Faster Whisper includes a dedicated installation section; worked examples; pricing or quota commentary. The SKILL.md runs to about 1,481 words, in the catalog's typical mid-range.
Faster Whisper sits in the Content category under the audio-podcast sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.
These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.
Local speech-to-text using faster-whisper — a CTranslate2 reimplementation of OpenAI's Whisper that runs 4-6x faster with identical accuracy. With GPU acceleration, expect ~20x realtime transcription (a 10-minute audio file in ~30 seconds).
Faster Whisper is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the audio-podcast sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/faster-whisper/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
The Faster Whisper Claude Code skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 147,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/faster-whisper curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/faster-whisper/SKILL.md \ -o ~/.claude/skills/faster-whisper/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/faster-whisper/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/faster-whisper/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\faster-whisper\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
Open @claudskills_bot on Telegram, tap Open Desktop App, and the desktop app installs this skill for you. Or share the bot link with a colleague — they get the same one-tap install. Learn more →
The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.
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SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/faster-whisper/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Faster Whisper is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:
@misc{faster-whisper-2026,
author = {ThePlasmak},
title = {Faster Whisper [Claude Code skill]},
year = {2026},
publisher = {ClaudSkills},
url = {https://claudskills.com/skills/faster-whisper/}
}Grade A · scanned 2026-07-10 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.
The scan flagged 1 of 10 categories (supply-chain), including lower-severity patterns. Patterns shown inside code fences are weighted as examples rather than instructions — read the grading methodology for what this does and does not guarantee.
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