How do I install the Transcribe skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add richawo/transcribe 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 Transcribe safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Transcribe?

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 Transcribe free to use?

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

Who published Transcribe?

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

Transcribe by richawo — Agent Skill

Name: Transcribe
Author: richawo

Transcribe

Transcribe an existing local audio or video file to plain text through the existing Yaps MCP tools. Use for audio-to-text, video-to-text, podcast or voice-memo transcripts, or saving speech as a .txt file. Do not use for live voice typing or speaker-labelled meeting notes.

richawo f8f9779 1.5 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026

File contents

Yaps Transcribe

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.
transcribe_media — transcribe one local audio or video file and return the text. Save a .txt beside the source only when the user asked; never overwrite without explicit approval.
srt_generate — only when the user asked for a timestamped .srt file.
yaps_enable_feature — only after the user explicitly asks to install the Subtitles feature.

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

Use the dictation skill for live microphone voice typing.
Use the notes skill for speaker-labelled meetings.
Do not replace local Yaps processing with a hosted transcription service.
Do not keep an extra copy of the source media.

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