OpenAI Whisper API (curl)
SkillMediaLets your agent turn audio files into text transcripts using OpenAI's Whisper speech-to-text service.
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About this skill
Transcribe audio via OpenAI Audio Transcriptions API (Whisper).
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by the-open-agent/openagent in skills/openai-whisper-api/SKILL.md and read by Ahel’s review.
Transcribe an audio file via OpenAI's /v1/audio/transcriptions endpoint. Set OPENAI_BASE_URL to use an OpenAI-compatible proxy or local gateway.
Quick start
curl -sS "https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/transcriptions" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
-F "file=@/path/to/audio.m4a" \
-F "model=whisper-1" \
-F "response_format=text" \
> transcript.txt
Defaults:
- Model:
whisper-1 - Output format:
text
Options
# With language hint
curl -sS "https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/transcriptions" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
-F "file=@audio.ogg" \
-F "model=whisper-1" \
-F "response_format=text" \
-F "language=en" \
> transcript.txt
# With speaker hint (prompt)
curl -sS "https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/transcriptions" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
-F "file=@audio.m4a" \
-F "model=whisper-1" \
-F "response_format=text" \
-F "prompt=Speaker names: Peter, Daniel" \
> transcript.txt
# JSON output
curl -sS "https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/transcriptions" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
-F "file=@audio.m4a" \
-F "model=whisper-1" \
-F "response_format=json" \
> transcript.json
Custom base URL
Set OPENAI_BASE_URL to use an OpenAI-compatible proxy or local gateway:
API_BASE="${OPENAI_BASE_URL:-https://api.openai.com/v1}"
curl -sS "${API_BASE}/audio/transcriptions" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
-F "file=@audio.m4a" \
-F "model=whisper-1" \
-F "response_format=text" \
> transcript.txt
API key
Set OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable before running commands.
Signals
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- Forks
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- Last commit
- Oct 2026
Ahel review
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community integration, published by the-open-agent, not openai
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- skill
- Key
openai-whisper-api-the-open-agent- Source
- github.com/the-open-agent/openagent
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