hold-to-talk SKILL.md skillA
hold-to-talk from gptme/gptme-contrib is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add gptme/gptme-contrib/hold-to-talk@v0.2.0Pins v0.2.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- gptme/gptme-contrib
- Path
skills/hold-to-talk/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
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- Latest version
- v0.2.0, committed Oct 15, 2026
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- 15
- License
- MIT
Experimental single-turn voice input for gptme: capture or read audio, transcribe locally with faster-whisper, and optionally speak the response.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Hold-to-talk Run **one voice turn** through the gptme CLI. Invoke again for another turn; this is not a persistent conversation or a Tauri integration. Start with the [reproducible demo](demo.md): setup, architecture, an observed file-input transcript, and the desktop verification checklist are there. The file-input path works without a microphone or keyboard hook. Live device capture and playback remain experimental and need testing on the target desktop. ## Usage From this skill directory, with dependencies installed: ```sh # Hold Space, speak, release. Needs a desktop audio device and keyboard access. python3 scripts/hold-to-talk.py # Fixed recording window; does not import pynput. python3 scripts/hold-to-talk.py --duration 5 # Existing audio file; does not import sounddevice or pynput. python3 scripts/hold-to-talk.py --audio-file sample.wav --no-tts # Inspect transcription without starting gptme. python3 scripts/hold-to-talk.py --audio-file sample.wav --transcript-only ``` ## Configuration | Setting | Default | Effect | | --- | --- | --- | | `HTT_MODEL` / `--model` | `tiny.en` | Local Whisper model; English-only by default | …
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How to install
mdr add gptme/gptme-contrib/hold-to-talk@sha256:51003b49c1742073The line at the top of this page pins the label v0.2.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 15, 2026.
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Source
gptme/gptme-contrib · 15 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch master
API
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.