How do I install the Dictation skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add richawo/dictation in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Dictation safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Dictation?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Dictation free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Dictation?

richawo (@richawo) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Dictation by richawo — Agent Skill

Name: Dictation
Author: richawo

Dictation

Check Yaps voice dictation readiness or recover a recent dictation through the existing local Yaps MCP tools. Use for voice typing, speech input, hands-free writing, microphone shortcut setup, or recovering lost dictation text. Do not use for transcribing an existing audio or video file.

richawo 98a22b9 1.5 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026

File contents

Yaps Dictation

Use the existing Yaps MCP tools. Do not invent shell commands, PATH edits, or a second CLI.

Tools

yaps_status — call first when any other Yaps tool reports a problem.
dictation_status — readiness of system-wide voice typing (app, account, installed engines). Live capture uses the Yaps global shortcut under Yaps → Settings → Shortcuts; this tool only reports readiness.
dictation_history_recover — list recent local dictations so one can be restored into chat.
yaps_enable_feature — only after the user explicitly asks to install a dictation engine.

Reachability

This plugin is local-only and requires the installed Yaps desktop app. If tools return local_yaps_unreachable, cli_missing, or equivalent, the current Cursor session cannot see the Yaps engine on this computer. Do not claim Yaps is uninstalled. Offer Download Yaps, ask the user to open the app on this machine, and retry from a local Cursor session.

Boundaries

Do not intercept Cursor's native microphone control.
Do not start recording invisibly.
Do not transcribe an existing media file here; use the transcribe skill.

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