deAPI Skills - AI Media Generation for Claude Code

[!NOTE] A newer, portable successor to this skill lives in deapi-ai/skills. The new deapi skill targets the current deAPI v2 API, discovers models live (no hardcoded slugs), adds music/video generation, and follows the agentskills.io open standard — so it runs unchanged in Hermes Agent, Claude Code, Cursor, Goose, OpenCode, Codex and 40+ other agents. This repository (v1 API, Claude Code commands) remains available but is no longer actively developed.

Skill for Claude Code that adds AI media generation capabilities. Install once, then just describe what you want - transcribe videos, generate images, text-to-speech, OCR. Claude automatically picks the right tool. Also works with Cursor, Windsurf & Continue.dev. Up to 20x cheaper inference via deAPI. Free $5 credit on signup, no credit card required.

Table of Contents

• Why deAPI Skills?
• Quick Start
• Use Cases
• Command Reference
• Installation
• Compatibility
• Pricing
• Documentation
• License

Why deAPI Skills?

Install once, just talk to Claude.

After installation, Claude automatically knows how to:

• Transcribe YouTube videos
• Generate images from text
• Convert text to speech
• Extract text from images (OCR)
• And more…

Just describe what you want in natural language. Claude picks the right tool. You can also use commands directly if you prefer.

Bonus: Up to 20x cheaper than big clouds like OpenAI.

Quick Start

1. Get your API key from deapi.ai (free $5 credit)

2. Set environment variable:

export DEAPI_API_KEY="your_key_here"

3. Install skill:

git clone https://github.com/deapi-ai/claude-code-skills.git
cp -r claude-code-skills/deapi ~/.claude/skills/

4. Restart Claude Code (new session or reopen terminal)

5. Try it:

“Transcribe this YouTube video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ”

Or use command directly: /transcribe https://youtube.com/watch?v=...

Done! Claude automatically picks the right tool based on your request.

Use Cases

Transcribe YouTube videos

Just tell Claude what you want:

“Transcribe this YouTube video and summarize key points”

Claude automatically uses /transcribe and processes the result.

Generate AI images

“Create a hero image for my landing page - minimalist, tech startup vibe”

Claude generates the image using Flux model via /generate-image.

Text-to-speech / AI voice

“Read this blog post aloud with a professional male voice”

Claude converts text to natural speech with /generate-audio.