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BaoCut

JimLiu/baocut

Lets an agent run the BaoCut app's command-line tool to transcribe audio or video, build and translate subtitles, edit timelines and overlays, and export the result.

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01Author
JimLiu
03Stars
524 · as of Oct 3, 2026
04Last updated
Aug 30, 2026
05License
MIT
06Works with
Claude Code · Codex · Any agent
07Models
BaoCut
08Content language
English
09Domains
Filmmaking
10Stages
Editing
SC 01Overview

What it does

A bundled resolver script finds or downloads the matching bcut command-line tool and checks for a newer release at the start of each task. The agent then runs BaoCut workflows on a local project: automatic transcription, subtitle polishing and translation, speaker review, timeline cuts, overlays and animation, and SRT or video export. A browser-based Subtitle Studio lets you review and adjust the result, and a strict check runs before anything is called ready to deliver. It triggers only when BaoCut, bcut or a .bcut project is named, and it runs on macOS with the BaoCut app installed (Apple silicon can also download a standalone CLI) or on Windows x64, where the resolver installs a preview CLI.

SC 02Install

How to install it

  • 01From the README

    The install command quoted from the repository README.

    npx skills add JimLiu/baocut -g -a claude-code codex -y
  • 02skills CLI, for Claude Code, Codex and others

    The open skills CLI from Vercel Labs installs a skill from a GitHub repo into the folder each agent expects. It asks which skills and which agents you want, and it installs for the current project unless you add the -g flag, which installs for your user account. Add --list to see what a repo contains before you install anything.

    npx skills add https://github.com/JimLiu/baocut/tree/main/skills/baocut
  • 03Claude Code, skills folder

    Copy the skill's folder, the one that holds SKILL.md, into ~/.claude/skills/ to use it in every project on your machine, or into .claude/skills/ in a repository to use it there and share it by committing it. Claude Code picks up changes to these folders during a session. If the folder did not exist when the session started, run /reload-skills.

  • 04Claude Code, plugin marketplace

    Some repos publish a plugin marketplace, a .claude-plugin/marketplace.json file. Add it in Claude Code, then install a plugin from it with /plugin install plugin-name@marketplace-name. Plugins can bundle hooks and MCP servers along with skills, so read the details panel before you confirm.

    /plugin marketplace add JimLiu/baocut
  • 05Codex, skills folder or $skill-installer

    Codex reads skills from .agents/skills in your working folder and its parent folders up to the repository root, and from $HOME/.agents/skills for every repository. Copy the skill's folder into one of them, or run $skill-installer inside Codex and ask it to install from the repo. Codex detects new skills automatically and needs a restart only if one does not appear.

The first command is quoted from the author's README. The others are the standard ways to install a skill from a GitHub repository. They are templates and may not apply here, for example if the repo has no plugin marketplace, so follow the README first.

SC 03Fit

Where it fits in a film pipeline

The production stages this skill covers, and where Pencil0 picks up.

SC 04Related

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This is a third-party skill. It is not maintained or audited by Pencil0, and skills can run scripts on your machine, so read the SKILL.md and any scripts before installing. Stars, license and dates are a GitHub snapshot and may be out of date.