Whisper Transcription

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Content · Sub-category: audio-podcast

Transcribe audio and video files to text using OpenAI Whisper. Use when: converting podcasts to blog posts; creating video subtitles; extracting quotes from interviews; repurposing video content to text; building searchable audio archives

What this skill does

Whisper Transcription is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the audio-podcast sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/whisper-transcription/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Whisper Transcription skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/whisper-transcription
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/whisper-transcription/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/whisper-transcription/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/whisper-transcription/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/whisper-transcription/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\whisper-transcription\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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.