# descript

A skill for editing talk content by rewriting the transcript instead of the timeline. Built for podcasts, interviews and talking-head video.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 585 installs · ★ 199
- Author: social-media-skills
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/descript/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/descript

## What it does

The skill walks the agent through the WORDS framework: an accuracy pass on the transcript first, then filler and silence removal, paragraph-level restructuring, Studio Sound cleanup, captions and Automatic Multicam. One recording turns into the episode, clips, show notes and chapters. Delete a sentence in the text and the footage goes with it.

Before touching anything, it reads the recording's content skill plus brand-profile and voice-builder. The agent plans the edit and can trigger Underlord through the API or MCP where that connection exists. Verifying by ear and approving the cut stays with a human, and WoopSocial handles publishing the exports. Overdub is own-voice-only and consent-verified, and it works on flubbed words rather than paragraphs — long stretches drift synthetic and get re-recorded.

The sharp edge is meaning. Moving paragraphs around makes it easy to put words in a guest's mouth, so the rule is concision yes, meaning-flips never. Credits matter too: media minutes count everything you import, and features that used to be unlimited are now metered. Check tiers and credits inside the app, because published figures conflict.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill descript -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill descript -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill descript -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install social-media-skills/skills descript
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill descript -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills --path skills/descript
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill descript -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/social-media-skills/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/descript/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- strip filler words and silences in one pass
- fix a flubbed word without re-recording the take
- split one recording into clips, show notes and chapters
- cut between speakers automatically from separate tracks
- generate captions from a corrected transcript

## Example prompts
- Clean up this podcast in Descript: remove filler words and silences, then show me what's left
- Turn this interview into clips, show notes and chapters, but don't publish anything until I approve
- Check the transcript for errors before we start cutting

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: descript
description: >-
  The Descript craft skill — edit talk content (podcasts, interviews, talking-head video) by
  editing the transcript instead of the timeline. Use when someone wants to edit in Descript, edit
  a podcast or interview, remove filler words/silences, clean up audio (Studio Sound), fix a
  flubbed word without re-recording (Overdub), auto-cut between speakers, turn one recording into
  clips + show notes + chapters, or asks about Descript's plans, credits, or Underlord. Uses the
  WORDS framework plus the interview rule: concision yes, meaning-flips never. Reads the
  recording's content skill + brand-profile/voice-builder first. The agent plans the edit (API/MCP
  where connected); the HUMAN verifies by ear and approves; WoopSocial publishes the exports.
  Overdub is consent-verified own-voice-only; tiers/credits are verified in-app. Distinct from
  capcut (visual
  short-form), captions-and-clipping/opus-clip (clip selection at scale), ai-voiceover (dedicated
  TTS), and podcast-and-audiograms (the strategy).
version: 1.0.0
---

# descript

The **talk-content editing tool skill** — write the edit in the transcript, Overdub with consent, refine the
sound, dress the visuals, and ship the cuts. The agent plans (and can drive Underlord via API/MCP where
connected); the **human verifies by ear and approves**; **WoopSocial publishes** the exports. (Ships with
`tools/integrations/descript.md`.)

## The POV: the transcript is the timeline — decide in text, verify by ear
For dialogue-heavy content, editing the transcript beats scrubbing a timeline: delete the sentence, the clip
disappears; move the paragraph, the footage follows — reviews report ~60–70% editing-time cuts for talk content.
But the paradigm has two sharp edges the top 1% respect. **(1) The voice spine:** Overdub's consent-verified,
**own-voice-only** design is the model, not an obstacle — it exists so nobody types words into someone else's
mouth; and the craft truth is it shines on flubbed *words*, not paragraphs (long Overdub drifts synthetic —
re-record those). **(2) The meaning spine:** text-editing makes it dangerously easy to rearrange a guest into
saying something they didn't — **concision yes, meaning-flips never**, and the human owns the final cut of anyone
else's words. Operationally: the **accuracy pass is mandatory** (transcript errors become wrong edits AND wrong
captions), and since the Sept 2025 overhaul, the workflow must be **credit-aware** — media minutes count
everything you import, and formerly-unlimited AI features are metered.
```
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