apple-voice-memos
Installation
SKILL.md
Apple Voice Memos
Extract and process transcripts from Apple Voice Memos synced via iCloud.
Prerequisites
Voice Memos must be synced with iCloud on macOS.
Tools
This skill includes two scripts in its scripts/ directory. Script paths in this document are relative to this skill's directory — your working directory is likely elsewhere, so invoke them with absolute paths (e.g. python3 <skill-dir>/scripts/extract-apple-voice-memos-metadata).
extract-apple-voice-memos-metadata— Queries the CloudRecordings.db SQLite database (read-only) and outputs CSV with columns:title,date,duration,path,has_transcript. Supports optional flags:--limit N(default 10),--offset N,--search TERM,--after YYYY-MM-DD,--before YYYY-MM-DD.extract-apple-voice-memos-transcript— Extracts the embedded transcript from a.m4afile'stsrpatom. Outputs timestamped text with filler words removed, intelligent line breaks, and paragraph breaks at natural pauses.
Step 1: Select a voice memo
Run the metadata script to find the right recording. Choose flags based on what the user asked for: