and an interactive HTML course.

When your agent uses it

  • Someone wants to extract actionable knowledge from a podcast episode
  • Systematize an interview
  • Build AI product intuition
  • Create a learning resource from spoken content

Example prompts

  • “learn from this podcast,”
  • “make this transcript actionable,”
  • “podcast study guide,”
  • “/podcast-to-course”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • A Bash shell

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Determine Tier and Learning Goal (Course Mode only)
  2. Transcript Analysis & Knowledge Extraction
  3. Curriculum / Asset Design
  4. 5: Module Briefs (complex episodes, Tier 3 only)
  5. Build the Assets
  6. Review
  7. Knowledge Base Update & Growth Log

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a63a68e. 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

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Shell and JavaScript, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • bash

    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

Podcast To Course loads about 17k tokens when it runs, and up to ~56k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 209 tokens; SKILL.md has 8,172 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~209
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~17k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~56k

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 8,172 words (~17,184 tokens).

“Transform podcast transcripts into a reusable AI judgment asset library. The core output is structured, portable knowledge — framework cards, decision checklists, interview talking points, and a personal worldview growth log — that compounds across episodes. An interactive HTML course…”

— opening of SKILL.md by Cobb04
name
podcast-to-course

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 32 other files (scripts, references) in podcast-to-course of Cobb04/podcast-to-course.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/_base.html
  • references/_footer.html
  • references/build-self-contained.sh
  • references/build.sh
  • references/claim-ledger-template.md
  • references/claim-status-policy-template.md
  • references/content-philosophy.md
  • references/debate-arena-template.md
  • references/design-system.md
  • references/episode-home-template.md
  • references/framework-governance-template.md
  • references/gotchas.md
  • references/interactive-elements.md
  • references/main.js
  • references/module-brief-template.md
  • references/podcast-engine.js
  • references/podcast-styles.css
  • references/styles.css
  • references/wiki-change-report-template.md
  • … and 13 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a63a68e

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Questions about Podcast To Course

What does Podcast To Course do?

Turn any podcast transcript into reusable AI judgment assets — structured frameworks, decision checklists, interview talking points, and an optional interactive HTML course. Podcast To Course is an agent skill from Cobb04/podcast-to-course. Turn any podcast transcript into reusable AI judgment assets — structured frameworks, decision checklists, interview talking points, and an optional interactive HTML course.

When should I use Podcast To Course?

Podcast To Course fits situations like: someone wants to extract actionable knowledge from a podcast episode; systematize an interview; build AI product intuition; create a learning resource from spoken content.

How do I install Podcast To Course in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Cobb04/podcast-to-course --skill podcast-to-course -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (podcast-to-course in Cobb04/podcast-to-course) into .claude/skills/podcast-to-course in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Podcast To Course in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Cobb04/podcast-to-course --skill podcast-to-course -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (podcast-to-course in Cobb04/podcast-to-course) into .agents/skills/podcast-to-course in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Podcast To Course 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 Cobb04/podcast-to-course --skill podcast-to-course -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/podcast-to-course, .gemini/skills/podcast-to-course, .github/skills/podcast-to-course and .opencode/skills/podcast-to-course in your project.

What does Podcast To Course need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Podcast To Course needs a shell and JavaScript for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (bash). Our summary lists: Node.js; A Bash shell.

Does Podcast To Course 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 Podcast To Course 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Podcast To Course use?

No licence was found for Podcast To Course or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Podcast To Course use?

About 17k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 69k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 39k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Podcast To Course?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Podcast To Course: Nlm Skill (iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop, 179 stars), NotebookLM CLI Guide (jacob-bd/notebooklm-cli, 256 stars), Notebooklm (Mathews-Tom/armory, 329 stars) and SN Motion HTML (OpenSenseNova/SenseNova-Skills, 5.7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Podcast To Course?

Cobb04 (a GitHub user) maintains it in Cobb04/podcast-to-course, which has 121 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on August 11, 2026.

Source: Cobb04/podcast-to-course on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.