transcribe
Local speech-to-text transcription on Apple Silicon macOS. Supports wav directly and other audio formats via ffmpeg.
Install / Use
npx skills add badlogic/pi-skills --skill transcribeInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
MarketingSupported Platforms
Our assessment of transcribe
transcribe scores 78/100 on our quality scale, 308th of 367 Marketing skills we index.
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 2,558 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated about 4 months ago. That is recent enough to be usable, but agent tooling moves fast, so check the instructions against your agent's current version.
- It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 98/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
transcribe compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than transcribe; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| transcribe (this skill)by badlogic | 78 | 2.6k | 4mo ago | SKILL.md |
| Agent-Reachby Panniantong | 100 | 86.0k | 13d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| algorithmic-artby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 6d ago | SKILL.md |
| pptxby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 6d ago | SKILL.md |
| designby nextlevelbuilder | 100 | 130.2k | 7d ago | SKILL.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install transcribe?
- Run
npx skills add badlogic/pi-skills --skill transcribe. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does transcribe 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 transcribe safe to use?
- It is MIT-licensed and scores 98/100 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 transcribe still maintained?
- The repository was last updated about 4 months ago. That is recent enough to be usable, but agent tooling moves fast, so check the instructions against your agent's current version.
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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.
