Voice Memo Organizer

Voice Memo Organizer

A [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code) skill that turns hundreds of untitled Apple Voice Memos into a searchable, organized archive — with descriptive titles, summaries, themes, and key quotes.

Transcription runs 100% locally on your Mac — no API keys needed. The skill supports two engines: **Parakeet** (recommended, faster + better punctuation, ~2.3 GB model) or **whisper.cpp** (lighter, ~150 MB model, better fit for Macs with less RAM). Summarization is handled by Claude.

What It Does

Your Apple Voice Memos are buried in a hidden macOS folder, named things like "New Recording 247." This skill:

1. Finds all your Voice Memos (they're at a non-obvious path that requires Full Disk Access)
2. Extracts metadata from Apple's SQLite database (dates, durations, display titles)
3. Transcribes every recording locally — choose Parakeet MLX (recommended) or whisper.cpp (lighter); both run ~60× realtime on Apple Silicon in batch mode
4. Summarizes each transcript with a descriptive title, themes, key quotes, and type classification
5. Builds a searchable master index document
6. (Optional) Renames memos through the Mac Voice Memos app UI so the new titles sync to your iPhone

Before → After

**Before:** 329 recordings named "New Recording 1" through "New Recording 329"

**After:** A searchable markdown index with entries like:

• "90-Day Focus Sprint Framework" (productivity, goal-setting)
• "Bedtime Story About the Brave Little Fox" (personal, family)
• "Legal Call Re: Buying Back Company from PE" (business, legal)

Each with summaries, themes, and key quotes extracted. With Step 7, Claude drives the Mac Voice Memos UI to rename each memo, and the same titles appear in the Voice Memos app on your iPhone.

Start Here: Beginner Walkthrough

If you have never installed a Claude Code skill before, follow thes