video-url-transcriber-installer

Standalone npm installer for the video-url-transcriber agent skill.

Purpose:

• checks required dependencies
• installs missing system tools (ffmpeg, yt-dlp) when possible
• installs a Hermes-ready skill bundle from nativ3ai/universal-video-transcriber
• installs Python requirements inside a local skill venv

Install

npm i -g video-url-transcriber-installer

Commands

video-transcriber-installer doctor
video-transcriber-installer install-missing
video-transcriber-installer install-hermes
video-transcriber-installer bootstrap
video-transcriber-installer verify-hermes
video-transcriber-installer publish-check

Alias:

url-transcriber <command>

One-command setup

video-transcriber-installer bootstrap

This performs:

1. install missing ffmpeg / yt-dlp (brew or apt-get if available)
2. install Hermes skill bundle to:
   • ~/.hermes/skills/research/video-url-transcriber
3. create .venv inside the skill and install Python deps
4. run skill doctor check

Hermes usage after install

Natural request examples:

• Transcribe this URL and return timestamped JSON.
• Extract transcript from this X video URL with word timestamps.
• Transcribe this YouTube link in medium model and summarize key claims.

Direct script path:

~/.hermes/skills/research/video-url-transcriber/.venv/bin/python3 \
  ~/.hermes/skills/research/video-url-transcriber/scripts/transcribe_url.py \
  "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=..."

Notes

• Platform support depends on what yt-dlp can currently resolve.
• For auth-gated media, use --cookies-from-browser in direct script mode.