Apple Voice Memos — Development skill for Claude Code

Apple Voice Memos Agent Skill

Extract and process transcripts from Apple Voice Memos synced via iCloud.

Installing this skill

You can install this skill into Claude Code, Gemini, Cursor, and other agents that support the [Agent Skills](https://agentskills.io/home) format:

npx skills add https://github.com/jessedc/apple-voice-memos --skill apple-voice-memos

If you get the error `npx: command not found`, you need to install Node first:

brew install node

When using `npx`, you can select whether the skill should be installed just for one project or made available for all your projects.

Alternatively, you can clone this repository or download a release and install it however you like.

Prerequisites

• macOS with Voice Memos iCloud sync enabled

Using this skill

The skill is called Apple Voice Memos, and can be triggered in Claude Code:

/apple-voice-memos

The skill walks you through three steps:

1. Select — Finds voice memos by recency, title search, or date range, flagging any without a transcript (skips the question when your request identifies a single memo)
2. Extract & process — A subagent pulls the embedded transcript from the selected memo and produces structured notes with narrative summary, detailed notes, asides, and action items — keeping the full transcript out of the main conversation
3. Present — Adds the memo's date, duration, and source file beneath the title and offers to save the notes as a markdown file

You can also trigger the skill using natural language:

Use the Apple Voice Memos skill to summarize my most recent voice memo.

How It Works

Two Python scripts (standard library only, no dependencies):

• extract-apple-voice-memos-metadata — Queries the CloudRecordings.db SQLite database (read-only) for recording titles, dates, durations, and filenames, and reports whether each recording has an embedded transcript. Supports filtering and pagination.
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