clip-it_skill

Overview

This skill is the master tool for advanced audio and video processing. It clips and trims media, finds semantically relevant segments, isolates vocals or noise, and can dub content from YouTube URLs or local files. It handles transcription and audio conversion internally for a seamless workflow.

How this skill works

The tool runs a local executable that transcribes audio, performs semantic search over the transcript, and applies audio manipulations (trimming, isolation, dubbing). You provide an input (YouTube link or local path) and a natural-language query describing the segment to extract; optional flags control isolation or dubbing. The process reports an OUTPUT_FILE path on success, which is then retrieved and returned.

When to use it

• Trim or cut a long video into focused clips by topic or time range
• Find a specific spoken segment in a meeting, podcast, or lecture
• Remove background noise or isolate vocals from a recording
• Dub or translate spoken audio into another language
• Create short highlights or summaries as standalone audio clips
• Process YouTube links or local MP3/WAV/MP4 files directly

Best practices

• Provide a clear, concise query describing the segment (e.g., "discussion about budget").
• Give a direct input: a full YouTube URL or an exact local file path.
• When dubbing, supply the two-letter ISO language code (en, hi, es, fr, de, ja, etc.).
• Specify isolation needs explicitly ("isolate vocals" or "remove background noise").
• If no clip is specified, use a generic query like "full audio" to process the entire file.
• Expect and check the script output for a line like: OUTPUT_FILE: /path/to/result.wav

Example use cases

• Find and export the portion of a YouTube talk where they discuss budgeting.
• Clean a noisy interview recording and extract only the interviewee's voice.
• Dub a tutorial video into Spanish for non-English audiences.
• Trim a podcast to a five-minute highlight reel of the main talking points.
• Extract a segment where an exact phrase or sensitive detail is spoken for compliance or review.