---
name: x-video-transcribe-a0dc8a8fb028
description: Transcribe and summarize X/Twitter videos using bird CLI + Gemini audio transcription.
---

# X Video Transcribe

Transcribe X/Twitter video posts to text. Downloads the video, extracts audio, and uses Gemini for accurate transcription.

## When to use

- User shares an X/Twitter URL containing a video
- User asks to "transcribe this tweet" or "what does this video say"
- User wants a summary of an X video

## Usage

```bash
# Basic transcript
~/agent-workspace/skills/x-video-transcribe/scripts/transcribe.sh "https://x.com/user/status/123"

# With summary
~/agent-workspace/skills/x-video-transcribe/scripts/transcribe.sh "https://x.com/user/status/123" --summary

# Save to file
~/agent-workspace/skills/x-video-transcribe/scripts/transcribe.sh "https://x.com/user/status/123" --summary --output /tmp/transcript.md
```

## Pipeline

1. **bird CLI** — Fetches tweet JSON, extracts video URL
2. **curl** — Downloads the video MP4
3. **ffmpeg** — Extracts audio as MP3 (much smaller than video)
4. **Gemini API** — Uploads audio, transcribes with gemini-2.0-flash

## Requirements

- `bird` CLI with auth (cookies in `~/agent-workspace/secrets/bird.env`)
- `ffmpeg`
- `GEMINI_API_KEY` environment variable

## Environment

| Variable | Default | Description |
|----------|---------|-------------|
| `GEMINI_API_KEY` | (required) | Google Gemini API key |
| `BIRD_ENV` | `~/agent-workspace/secrets/bird.env` | Path to bird credentials |
| `GEMINI_MODEL` | `gemini-2.0-flash` | Gemini model for transcription |


---
Source attribution: kbarbel640-del
Original project: https://github.com/kbarbel640-del/skills/blob/e7e336ac628c3e3bd771aff1aaa469c93778f94a/skills/henrino3/ec-x-video-transcribe/SKILL.md
License: MIT
License information: https://opensource.org/license/mit
Original upstream instructions; downloaded from Dave AI.

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# Dave AI resource metadata

Creator / publisher: kbarbel640-del
Original project: https://github.com/kbarbel640-del/skills/blob/e7e336ac628c3e3bd771aff1aaa469c93778f94a/skills/henrino3/ec-x-video-transcribe/SKILL.md
Attribution basis: Source repository record

Fields of work: Marketing
Roles: Content Marketer, Marketing Analyst, Social Media Manager
Specialties: Specialty not specified
Tools: FFmpeg, Bird Cli, Gemini Api
Country applicability: Country not specified
Classification basis: Source catalog labels
Instruction SHA-256: 654b2c7e785729061236f10e30a6419ffd6cf298a7621b6b2090234532eb123d