Use Case
Local Whisper is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. Free local speech-to-text for Telegram and WhatsApp using MLX Whisper on Apple Silicon. Private, no API costs. This guide walks you through installing Local Whisper, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install Local Whisper: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install whisper-mlx-local
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to design & creative to trigger Local Whisper
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine Local Whisper with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Local Whisper
Help me get started with Local Whisper
What can Local Whisper do for my design & creative workflow?
Show me an example of using Local Whisper
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install whisper-mlx-localOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install whisper-mlx-localβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/whisper-mlx-local/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.