Agent skill

Minutes Ideas

by silverstein in silverstein/minutes

Surface recent voice memos and ideas captured from any device.

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Minutes Ideas

skills CLI
$ npx skills add silverstein/minutes --skill minutes-ideas -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install silverstein/minutes minutes-ideas --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/silverstein/minutes.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.opencode/skills/minutes-ideas .claude/skills/minutes-ideas && 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
minutes-ideas
GitHub stars
1.5k
Token cost
~376 tokens
SKILL.md length
187 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
24
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Surface recent voice memos and ideas captured from any device.

  • Works in 4 steps: Search for recent voice memos using the… → Require exit status 0 and use the JSON… → Present the memos as a clean list → …
  • The user asks what ideas did I have?
  • SKILL.md covers How to run and Ghost Context
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Minutes Ideas is an agent skill from silverstein/minutes. Surface recent voice memos and ideas captured from any device. Use when the user asks "what ideas did I have?", "what were my recent memos?", "what did I record while walking?", or wants to recall a captured thought.

Its SKILL.md is about 380 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts. Compatibility notes: opencode

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Transcription. The repository describes itself as: Open-source, local-first Granola/Otter alternative that Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and any MCP client can query. Meetings, calls, and voice memos transcribed on-device into… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks what ideas did I have?
  • What were my recent memos?
  • What did I record while walking?
  • Wants to recall a captured thought

Example prompts

  • “what ideas did I have?”
  • “what were my recent memos?”
  • “what did I record while walking?”
  • “/minutes-ideas”

Requirements

  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): opencode

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Search for recent voice memos using the minutes CLI
  2. Require exit status 0 and use the JSON written to stdout. If the CLI is
  3. Present the memos as a clean list
  4. If the user picks one, run minutes get "" --json, require exit

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d3285c7. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are 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.

  • Compatibility

    opencode

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Minutes Ideas loads about 376 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 58 tokens; SKILL.md has 187 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~58
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~376

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 silverstein/minutes at commit d3285c7, republished under its MIT licence (© silverstein). 187 words, ~376 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/minutes-ideas/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
minutes-ideas
description
Surface recent voice memos and ideas captured from any device. Use when the user asks "what ideas did I have?", "what were my recent memos?", "what did I record while walking?", or wants to recall a captured thought.
compatibility
opencode

/minutes-ideas — Recent Voice Memos & Ideas

Surface voice memos and ideas captured from any device in the last 14 days. This is the recall layer for the cross-device ghost context pipeline.

How to run

  1. Search for recent voice memos using the minutes CLI:
bash
minutes list --content-type memo --limit 20
  1. Require exit status 0 and use the JSON written to stdout. If the CLI is unavailable or fails, report the memo source unavailable; never scan the memo directory directly.

  2. Present the memos as a clean list:

    • Date, title, duration, device (if from iPhone)
    • Ask: "Want to dig into any of these?"
  3. If the user picks one, run minutes get "<exact path>" --json, require exit status 0, and present only the returned transcript/summary. Never reopen the list path through the host filesystem.

Ghost Context

These memos were captured on the user's phone (or Mac) and automatically transcribed by the Minutes watcher. They may contain ideas, thoughts, observations, or reminders that the user recorded while away from their desk.

When the user asks "what was that idea I had while walking?" — search these memos first, then broaden to full meeting search if needed.

© silverstein, 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 .opencode/skills/minutes-ideas of silverstein/minutes.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d3285c7

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Transcription Memory ReconstructionNxcoreAI/EverRoom3k—~714Automated safety check: PassCustom licence
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Questions about Minutes Ideas

What does Minutes Ideas do?

Surface recent voice memos and ideas captured from any device. Minutes Ideas is an agent skill from silverstein/minutes. Surface recent voice memos and ideas captured from any device.

When should I use Minutes Ideas?

Minutes Ideas fits situations like: the user asks what ideas did I have?; what were my recent memos?; what did I record while walking?; wants to recall a captured thought.

How do I install Minutes Ideas in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add silverstein/minutes --skill minutes-ideas -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.opencode/skills/minutes-ideas in silverstein/minutes) into .claude/skills/minutes-ideas in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Minutes Ideas in Codex?

Run `npx skills add silverstein/minutes --skill minutes-ideas -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.opencode/skills/minutes-ideas in silverstein/minutes) into .agents/skills/minutes-ideas in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Minutes Ideas 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 silverstein/minutes --skill minutes-ideas -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/minutes-ideas, .gemini/skills/minutes-ideas, .github/skills/minutes-ideas and .opencode/skills/minutes-ideas in your project.

What does Minutes Ideas need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Minutes Ideas is instructions for the agent only. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): opencode.

Does Minutes Ideas 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 Minutes Ideas 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 Minutes Ideas use?

Minutes Ideas 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 Minutes Ideas use?

About 376 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.5k 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 Minutes Ideas?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Minutes Ideas: HyperFrames Media Use (heygen-com/hyperframes, 60k stars), Native Subtitle Quote Image (chengyi-ai/native-subtitle-quote-image, 2.6k stars), Edu Chem Video (wy51ai/edulab, 1.4k stars) and Transcription Memory Reconstruction (NxcoreAI/EverRoom, 3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Minutes Ideas?

silverstein (a GitHub user) maintains it in silverstein/minutes, which has 1,542 GitHub stars. The repository holds 24 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: silverstein/minutes on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.