Transloadit Media Processing Skill (awesome-copilot) for Claude Code: What It Does and How to Install It

Makes your agent encode, resize, watermark, transcribe and OCR media files by building Transloadit pipelines.

Installs: 8.7K; on skills.sh
Stars: 40.7K; on GitHub
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

The skill covers video, audio, images and documents with 86+ Transloadit processing robots, according to its description. SKILL.md shows five ready workflows: encode video to HLS, generate video thumbnails, resize and watermark images, OCR a document and concatenate audio clips. It also shows how to chain steps and store the result in an S3 bucket.

It bundles no scripts. It works through Transloadit's cloud, either with the @transloadit/mcp-server MCP server or the @transloadit/node command-line tool, and needs a free Transloadit account with an auth key and secret.

Good for

Developers who need video encoding to HLS or MP4 without running ffmpeg themselves
Teams resizing, converting and watermarking images at scale
Anyone chaining media steps and exporting results to S3

Install transloadit-media-processing

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the transloadit-media-processing skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill transloadit-media-processing

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires Node.js.

The skill works with the Transloadit MCP server (option A in SKILL.md, shown as the VS Code config) or with the @transloadit/node CLI (option B, no install step). Replace the placeholders with your own auth key and secret from your Transloadit account. The awesome-copilot README targets GitHub Copilot, so the Claude Code and Codex configs are the same server entry in each client's format. There is no Claude app upload route because the MCP server runs locally.

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What's in the skill

When it loads

Process media files (video, audio, images, documents) using Transloadit. Use when asked to encode video to HLS/MP4, generate thumbnails, resize or watermark images, extract audio, concatenate clips, add subtitles, OCR documents, or run any media processing pipeline. Covers 86+ processing robots for file transformation at scale.

Sections in SKILL.md

When to Use This Skill
Setup
Option A: MCP Server (recommended for Copilot)
Option B: CLI
Core Workflows
Encode Video to HLS (Adaptive Streaming)
Generate Thumbnails from Video
Resize and Watermark Images
OCR a Document
Concatenate Audio Clips
Multi-Step Pipelines
Key Concepts
Tips

Key facts

Author: (awesome-copilot) - no author is named in the skill or repo files; the repo LICENSE names GitHub, Inc. as copyright holder
License: MIT (SKILL.md frontmatter and the repo LICENSE)
Installs on skills.sh: 8,707 (Nov 2, 2026)
GitHub stars: 40,666 for the whole github/awesome-copilot repo (Nov 2, 2026)
Last repo commit: Oct 30, 2026
What it includes: 1 file: SKILL.md. No scripts
Audits on skills.sh: Gen Agent Trust Hub: pass, Socket: pass, Snyk: pass (Nov 2, 2026)
Needs: A free Transloadit account, plus the @transloadit/mcp-server MCP server or the @transloadit/node CLI
Credentials: The auth key and secret come from transloadit.com/c/-/api-credentials

What it includes

Adds @transloadit/mcp-server with your auth key and secret
Gives the agent create_template, create_assembly and list_assembly_notifications.
Runs code · Setup option A: MCP server
Runs npx -y @transloadit/node assemblies create with --steps and --wait
Pass the input file with --input.
Runs code · Setup option B: CLI
Uses the /video/encode robot with the hls-1080p preset
Adaptive streaming output.
Network · Encode video to HLS
Uses /video/thumbs with count, width and height
The example makes 8 thumbnails at 320 by 240.
Network · Generate video thumbnails
Chains two /image/resize steps with a watermark URL and position
Example fits to 1200 by 800 and adds a bottom-right watermark.
Network · Resize and watermark images
Uses /document/ocr with provider aws and text format
Network · OCR a document
Imports URLs with /http/import and joins them with /audio/concat
Network · Concatenate audio clips
Chains steps with the use field and exports with /s3/store
The example writes results to an S3 bucket path you name.
Write · Multi-step pipelines
Assembly, template, robot, steps and :original, plus five tips
Tips cover presets, --wait, chaining and templates with variables.
Key concepts and tips

From the official docs

Permissions

Medium risk

What it can do

Read your data
Create and change things
Delete things
Read-only mode

Watch out for

Your files are processed on Transloadit's cloud
SKILL.md describes Transloadit's cloud infrastructure and shows steps that import files from URLs, S3, GCS, Azure, FTP and Dropbox. Do not send media you cannot share with a third party. github.com
The MCP config holds your key and secret
Option A puts TRANSLOADIT_KEY and TRANSLOADIT_SECRET in the MCP server config as plain environment values. Keep that file out of git. github.com
npx -y runs packages without asking
Both setup options run npx -y for @transloadit/mcp-server or @transloadit/node. These are third-party npm packages, so check the version you get. github.com
Large jobs may cost money
SKILL.md says a free account is required. It does not state processing prices. Our advice: check Transloadit's own pricing before large batches. github.com

Technical details

Talks to	Transloadit cloud. npm registry (@transloadit packages via npx). Your S3 bucket if a step stores results there
Sign-in and keys	SKILL.md puts the Transloadit auth key and secret in the MCP server's env settings in your IDE config file.
Scopes	Sends your media files and processing steps to Transloadit Uses your Transloadit auth key and secret Can write results to an S3 bucket you name in a step Runs npx -y to download and run Transloadit packages

Questions

What does the Transloadit media skill do?

It makes your agent build and run Transloadit media pipelines. Examples are HLS encoding, thumbnails, image resize and watermark, audio extraction, OCR and speech tasks.

How do I install it?

Use the install box at the top of this page. It lists the skill folder and the Transloadit MCP server config from SKILL.md. You also need a Transloadit account and an auth key and secret.

Does it need an API key?

Yes. SKILL.md says it requires a free Transloadit account, and the MCP option uses TRANSLOADIT_KEY and TRANSLOADIT_SECRET. Get them from the API credentials page in your Transloadit account.

Is this the official Transloadit skill?

This page does not show that it is. It is a third-party listing in github/awesome-copilot, and neither the skill nor the repo files name an author, so we cannot confirm Transloadit wrote it. SKILL.md refers to Transloadit's own account, docs and npm packages. For the vendor's own material, use Transloadit's documentation.

How much does it cost?

SKILL.md says a free Transloadit account is required and gives no prices for processing. Check Transloadit's pricing page before you run large jobs.

Is it safe?

It bundles no scripts, but your media goes to Transloadit's cloud and the setup runs npx -y on npm packages. Keep the key and secret out of git and avoid private media you cannot share.

Does it work in Claude Code?

The skill is a standard SKILL.md. SKILL.md's MCP example targets VS Code and GitHub Copilot. The Claude Code and Codex server entries in the install box are our conversions of that same entry (labelled generated), not text from SKILL.md. Nothing in the repo says it was tested in Claude.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: github/awesome-copilot
Folder: skills/transloadit-media-processing

github/awesome-copilot skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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transloadit-media-processing SKILL.md · github.com
awesome-copilot README · github.com