baocut

Name: baocut
Author: JimLiu

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Open-source Agent Skill that drives the BaoCut macOS app CLI (transcribe · subtitle · translate · cut) from Claude Code, Codex, and other agents

439stars

27forks

JavaScript

Installation

# Add to your Claude Code skills
git clone https://github.com/JimLiu/baocut

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Security ReportVerified

Last scanned: 7/16/2026

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  "issues": [],
  "status": "PASSED",
  "scannedAt": "2026-07-16T06:18:44.841Z",
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README.md

Frequently Asked Questions

What is baocut?

baocut is an open-source ai agents skill for AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, and ChatGPT, built by JimLiu. Open-source Agent Skill that drives the BaoCut macOS app CLI (transcribe · subtitle · translate · cut) from Claude Code, Codex, and other agents. It has 439 GitHub stars.

Is baocut safe to use?

Yes. baocut passed SkillsLLM's automated security scan — a dependency vulnerability audit plus prompt-injection heuristics — with no high-severity issues. You can read the full report in the Security Report section on this page.

How do I install baocut?

Clone the repository with "git clone https://github.com/JimLiu/baocut" and add it to your Claude Code skills directory (see the Installation section above).

What programming language is baocut written in?

baocut is primarily written in JavaScript. It is open-source under JimLiu on GitHub, so you can review or fork the full source.

Are there alternatives to baocut?

Yes. SkillsLLM lists many other AI Agents skills you can browse and compare side by side. Open the AI Agents category from the badge at the top of this page, or use the Related Skills and comparison links further down to weigh baocut against similar tools.

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Works with Claude Code, Codex, and any skills.sh-compatible agent.

Requirements

macOS — install BaoCut from baocut.app. The skill uses the CLI bundled in BaoCut.app; on Apple silicon it can also download the signed standalone CLI pinned to the skill release.
Windows x64 — the resolver installs a verified unsigned-preview CLI when no compatible override, PATH entry, or cache exists. It uses nvidia-smi to select the bundled CUDA 13 build for an NVIDIA GPU with compute capability 8.0+ and driver 580+, otherwise it selects the CPU build. No CUDA Toolkit is required.
Node.js — only for the one-command install below (download). The manual steps need no Node.

Install

Recommended — skills.sh

npx skills add JimLiu/baocut -g -a claude-code codex -y

This installs the skill globally to ~/.agents/skills/baocut and links it for Claude Code and Codex.

Manual (no Node.js)

git clone https://github.com/JimLiu/baocut.git ~/.agents/skills/baocut-src
ln -sfn ~/.agents/skills/baocut-src/skills/baocut ~/.agents/skills/baocut
# link it for each agent you use, e.g. Claude Code:
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
ln -sfn ~/.agents/skills/baocut ~/.claude/skills/baocut

Use it

Once installed, just ask your agent — for example:

Claude Code — "Transcribe and translate the subtitles of talk.mp4 to Chinese," or the Chinese equivalent 转写并翻译字幕. You can also type /baocut.
Codex — reference the baocut skill in your prompt; it drives the baocut CLI.

Under the hood the agent uses the bundled resolver to run commands like:

skills/baocut/bin/baocut --json auto talk.mp4 --lang zh
skills/baocut/bin/baocut export <projectId> --srt --translated --lang zh

The resolver honors an explicit CLI path, development builds, the CLI inside BaoCut.app, bcut on PATH, and verified release caches/downloads in that order.

Layout

skills/baocut/
  SKILL.md          # agent entry point (router)
  references/       # per-task guides (orchestration, editing, export, …)
  templates/        # browser-based Subtitle Studio
  cli-release.json  # immutable standalone CLI pin
  bin/baocut        # resolves, verifies, and runs the matching CLI
  bin/baocut.ps1    # native Windows resolver
  bin/detect-windows-cli-variant.ps1 # CPU/CUDA environment probe

License

MIT.