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transcript-to-pdf

Render a single transcript to a PDF using Typst, with the source file's modification timestamp and page numbers in the footer. Use when the user asks to "make a PDF of this transcript", "render to PDF", "transcript as PDF", or otherwise wants a printable single-version document. For multi-version (raw + cleaned + structured + blog) bundles, use `combine-versions` instead.

npx claudepluginhub danielrosehill/claude-code-plugins --plugin claude-transcription

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This skill uses the workspace's default tool permissions.

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Take one transcript file and render a clean PDF via Typst. Footer carries the original transcript timestamp on the left and page numbers on the right.

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Transcript → PDF

Take one transcript file and render a clean PDF via Typst. Footer carries the original transcript timestamp on the left and page numbers on the right.

Inputs

Transcript path (markdown or plain text). Required.
Title (optional) — defaults to the filename stem.
Timestamp (optional) — defaults to the transcript file's mtime formatted as YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM.

Output

<stem>.pdf written next to the input file (or to --out if the user supplies one).

Typst template

Write a temporary .typ file with:

#set document(title: "<title>")
#set page(
  paper: "a4",
  margin: (x: 2cm, y: 2.2cm),
  footer: context [
    #set text(size: 9pt, fill: gray)
    #grid(
      columns: (1fr, 1fr),
      align: (left, right),
      [<timestamp>],
      [Page #counter(page).display() of #counter(page).final().first()],
    )
  ],
)
#set text(font: "IBM Plex Sans", size: 11pt)
#set par(justify: true, leading: 0.7em)

= <title>

<body — markdown converted to Typst>

Substitute <title>, <timestamp>, and <body> before compiling. Font: IBM Plex Sans if available, otherwise Typst default.

Markdown → Typst conversion (minimal)

Markdown	Typst
`# H1`	`= H1`
`## H2`	`== H2`
`bold`	`bold`
`italic`	`_italic_`
`code`	`code`
`- item`	`- item`
Blank line	Blank line (paragraph break)

Plain prose passes through unchanged. For anything richer (tables, code blocks, links), do a per-element pass.

Render

typst compile <stem>.typ <stem>.pdf

Delete the intermediate .typ after a successful compile unless the user asks to keep it.

Edge cases

No typst binary: instruct the user to install via cargo install --locked typst-cli or their distro's package manager. Do not silently fall back to a different format.
Very long transcripts (50+ pages): Typst handles this fine; just confirm with the user before rendering anything over ~200 pages so they can opt into a smaller font / tighter leading.
Diarized transcript (speaker-prefixed lines like Speaker 1: ...): preserve as-is; the bold/italic conversion already handles the **Speaker 1:** form many transcribers emit.