hamel
Install
sh
pip install hamelAll CLI tools below are installed automatically with the package. Use
<command> --help to see the full capabilities of each. Example
commands are shown below.
Docs: hamelsmu.github.io/hamel
Available Utilities
Gemini — ai-gem
Text generation, PDF/image/video analysis via Google Gemini.
sh
ai-gem "Summarize this document" report.pdf
ai-gem "Describe what you see" photo.jpg
ai-gem "What are the key points?" https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID
ai-gem "Extract all tables" spreadsheet.png -o tables.mdYouTube — youtube
Transcripts, AI chapters, uploads, scheduling, downloads.
sh
youtube transcribe "https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID"
youtube transcribe recording.mp4
youtube chapters "https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID"
youtube upload --file video.mp4 --title "My Video" --privacy private
youtube list
youtube download --id VIDEO_IDX / Twitter — xapi
Follow tracking, likes, bookmarks, screenshots.
sh
xapi resolve HamelHusain
xapi fetch HamelHusain
xapi diff snapshot1.json snapshot2.json --fetch-posts
xapi likes --limit 20
xapi bookmarks -o bookmarks.json
xapi screenshot https://x.com/user/status/123456Zoom — zoom
Download Zoom meeting transcripts.
sh
zoom 123456789 -o transcript.vtt
zoom 123456789 | ai-gem "Summarize this meeting"Kit — kit-broadcasts
Fetch newsletter broadcasts for writing context.
sh
kit-broadcasts -o broadcasts.json
kit-broadcasts --full | jq '.[0:5]'
kit-broadcasts | ai-gem "List the main topics covered"Annotate Talk — ai-annotate-talk
Create blog posts from technical talks with slides.
sh
ai-annotate-talk "https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID" slides.pdf output_images/
ai-annotate-talk "https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID" slides.pdf out/ --output post.mdAI Agent Skills
These utilities are also available as skills for AI coding agents. Install the plugin to give your agent access to all the tools above.
Claude Code
sh
claude /plugin install hamel-tools@hamelsmu-hamelOr load directly from a local clone:
sh
claude --plugin-dir ./plugins/hamel-toolsCodex CLI
Codex supports the same skill format. Point it at the plugin directory:
sh
codex --plugin-dir ./plugins/hamel-tools