# Descript > The Descript craft skill — edit talk content (podcasts, interviews, talking-head video) by editing the transcript instead of the timeline. Use when someone wants to edit in Descript, edit a podcast or interview, remove filler words/silences, clean up audio (Studio Sound), fix a flubbed word without re-recording (Overdub), auto-cut between speakers, turn one recording into clips + show notes + chapters, or asks about Descript's plans, credits, or Underlord. Uses the WORDS framework plus the interview rule: concision yes, meaning-flips never. Reads the recording's content skill + brand-profile/voice-builder first. The agent plans the edit (API/MCP where connected); the HUMAN verifies by ear and approves; WoopSocial publishes the exports. Overdub is consent-verified own-voice-only; tiers/credits are verified in-app. Distinct from capcut (visual short-form), captions-and-clipping/opus-clip (clip selection at scale), ai-voiceover (dedicated TTS), and podcast-and-audiograms (the strategy). - Skill: `social-media-skills/descript` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 6 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add social-media-skills/descript` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/social-media-skills/descript/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: AI & ML - Author: social-media-skills (https://skillmd.com/u/social-media-skills) - Updated: 2026-09-09 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/social-media-skills/descript --- # descript The **talk-content editing tool skill** — write the edit in the transcript, Overdub with consent, refine the sound, dress the visuals, and ship the cuts. The agent plans (and can drive Underlord via API/MCP where connected); the **human verifies by ear and approves**; **WoopSocial publishes** the exports. (Ships with `tools/integrations/descript.md`.) ## The POV: the transcript is the timeline — decide in text, verify by ear For dialogue-heavy content, editing the transcript beats scrubbing a timeline: delete the sentence, the clip disappears; move the paragraph, the footage follows — reviews report ~60–70% editing-time cuts for talk content. But the paradigm has two sharp edges the top 1% respect. **(1) The voice spine:** Overdub's consent-verified, **own-voice-only** design is the model, not an obstacle — it exists so nobody types words into someone else's mouth; and the craft truth is it shines on flubbed *words*, not paragraphs (long Overdub drifts synthetic — re-record those). **(2) The meaning spine:** text-editing makes it dangerously easy to rearrange a guest into saying something they didn't — **concision yes, meaning-flips never**, and the human owns the final cut of anyone else's words. Operationally: the **accuracy pass is mandatory** (transcript errors become wrong edits AND wrong captions), and since the Sept 2025 overhaul, the workflow must be **credit-aware** — media minutes count everything you import, and formerly-unlimited AI features are metered. ## Read these first 1. The recording's content skill — **podcast-and-audiograms** / **youtube-long-form** / **educational-content**. 2. **brand-profile** + **voice-builder** (written outputs) + **design-and-templates** (captions/layout). ## The framework: WORDS (Depth: `references/the-words-framework.md`.) - **W — Write the edit:** accuracy pass first; then cut tangents/bad takes, one-step filler+silence removal (Underlord), restructure by moving paragraphs — decide in text, **verify by ear.** - **O — Overdub with consent:** own-voice-only, consent-verified; single words/short phrases (paragraphs = re-record); vocabulary/credit limits; disclose synthetic speech where required. - **R — Refine the sound:** Studio Sound once per source (credits; cleaner audio also improves the transcript); level speakers; extreme noise is a re-record, not a rescue. - **D — Dress the visuals:** Automatic Multicam (record separate tracks on purpose), captions from the corrected transcript, human-approved B-roll, Eye Contact used honestly; beat-sync/color route elsewhere. - **S — Ship the cuts:** one transcript → the episode + clips (Underlord flags, the **human picks** fairly) + show notes + chapters + a text post; route onward and publish via WoopSocial. ## The reality (verify-quarterly) 2026 Descript: **Underlord** (agentic co-editor — filler/silence in one step, bad-take flags, B-roll suggestions, clips, show notes) now triggerable via the **2026 public API (open beta) incl. MCP connections**; Overdub (~24–48h training; source-audio requirements have varied — verify); Studio Sound (~10 credits/use); Automatic Multicam; Eye Contact; ~92–95% transcription accuracy on clean audio, ~75–85% with noise/accents/jargon; ~23 languages; SOC 2 Type II; cloud-dependent (no offline). **Pricing: the Sept 2025 overhaul** moved to media minutes + AI-credit metering of formerly-unlimited features; documented bill-shock and no mid-cycle proration (G2, attributed); **tier figures conflict across sources — verify in-app.** Full detail: `references/descript-2026-reality.md`. The weekly loop, credit-aware checklist, the Overdub decision table, the interview-integrity checklist, and two worked examples: `references/workflows-and-templates.md`. ## Honest scope (never violate) - **The agent** plans the edit and can trigger Underlord/media actions **via the API/MCP where connected** (exact human steps otherwise — no pretended automation); the **human verifies by ear** (pacing/tone/fairness don't live in text) and approves — the agent never fabricates "that cut sounds great." **WoopSocial publishes** the finished exports; it does **not** edit media; podcast RSS distribution is separate (human; podcast-and-audiograms). - **Voice spine:** own-voice-only cloning; never a guest/competitor/public figure; never fabricated words in a real mouth; **AI-disclosure** for synthetic speech where required (EU AI Act; C2PA). **Meaning spine:** interview edits preserve meaning + clip context; approval offered on significant edits. **Never fabricate** tiers, credits, or metrics — verify in-app. (Full scope: `references/scope-and-connections.md`.) ## Distinct from its siblings (route correctly) **descript (this)** = text-based talk-content editing · **capcut** = beat-synced visual short-form (the hybrid: master here, style cuts there) · **captions-and-clipping / opus-clip** = clip selection at scale (this feeds them the master) · **podcast-and-audiograms** = the strategy this tool serves · **ai-voiceover (elevenlabs)** = dedicated TTS/narration (Overdub = own-voice corrections) · **talking-head-and-piece-to-camera** = the performance (Eye Contact patches a read, doesn't replace delivery) · **youtube-long-form** = the structure the recording follows. ## Where this connects Reads first: **podcast-and-audiograms** / **youtube-long-form** + **brand-profile/voice-builder** + **design-and-templates.** Feeds: **captions-and-clipping** / **opus-clip** (the master), **capcut** (short-form styling), **text-post-and-microblog** (the written cut), **email-and-newsletter** (show notes), **youtube-publishing-and-metadata.** Publishes via: exports → **scheduling-and-queue → WoopSocial** (social); RSS host (podcast — human). Tool file: **`tools/integrations/descript.md`.** Measure with: native + **analytics-and-reporting** on listen-through/watch-through + clips — never fabricated. ## Definition of done A talk-content edit made at the speed of text and verified by ear: transcript corrected first (names/jargon — errors become wrong edits and captions), tangents/bad takes cut and filler+silences removed in batched Underlord passes, restructure done in text and the result listened through; flubs fixed with consent-verified own-voice Overdub at word/phrase length only (paragraphs re-recorded; synthetic speech disclosed where required); Studio Sound run once per source; multicam/captions/layout dressed on-brand; the interview rule held (meaning + clip context preserved, approval offered, the human owning the final cut of anyone else's words); one corrected transcript shipped as the episode + human-picked clips + show notes + chapters, routed onward and published via WoopSocial; the workflow credit-aware under the post-Sept-2025 model (import only what you'll edit; verify tiers in-app); API/MCP automation only where actually connected; **no cloned third-party voices, no meaning-flips, no fabricated tiers/credits/metrics**; and correctly distinguished from capcut, captions-and-clipping/opus-clip, ai-voiceover, and podcast-and-audiograms.