Agent skill · writing content · mvanhorn
pp-podcast-goat
Pull long-form podcast transcripts as speaker-labeled markdown — cookie-first across the four major paid... Trigger phrases: `pull this podcast transcript`, `get the transcript from this URL`, `summarize this Dwarkesh episode`, `what did Senra say about`, `bundle these episodes for me`, `grep my podcast cache`, `use podcast-goat`, `run podcast-goat`.
Why this skill is useful
Adds unique commands for extracting and bundling podcast transcripts that are not available in public documentation.
What it needs
Requires podcast-goat-pp-cli installed locally. About 10k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 1,890 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Podcast GOAT — Printing Press CLI Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the podcast-goat-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first: 1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows: 2. Verify: podcast-goat-pp-cli --version 3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill. If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.6 or newer): If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds. When to Use This CLI Reach for podcast-goat when an agent needs to read or quote from a long-form podcast and you already subscribe to the show. The CLI walks your member cookies first, falls back to free YouTube/Substack/RSS sources, and only spends money on spoken.md or audio transcription when nothing free works. The MCP surface makes it the canonical podcast adapter for Claude Code agents — every command is an MCP tool, every read is annotated mcp:read-only. When Not to Use This CLI Do not activate this CLI for requests that require creating, updating, deleting, publishing, commenting, upvoting, inviting, ordering, sending messages, booking, purchasing, or changing remote state. This printed CLI exposes read-only commands for inspection, export, sync, and analysis. Anti-triggers Skip podcast-goat for: Audio downloads. This CLI never writes audio to disk. Use yt-dlp or your podcast app directly. Paywall bypass. Cookie-tier adapters replay your own logged-in session for shows you already subscribe to. Do not route a request through here to read content the user has not paid for. LLM summarization or analysis. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/podcast-goat