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

69stars

4forks

Shell

Installation

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

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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 69 GitHub stars.

Is baocut safe to use?

baocut's catalog security scan is still queued. You can run an instant dependency and prompt-injection check now with the "Scan for vulnerabilities" button above.

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 Shell. 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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Give your AI coding agent the power to drive BaoCut — transcribe, add & translate subtitles, review speakers, clean up talking-head video, and export — all from natural language. This is the open-source Agent Skill that wraps the baocut command-line tool.

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

Requirements

macOS — BaoCut is a Mac app.
The BaoCut app — install it from baocut.app. The skill drives the CLI bundled inside BaoCut.app; it does not ship the engines.
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 runs commands like:

baocut --json auto talk.mp4 --lang zh    # transcribe -> polish -> translate
baocut export <projectId> --srt --translated --lang zh

If baocut is not on your PATH, use the bundled resolver skills/baocut/bin/baocut (it points at /Applications/BaoCut.app/Contents/MacOS/baocut-cli and tells you to install the app if it is missing).

Layout

skills/baocut/
  SKILL.md          # agent entry point (router)
  references/       # per-task guides (orchestration, editing, export, …)
  bin/baocut        # resolves the CLI inside the installed BaoCut.app

License

MIT.