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Interview transcript trimmer
Paste a long interview transcript. Get it cut in passes to the few truly interesting passages, with the order to use them.
Interview transcript trimmer is a free AI skill for the job "Write and tell stories". Give the instructions to an AI assistant that supports the required files and tools, then review its output.
Free · No account · Made by AI Blocks · Level: beginner
What it does
A long transcript hides its best parts. Reading it once leaves you with a feel for the talk but not the lines you would use. Summaries lose the speaker's own words, which are the point. This skill works the way an editor does by hand. It reads the whole transcript once and underlines only lines that surprise. It copies them to a new file, then cuts that file in passes until it is about a tenth of the length. It orders what is left by feeling, not by time, and checks that no cut or move changes what the speaker meant. It also marks the thin spots where you should have asked more, and turns each into a follow-up question.
You give it
- The full transcript, with the speaker named
- What the piece is for (optional)
- Lines or topics you must keep (optional)
You get
- The kept passages in the speaker's own words
- The order to use them, with a reason
- A list of cut passes showing what went when
- Follow-up questions for the thin spots
Use it when
- You recorded an hour of talk and need the five minutes that matter.
- You are making a quote page, a podcast clip list or a case study from an interview.
- You want to know what to ask in the next interview.
How to use it
- Start a chat with the skill. Open it if you added it to your AI, or copy it and paste it in.
- Paste the full transcript with speaker names.
- Say what the cut will be used for.
- Check the kept lines against your memory of the talk.
- Ask for a second pass if you need it shorter.