# auto-dubbing

Dubs videos into other languages using Sonilo by translating and re-voicing speech into new MP4 files. Helpful when a project needs full video localization rather than subtitles.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1100 installs · ★ 117
- Author: sonilo-ai
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/sonilo-ai/skills/tree/HEAD/auto-dubbing/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/auto-dubbing

## What it does

The skill passes video input to Sonilo, translating spoken audio and generating a localized `.mp4` file for each requested language. When pre-approved translations exist, you can pass `.srt` or `.vtt` scripts via the `subtitles` argument so the voiceover speaks exact lines. It also outputs re-timed subtitle files aligned with the new voice track.

Execution works through Sonilo MCP tools or the `sonilo` CLI. Authentication requires `sonilo login`, an OAuth plugin, or the `SONILO_API_KEY` variable. Dubbing takes time because generating audio and video is intensive. Never kill a long-running call early: the backend task continues running and billing anyway, so cancelling only makes retrieving the output harder.

Billing applies per target language. Before committing paid credits, a self-serve account gets a free 15-second preview on its first single-language request without custom scripts.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sonilo-ai/skills --skill auto-dubbing -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/auto-dubbing/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/auto-dubbing/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sonilo-ai/skills --skill auto-dubbing -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/auto-dubbing/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sonilo-ai/skills --skill auto-dubbing -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/auto-dubbing/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install sonilo-ai/skills auto-dubbing
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/auto-dubbing/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sonilo-ai/skills --skill auto-dubbing -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/sonilo-ai/skills --path auto-dubbing
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/auto-dubbing/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sonilo-ai/skills --skill auto-dubbing -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/sonilo-ai/skills/tree/HEAD/auto-dubbing/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- dub spoken video into target languages
- generate localized `.mp4` files with fresh voiceovers
- voice videos from pre-approved `.srt` scripts
- extract re-timed subtitle tracks for dubbed audio

## Example prompts
- Dub the video `~/Desktop/product-demo.mp4` into Spanish and French using Sonilo
- Localize `product-demo.mp4` into German using lines from `~/Desktop/demo.de.srt`
- Run dubbing on the video URL into Japanese and export re-timed `.srt` files

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: auto-dubbing
description: Dub a video into one or more other languages using Sonilo, translating and re-voicing the speech into a new video per language. Optionally supply your own target-language script per language, so the dub speaks those lines verbatim instead of the pipeline's own translation, and get a re-timed SRT back per language. Use when a user needs a video localized into another language, not just subtitled. Billed per language; a self-serve account's first single-language call is a free 15-second preview — confirm language count with the user before calling.
license: MIT
compatibility: "Requires Sonilo through either transport — the MCP server connected, or the `sonilo` CLI installed and signed in — plus credentials: a `sonilo login` sign-in, the hosted OAuth plugin, or SONILO_API_KEY. See the setup-api-key skill."
allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, mcp__sonilo__*
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# Sonilo Dubbing

Dub a video into one or more other languages: the speech is translated and re-voiced, producing a new `.mp4` per target language (not just an audio track or subtitles). If the user already has approved translations, pass them as `subtitles` and the dub speaks those lines instead of translating the source itself.

> **Setup:** See the [setup-api-key](../setup-api-key) skill.

> ⚠️ **Cost — read before calling:** this is billed **per language**. The only free run is a **15-second preview**: a self-serve account's first call with ONE language and no `subtitles` translates just the first 15 seconds of the video, at no charge, and the result carries `trial_preview` with what the whole video would cost. Every call after that — and any call with several languages or scripts — is charged. Requesting four languages costs four times as much as one. Confirm the exact language list with the user before calling; do not guess a long list "to be helpful."

> ⏱ **This call is slow.** It polls for **at least two hours** internally regardless of any shorter `TIME_OUT_SECONDS` — that's the backend's own ceiling for the dubbing pipeline. A call that sits for an hour or more is normal, not a hang. Do not cancel it: the job keeps running and charging either way, and cancelling just loses the easy path to the result (use `get_sfx_task`, or `get_generation_task` on the hosted server, to recover it instead).

## Transport: MCP or CLI

Pick one at the start of the session and stay on it. Do not mix the two inside
a single job, and do not announce the choice.

1. **Sonilo MCP tools visible in this session** (`dubbing` and friends) — use them. This is the preferred path: it needs no shell, and it is the only one that survives a very long generation. If a call fails to authenticate — rather than failing on its inputs — this transport is not usable in this session: go to 2 instead of retrying it.
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