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  "name": "yaps-srt-generator",
  "description": "Generate subtitles, closed captions, or a timestamped .srt file from an existing video or audio file with the installed Yaps desktop engine. Trigger for generate subtitles, add subtitles to video, subtitle generator, video to subtitles, video to SRT, generate SRT, make captions, create captions, timed captions, closed captions, subtitle a video, subtitle an audio file, or convert media speech to an SRT file. Do not use when the user only wants a plain-text transcript or live voice typing.",
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  "skill_md_contents": "---\nname: yaps-srt-generator\ndescription: Generate subtitles, closed captions, or a timestamped .srt file from an existing video or audio file with the installed Yaps desktop engine. Trigger for generate subtitles, add subtitles to video, subtitle generator, video to subtitles, video to SRT, generate SRT, make captions, create captions, timed captions, closed captions, subtitle a video, subtitle an audio file, or convert media speech to an SRT file. Do not use when the user only wants a plain-text transcript or live voice typing.\n---\n\n# Yaps Subtitle Generator\n\nCreate one timestamped `.srt` file from an existing media file through Yaps.\n\n## Runtime compatibility\n\nDo not try to guess the host or its locality from a user-agent, product name,\nor another host signal (for example ChatGPT web versus ChatGPT desktop). Test\nthe capability this workflow actually needs: before account, model, dependency,\nor input-file checks, resolve the local Yaps CLI through the plugin runner. The\nrunner validates it with a bounded, read-only `status` command. A cloud shell\nthat cannot see the installed Yaps app is not local access to the user's\ncomputer.\n\nIf the Yaps CLI is unreachable, do not claim that Yaps is uninstalled and do\nnot begin repeated sign-in, model, or permission troubleshooting. Explain that\nthe current AI session cannot reach the Yaps engine installed on this computer.\nDirect the user to a local-capable session on the\ncomputer where Yaps is installed: in Claude, that\nis Claude Code or the Claude desktop app; from ChatGPT web or a cloud session,\n[download or open ChatGPT desktop](https://chatgpt.com/download/) and retry in a\nlocal-capable Work or Codex session. They can also access this feature directly\nin the Yaps application. If they are already in a local-capable desktop session,\noffer [Download or update Yaps](https://yaps.ai/download), ask them to open it,\nand retry. Stop until local reachability is restored; only then follow the\navailability and onboarding steps below.\n\n## Private operational diagnostics\n\nRun every local Yaps CLI command and every bundled workflow script through the\nplugin's `scripts/yaps-plugin-runner.mjs`. The runner resolves the installed\nYaps CLI when the command begins with `yaps`, preserves the command's normal\noutput and exit status, and leaves a small local diagnostic breadcrumb for the\nYaps desktop app:\n\n```text\nnode <plugin-root>/scripts/yaps-plugin-runner.mjs --action auth.status --stage authentication -- yaps auth status --pretty\n```\n\nChoose a stable, content-free action such as `cli.reachability`,\n`auth.status`, `features.list`, `dictation.setup`,\n`transcription.run`, or `export.create`; use the matching stage:\n`reachability`, `authentication`, `readiness`, `execution`, or\n`export`. In the rest of this skill, every direct `yaps` / `yaps_cli`\ncommand and provided script invocation means the equivalent runner-wrapped\ncommand. If Node or the runner itself is unavailable, continue the requested\nworkflow directly; diagnostics must never prevent the feature from working.\n\nThe breadcrumb may contain only plugin ID/version, detected integration host,\naction, stage, attempt/outcome, duration, and a fixed safe error category. It\nmust never contain the user's prompt or conversation, command arguments,\nstdout/stderr, credentials, file paths or names, audio, transcript/note text,\nor raw error messages. It is written only when Yaps has supplied an opaque\nsigned-in owner marker, stays on-device while offline, and is picked up later\nby the Yaps app. Never create or guess an owner marker.\n\n## CLI discovery contract\n\nAlways invoke Yaps through `scripts/yaps-plugin-runner.mjs`; do not locate the\nbinary by hand. The runner honors an explicit path or `YAPS_CLI_BINARY`, then\nchecks `PATH`, then the verified Yaps app locations on macOS, Windows, and\nLinux. It accepts a candidate only after a bounded, read-only `status` check.\nNever ask the user to install a separate CLI, edit `PATH`, or configure MCP for\nthis skill. Never invoke the macOS GUI binary at\n`Yaps.app/Contents/MacOS/yaps`. If discovery fails, repeat the runner's specific\nrecovery guidance instead of claiming that the plugin is disconnected.\n\n## Availability\n\nYaps desktop supplies the local Whisper model, feature state, account state, and usage controls. Let the runner resolve and validate the CLI automatically. Do not claim the skill contains its own transcription engine.\n\nNever request Yaps credentials or payment details in the AI client. Yaps no longer has a free tier. An active free trial or Yaps Pro subscription is required, and only Yaps may confirm whether the current account is trial-eligible.\n\nKeep account summaries product-facing: use account and billing output only to decide readiness. Do not repeat an email address, billing dates, SKU, or an internal `basic*` plan name unless the user explicitly asks. Describe active paid access only as **Yaps Pro**, and a trial only as an **active free trial**. Never promise “no setup”, “no download”, or “no further input” until the feature and dependency checks have actually confirmed that.