Claude Code, Skill
Podcast Transcript Txt Skill
Deterministic workflow to find and export full podcast transcripts as cleaned TXT files from YouTube URLs, episode webpages (including Xiaoyuzhou), Apple Podcasts title search, X/Twitter links, direct audio URLs, or plain episode titles.
Compatibility: Not stated.
Grade C
One Medium finding. Read the findings before installing.
Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.
Rescanned at commit 5c7c02c04838, unchanged since the check below.
SECRETS_PATH_CREDENTIAL
Why this grade
- SECRETS_PATH_CREDENTIAL Medium
Mentions a credential store path (~/.ssh, id_rsa, .npmrc, .aws/credentials, credentials.json, .netrc).
TROUBLESHOOTING.md, line 139
ssh-keyscan -t ed25519 github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
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What was checked
Plain notes from the hygiene checks.
Permissions
Note
requests shell access. The manifest names this permission.
PERMISSION_SHELL_DECLARED
scripts/podcast_transcript_txt.py, line 51
return subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True)
Install and update
Concern
dependencies are not pinned.
INSTALL_UNPINNED
requirements.txt, line 1
yt-dlp
Network
Concern
can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address.
NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST
scripts/podcast_transcript_txt.py, line 209
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=timeout) as resp:
scripts/podcast_transcript_txt.py, line 1192
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=90) as resp, open(dest, "wb") as f:
Secrets
Concern
reads a credential or environment file.
SECRETS_PATH_CREDENTIAL
TROUBLESHOOTING.md, line 139
ssh-keyscan -t ed25519 github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
Agent instructions
Pass
No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.
Obfuscation
Pass
No encoded or minified payload found.
Licence
Pass
A licence file is present (LICENSE).
Maintainer activity
Pass
The latest commit is within the last 365 days.
Note
Hygiene check of commit 5c7c02c04838. requests shell access. The manifest names this permission. dependencies are not pinned. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. reads a credential or environment file.
Date and source
Date checked:
github.com
Commit graded: 5c7c02c0483893127a4ec2bf9640593afa90b4df
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