yao-audio
Audio expert. ALWAYS invoke this skill when the user asks to transcribe, recognize, or convert speech/audio to text.
Install / Use
npx skills add YaoApp/yao --skill yao-audioInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
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Our assessment of yao-audio
yao-audio scores 79/100 on our quality scale, 520th of 705 AI & Machine Learning skills we index.
Its SKILL.md is 1.6 KB long, split into 5 sections with 3 code examples: moderately detailed.
With 8,024 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 2 days ago, so yao-audio is actively maintained.
- No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
- Its trust signals score 88/100, with 1 caution from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
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Frequently asked questions
- How do I install yao-audio?
- Run
npx skills add YaoApp/yao --skill yao-audio. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does yao-audio work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is yao-audio safe to use?
- It declares no license and scores 88/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is yao-audio still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 2 days ago, so yao-audio is actively maintained.
Skill content
View source on GitHubname: yao-audio description: Audio expert. ALWAYS invoke this skill when the user asks to transcribe, recognize, or convert speech/audio to text.
Audio Tools
Use these tools to transcribe audio files to text using speech-to-text models.
audio_transcribe
Transcribe an audio file to text.
tai tool audio_transcribe --audio_path /path/to/meeting.m4a
tai tool audio_transcribe --audio_path /path/to/recording.wav --language en --provider llm.my-openai:whisper-1
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| ---------- | ------ | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| audio_path | string | yes | Audio file path. Supported: mp3, m4a, wav, webm, mp4, mpeg, mpga |
| language | string | no | ISO 639-1 language code (e.g. en, zh, ja). Auto-detected if omitted |
| provider | string | no | STT provider connector ID. If omitted, uses the default STT provider |
audio_providers
List available speech-to-text providers and models.
List STT providers (default):
tai tool audio_providers
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| ---------- | ------ | -------- | ------------------------------------ |
| capability | string | no | Filter by capability (default: audio) |
Returns a list of providers with their available models and connector IDs that can be passed to audio_transcribe.
Constraints
Only use the parameters listed above for each tool. Do not pass unsupported parameters — they will be ignored or cause errors.
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.
