baocut
Drive BaoCut from the CLI: transcribe local media or media URLs, polish transcripts through Agent workers, translate/correct subtitles, pick or save subtitle styles, identify speakers, edit talking-head video with reversible cuts and B-roll, and export SRT/VTT/ASS/Markdown/video/editable projects for CapCut, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Shotcut, and Kdenlive. Use for any transcription, caption/subtitle, translation, speaker, rough-cut, subtitle styling, editable editor project, or media-export request, and whenever working in the BaoCut repository. Not for motion graphics,
npx skills add JimLiu/baocut --skill baocut --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# BaoCut CLI Drive the BaoCut transcription/subtitle pipeline headlessly. The binary is `baocut`, from the BaoCut macOS app: run the `baocut` the app puts on your PATH, or the full path `/Applications/BaoCut.app/Contents/MacOS/baocut-cli` (this skill also ships `bin/baocut`, which resolves that path and checks the app is installed). Every command supports `--help`; add `--json` (global, before the
What does the baocut skill do?
Drive BaoCut from the CLI: transcribe local media or media URLs, polish transcripts through Agent workers, translate/correct subtitles, pick or save subtitle styles, identify speakers, edit talking-head video with reversible cuts and B-roll, and export SRT/VTT/ASS/Markdown/video/editable projects for CapCut, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Shotcut, and Kdenlive. Use for any transcription, caption/subtitle, translation, speaker, rough-cut, subtitle styling, editable editor project, or media-export request, and whenever working in the BaoCut repository. Not for motion graphics,
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add JimLiu/baocut --skill baocut --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From JimLiu/baocut, a repository with 323 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.