hamel

Install

pip install hamel

All 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.

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.md

YouTube — youtube

Transcripts, AI chapters, uploads, scheduling, downloads.

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_ID

X / Twitter — xapi

Follow tracking, likes, bookmarks, screenshots.

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/123456

Zoom — zoom

Download Zoom meeting transcripts.

zoom 123456789 -o transcript.vtt
zoom 123456789 | ai-gem "Summarize this meeting"

Kit — kit-broadcasts

Fetch newsletter broadcasts for writing context.

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.

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.md

AI 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

claude /plugin install hamel-tools@hamelsmu-hamel

Or load directly from a local clone:

claude --plugin-dir ./plugins/hamel-tools

Codex CLI

Codex supports the same skill format. Point it at the plugin directory:

codex --plugin-dir ./plugins/hamel-tools