Auto Captions

Yaps Auto Captions

Use the existing Yaps MCP tools. Do not invent CLI commands or use a hosted captioning service as a fallback.

1. Check the exact source with captions_verify and inspect templates with captions_styles.
2. Create an editable project with captions_create. Use the returned project ID for subsequent actions.
3. Inspect captions_show. Apply requested edits with captions_correct, captions_replace, captions_split, captions_merge, or captions_set_style. Preserve the spoken wording unless the user asks for a correction. captions_reset discards edits, so use it only after explicit approval.
4. Render with captions_render to a separate .mp4, then verify the result with captions_verify. Never target the source. Only set overwrite: true after approval to replace the exact existing output.

Return a link to the captioned video. A saved caption project is not a completed video export. Use the transcribe skill for plain text and srt-generator for a separate .srt file.

Reachability

Call yaps_status when a tool reports a problem. If it returns local_yaps_unreachable, cli_missing, or equivalent, the current session cannot see the Yaps engine. Do not claim Yaps is uninstalled. Offer Download Yaps, ask the user to open Yaps, and retry from a local session on the same computer. Only use yaps_enable_feature to install a model after the user requests it.