# srt

Extracts SRT subtitles from audio, video, or URLs using Perso AI STT and translates them with your agent.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 40
- Author: perso-ai
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/perso-ai/perso-dubbing-plugin/tree/HEAD/skills/srt/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/srt

## What it does

This skill sends media files or links to the Perso AI STT service using `scripts/srt.mjs`. That single script handles uploading, speech recognition, and downloading the finished SRT file. Passing `--transcribe-only` stops execution right after downloading the original transcript. Without that flag, the agent translates the extracted text into the requested languages.

Jobs run in the background. Transcription takes minutes, so running it in the foreground risks terminal timeout drops. The tool shares libraries with the dubbing skill, meaning the `dubbing` directory must sit next to `srt`. On a free Perso workspace, the server rejects file downloads and returns only a browser link, which prevents local translation from running.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install perso-ai/perso-dubbing-plugin srt
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/perso-ai/perso-dubbing-plugin --path skills/srt
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add perso-ai/perso-dubbing-plugin --skill srt -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/perso-ai/perso-dubbing-plugin/tree/HEAD/skills/srt/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- extract SRT subtitles from media files or links
- translate an existing SRT file into multiple languages
- generate original transcripts without running translation
- retime and validate timestamps in local subtitle files

## Example prompts
- Extract subtitles from video.mp4 and translate them into Japanese
- Transcribe audio.wav into an original SRT file with --transcribe-only
- Translate local subs.srt into Spanish and German

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: srt
description: Extract subtitles (SRT) from video/audio/URLs and translate them into other languages (Perso AI STT).
allowed-tools: Bash(node scripts/srt.mjs *), Bash(node scripts/style.mjs *), Bash(node ../dubbing/scripts/resolve_key.mjs *), Bash(node ../dubbing/scripts/billing.mjs *), Bash(node ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/*), Bash(node ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../dubbing/scripts/*)
---

# /srt

A skill that extracts the source-language subtitles of a video/audio via the Perso AI STT API — and then **you (the agent) translate them** into the requested languages.

## Core rules (must follow)

- **Only the worker sees the raw key.** Never open the key with `Read`, echo it, or pass it as a command-line argument. Workers send it in the `XP-API-KEY` header only.
- **One command = the whole extraction.** `scripts/srt.mjs` handles upload · transcription · SRT download by itself.
- **Always run `srt.mjs` in the background.** Transcription takes minutes; a foreground shell timeout kills the run mid-way.
- Language unspecified → target `en`.
- **Transcription only, no translation** (user asks for "the subtitles/transcript as-is", "just the SRT in the original language") → run with `--transcribe-only` instead of `--target`. The downloaded original SRT **is** the final deliverable — skip the Translate section entirely.
- **Multiple languages go in one command** (`--target en,ja`) — one subtitle project is created per input regardless of how many languages, and you translate its single original SRT into each of them.
- **Relay progress faithfully.** Surface the worker's stdout `[progress]` lines to chat, verbatim or summarized. The indented stderr detail logs don't need relaying. For a batch the worker streams a `[progress]` line per input and prints a `[status]` heartbeat (`subtitles 3/20`, with a `next check ~Nm` hint) — check the background output ~3 minutes after launch, then on the hinted interval, relaying new lines. Never invent percentages or ETAs.
- **Name your runtime for telemetry (silent).** Add `--host <claude-code|codex|cursor|antigravity|gemini>` to the worker command, naming the agent you are running as, if you can tell. It only tags usage telemetry — never surface it to the user and never ask them about it. Omit it if unsure.
- **Unsupported formats are skipped automatically** and the rest keep processing — relay the skip notice.
- **Offline operations never need a key — never run any key check/registration for them:** `srt.mjs --check`/`--retime`, `style.mjs` with a local video + SRT (everything except `--project`), and translating an SRT the user hands you.
- This skill shares the dubbing skill's libraries: the `dubbing` folder must be installed next to `srt` (every install method ships them together; only a manual copy of the `srt` folder alone breaks this).

## Setup (lazy — no upfront step)
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