Macparakeet Stt

MacParakeet STT

Use macparakeet-cli, not a second transcription implementation. Read the canonical integration guide for command examples, installed version differences, JSON/errors, privacy, and isolation. If packaging this skill alone, use the published guide and prefer the installed binary's contract when versions differ. Coding agents modifying MacParakeet itself should use AGENTS.md.

Discover before acting

macparakeet-cli --version
macparakeet-cli spec --json
macparakeet-cli health --json

Inspect catalog jsonMode, arguments/options, and readOnly before composing a command. Treat health as a component report, not a universal pass/fail gate: missing optional models do not block database retrieval. Without repair flags the probe does not create directories, migrate the database, or download/repair. For database.status: schema_skew, use a compatible newer CLI; never reset or replace the user's database. Ask before any repair or model download.

Retrieve evidence, then generate only when asked

• Use cards list to route across saved recordings, search for exact topics or phrases, and transcript --around-seq for cited context. Use history search separately for dictations.
• Cite the recording ID/title and segment sequence, adding timestamps when available. Verify card decisions/actions against transcript segments; cards are derived hints, not authoritative facts.
• Use meetings show/transcript for saved meeting reads. Treat meetings artifact as a write: it refreshes generated files from SQLite. Preserve user-authored notes; put generated results in meetings results add only when requested. An absent capture report means unknown; partial audio can still have a completed transcript.
• Do not call cards generate, prompts, or other LLM-backed operations unless the user requests generated output and has chosen a provider. Configured providers and CLI subprocesses may send text outside the Mac.

Preserve data and parse the actual contract

• Branch on exit code first. Parse the documented JSON stdout mode; parse-time misuse can use plain stderr. Do not replay a write merely because its error appears transient: check for partial results first.
• Resolve ambiguity with a full UUID or a sufficiently specific identifier; never pick an arbitrary match for a write.
• Do not delete, clear, retranscribe, reindex, change shared defaults, enable hooks, or regenerate artifacts without authorization for that operation.
• Follow the guide's Safe automation and isolation section. --database does not isolate referenced files or shared preferences, and the DEBUG state root is ignored by release binaries. Do not run destructive smoke work on user state, including copied rows that still reference original artifacts.
• Keep keys in environment variables, not command-line literals. Use explicit per-run flags for reproducibility; config set changes shared app defaults. --no-history is not a no-I/O or no-network switch. Disable per-process CLI telemetry with MACPARAKEET_TELEMETRY=0 when required; this does not disable media, model, provider, or other requested network operations.