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Faster Whisper skill
Runs by itself, daily feed check.

New episodes transcribed on their own.

Install the Faster Whisper skill and make it a habit: follow https://gethabit.dev/skills/theplasmak/faster-whisper.md

  1. 1Copy
  2. 2Paste into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor
  3. 3It runs by itself

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Faster Whisper

by theplasmak · 2K installs

The skill

Faster whisper is a skill for local speech-to-text with faster-whisper: transcripts, SRT and VTT subtitles, speaker diarization, YouTube and podcast feed input, batch runs, transcript search and chapter detection.

Only when you ask.

The habit

New episodes transcribed on their own.

↻ Runs by itselfdaily feed check

How the habit works.
You don't have to.

Three questionsWhen does it start? How does it check its work? What does it remember?

01

It starts by itself

daily feed check. Runs in cron or Claude Code routine.

  • ↻ daily feed check
  • 0 6 * * *

02

It checks its work

one file per episode. If a check fails, it tries again.

  • ✓./setup.sh --check passes
  • ✓each new episode has an output file in the -o directory
  • ✓the batch summary reports no failed files

03

It remembers

transcripts folder. The next run reads it first: episodes already transcribed, used by --skip-existing.

transcripts/

One run, step by step.
Then it stops.

Stop ruleStops after the five newest episodes per run, with two retries each.

  1. 01

    Check setup

    Run ./setup.sh --check for GPU, Python, ffmpeg and yt-dlp.

  2. 02

    Fetch the feed

    Run ./scripts/transcribe with --rss, the feed URL and -o ./transcripts/.

  3. 03

    Skip done episodes

    Add --skip-existing so only new episodes run.

  4. 04

    Retry failures

    Add --retries 2 for flaky network files.

  5. 05

    Add extras on request

    Add --diarize or --format srt only when the user asked for them.

  6. 06

    Log the run

    Write the batch summary into the run log.

What it may do.
Nothing more.

Safe by defaultIt writes only in its own folder and asks you before anything goes out.

Is it for you?
Use it when it fits.

Quick checkRead both lists. If the left one sounds like you, the Faster Whisper skill helps.

Use it when

  • ✓ You transcribe a meeting
  • ✓ You need subtitles for a video
  • ✓ You transcribe a podcast feed

Skip it when

  • – You have no local compute
  • – The clip is under ten seconds

Questions

Faster Whisper skill, answered.

Does it need the cloud?

No. It runs locally after the model download.

Which flags should I add?

The skill says to keep the default command and add flags only when asked.

How do I install the Faster Whisper skill?

Copy the prompt at the top into your agent. It installs the skill from theplasmak/faster-whisper and sets up the habit. Or run npx skills add theplasmak/faster-whisper --skill faster-whisper.

Is the Faster Whisper skill free?

Yes. It is published under MIT. Habit is free too.

Faster Whisper. Now as a habit.

Install the Faster Whisper skill and make it a habit: follow https://gethabit.dev/skills/theplasmak/faster-whisper.md

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Works in

  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude app

Made by theplasmak, published under MIT. Habit links to the original and never changes it. Is this your skill?

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