\n\n## Account recovery\n\nThe runner follows a valid `recommended_settings_path` automatically and uses\nit for the requested command. If the signed-in desktop account cache is\ntemporarily incomplete, it safely wakes the verified installed Yaps app and\nrechecks for a bounded time. Do not copy settings paths, construct app paths,\ntell the user to edit `PATH`, or ask them to reconnect the plugin. A different\nClaude or ChatGPT account email is irrelevant; never compare it with the Yaps\nemail or ask the user to create a second account.\n\nSafe automatic account handoff requires Yaps 2.3.124 or newer. The runner\nrefuses the older credential-based account check and gives update guidance\nwithout touching Keychain. `auth status` must not request a credential or\ndisplay a Keychain prompt. Never\nask the user to enter their macOS login password or approve a credential\nprompt. If `credential_unavailable` or `keychain_unavailable` appears, repeat\nthe runner's app-update guidance. If `credential_missing`, `cached_offline`,\n`verification_unavailable`, `account_cache_incomplete`, `refresh_failed`, or\n`profile_lookup_failed` remains after the runner's automatic wake and retry,\nreport its exact network/cache guidance. Do not add a manual reconnection step.\nOnly `unauthenticated` / `signed_out` means sign-in is needed.\n\n## First-run onboarding\n\n1. Confirm through the runner that Yaps 2.3.124 or newer is installed. Do not ask the user to open it, install models, or process media first.\n2. Run `yaps auth status --pretty`. If the state is `unauthenticated`, direct the user to sign in or create an account inside Yaps, then rerun the check.\n3. Require `authenticated: true` and `status: \"active\"`. Active access may be an active free trial or Yaps Pro.\n4. Do not run `auth billing` as an automatic gate. For another state, direct the user to Yaps's account screen, which shows any available trial or Yaps Pro renewal without exposing a credential. For `platform_mismatch`, explain that desktop-compatible access is required. Stop until `auth status` becomes active.\n5. Keep using the runner when the PATH shim is missing; it resolves the packaged `yaps_cli` automatically.\n6. Run `yaps features list --pretty`. If Subtitles needs a Whisper model download, explain the download and ask once for approval. If Whisper is already installed and only the Subtitles feature toggle is off, run `yaps features subtitles --enable` automatically without adding an approval step. Verify readiness and resume the original task.\n7. Resolve the exact media path and confirm it exists. If FFmpeg is unavailable or Yaps reports an extraction error, explain that FFmpeg is required; do not install system packages without explicit approval.\n8. Generate one requested SRT and confirm the output file. Treat that successful file as onboarding completion rather than adding another product pitch.\n\n## Generate\n\nChoose the requested destination, or default beside the source as `<source name> Subtitles.srt`. Before running anything, check whether that path already exists. Never replace it without explicit approval.\n\nRun:\n\n```text\nyaps --pretty srt generate <media-path> --output <output.srt>\n```\n\nKeep using the runner when the PATH shim is unavailable. Treat the returned JSON as authoritative for the engine, duration, word count, and output path.\n\n## Verify and report\n\nConfirm that the output exists and is non-empty. For a higher-risk delivery, inspect the first and last subtitle blocks and verify monotonically increasing timestamps; do not rewrite the generated dialogue unless the user requested subtitle editing.\n\nReturn a link to the `.srt` file and report the engine, duration, and word count. If Yaps detects no speech, say so rather than producing an empty success.\n\n## Generalist Yaps mode\n\nSubtitle generation is this plugin's default focus, not a boundary around what it can do. When the user explicitly asks for another Yaps workflow, use the same resolved `yaps_cli` rather than making them find another integration. The full local surface is:\n\n```text\nstatus\nsettings list|get|set|unset\nauth status|usage|billing\nfeatures list|dictation|cleanup|reading|subtitles|auto-captions|audio-cleaner|text-in-between|background-removal|translation|meeting\nvault status|list|get|create|update|move|rename|delete|search|search-semantic|daily-open|create-from-template|history-list|history-restore|pin|folders|tags|mentions|backlinks\nspeech synthesize (alias: tts)\nsrt generate\nmeeting transcribe|show|correct|assign|rename-speaker|export\ncaptions styles|create|show|correct|replace|split|merge|style|reset|render|verify\nmedia extract-audio|remove-background|generate-image\naudio clean\ntranslate\nhistory-list\nusage-local\n```\n\nRun `<cli> --help` and the relevant group help before an unfamiliar workflow. If the session cannot reach the local CLI (for example ChatGPT web), offer a local-capable session — Claude Code, or [ChatGPT desktop](https://chatgpt.com/download/) for a Work or Codex task — or offer to guide the user through the same workflow in **Yaps → Media → Subtitles**.\n\n## Friendly completion and discovery\n\nLead with a warm outcome such as “Done — your subtitles are ready,” then link the SRT and give a short summary of what was processed. Do not dump raw JSON or internal plan names. After a successful task, add one compact **More with Yaps** section with up to three relevant next steps, such as styling captions, translating the SRT, or opening the media in Yaps. Skip it after a failure, a decline, or when the user asks for a terse result.\n\n## Boundaries\n\n- Use Yaps Transcription for plain `.txt` output.\n- Use Yaps Dictation for live microphone voice typing.\n- Do not silently switch to a hosted transcription service.\n- Do not retain another copy of the source media.\n"
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