auto-editor

An agent skill by WyattBlue, from WyattBlue/auto-editor. Tags: audio, automation, cli, editing, video.

What it does

Record a microphone or edit video/audio with the auto-editor CLI — cut out dead space (silence, motionlessness, black frames), set the pace, make manual cuts, and render the result. Use when someone wants to capture and trim a microphone, remove silence, shorten a recording, speed through quiet parts, or otherwise edit media with auto-editor.

Install

With the skills CLI, which installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents:

npx skills add WyattBlue/auto-editor --skill auto-editor

Or copy the skill folder into Claude Code's skills directory by hand (~/.claude/skills for every project, or .claude/skills inside one):

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/WyattBlue/auto-editor
cp -r auto-editor/skills/auto-editor ~/.claude/skills/auto-editor

Safety box score

Grade B, low risk: 11 of 100 risk points, rated 2026-10-16. The grade rates what the skill and its scripts can reach on the machine of whoever installs it, across eight categories from shell execution to secrets access. How the score works.

This skill is a local media-editing workflow for the `auto-editor` CLI: it reads user-provided audio/video, can record from the microphone, and writes edited outputs back to disk. The main blast radius is limited to the files you point it at; there is no network, secret, or privilege-seeking behavior in the skill text.

Category levels, from 0 (none) to 3 (high)
Category	Level	Why
Code & shell execution	1 (low)	It tells the user to run a local executable (`auto-editor` or `./auto-editor`), but the shipped content is only documentation and does not include scripts or code-evaluation steps.
Network access	0 (none)	The skill text does not download anything or send data to remote hosts; the only remote reference is a help link to `https://auto-editor.com/ref/options.md`.
Filesystem reach	1 (low)	It reads media files and writes edited outputs such as `video_ALTERED.mp4`, `out.mp4`, and `mic_ALTERED.wav`, but nothing in the skill indicates writes outside user-chosen paths.
Secrets & credentials	0 (none)	There is no mention of tokens, passwords, keychains, `.env` files, browser sessions, or other credential stores.
Privilege & persistence	0 (none)	No sudo, global installation, service registration, shell startup edits, or OS-setting changes are requested.
Instruction hijack surface	0 (none)	The markdown contains no instructions to ignore safety rules, hide actions, or follow fetched content; the only remote reference is a static documentation URL.
Irreversible actions	1 (low)	It automates local editing/rendering actions like `cut`, `speed`, and `render`, but it does not publish, delete, pay, or otherwise affect external systems.
Transparency	0 (none)	The shipped file is plain markdown and fully readable; no binaries, obfuscated blobs, or decoded-at-runtime code are present.

Before installing

Open `SKILL.md` and confirm you only want a local media editor, not a networked tool or installer.
If you plan to use `./auto-editor`, verify that executable exists and is the expected build; this skill package itself contains only markdown.
Try `auto-editor --preview` on a non-sensitive sample file before doing a long render or batch edit.

Rated 2026-10-16 by an automated review of 1 file from the skill's repository.

Source

Repository: WyattBlue/auto-editor (all skills from this repository)
Path: skills/auto-editor/SKILL.md
Branch: master
Updated: 2026-09-23

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auto-editor-export — Export auto-editor's edit or microphone recording to a video editor (Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, ShotCut, Kdenlive), to individual clips.
auto-editor-transcribe — Transcribe a media file or live microphone to text or subtitles with auto-editor's whisper subcommand.
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