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title: "VidBee AI Prompts: Summarize Transcripts"
description: "Run built-in or custom AI prompts on VidBee transcripts. Summarize episodes, extract stats, write FAQs, and keep provider API keys on your device."
canonical: "https://vidbee.org/docs/ai-prompts/"
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# VidBee AI Prompts: Summarize Transcripts

AI prompts read a [transcript](./transcribe) and return Markdown you can copy or share. VidBee sends the **text** to the provider you configure — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, Groq, Deepseek, OpenRouter, Azure, Hugging Face, local Ollama or LM Studio, or a custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Media files stay on this computer. API keys stay in the app and are not uploaded to VidBee.

Write a **custom prompt** once, save it, and run the same workflow on any transcript. Built-in prompts cover the jobs people repeat most (summary, FAQ, stats, translation, mind map).

## Core features

- **Built-in prompts** — summary, FAQ, stats, translation, mind map, grammar, paraphrase
- **Custom prompts** — write once, save it, run it on any transcript
- **Many providers** — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, Groq, OpenRouter, local Ollama / LM Studio, or a custom endpoint
- **Text only** — media stays local; API keys stay in the app
- **Copy and share** — Markdown, or a share image
- **Background runs** — leaving the page does not abort the job

![Bullet Points prompt result next to the transcript](/docs/ai-prompts/ai-prompt-result.png)

## Built-in prompts

These ship with VidBee. Titles in the UI follow the interface language.

- **Bullet Points** — scannable summary grouped by theme
- **Improve Grammar & Punctuation** — cleaned prose, same meaning, no new claims
- **Generate FAQ** — questions and answers grounded only in the transcript
- **Extract Statistics** — numbers, dates, amounts, and rates (list + table)
- **Paraphrase Content** — a shorter rewrite in the same language
- **Create a mindmap** — one Mermaid `mindmap` of the topics
- **Translate** — into the current interface language (`{{uiLanguage}}` is replaced before send)

Each preset asks the model to skip preambles and keep list markers on the same line as the item.

## Run a prompt on a transcript

1. Finish a transcript (captions or local ASR). Empty or “no speech” files cannot run a prompt until there is text — use **Transcribe anyway** if needed.
2. Connect a provider in **Settings → Providers** and click **Use** on it.
3. Open the transcript. Caption tabs sit next to prompt tabs. Extra prompts hide under **All prompts**.
4. Click a prompt such as **Bullet Points**. VidBee starts it automatically the first time.

While it runs:

- **Thinking** shows model reasoning when the provider sends it, with elapsed seconds
- **Stop** aborts the stream without leaving the page
- **Run again** regenerates
- **Copy** copies the Markdown
- **Share image** renders a card (title, cover, prompt result) you can download, copy, or send through the system share sheet

The run lives in the main process. Leaving the page does not abort it. Come back to the same transcript and tab to read the result.

**Settings → Advanced → Share watermark** adds the original title, author, and VidBee branding on share images.

If something fails, the pane explains what to do (missing provider, bad API key, empty model ID, network, empty output) and links to **Open provider settings**.

## Providers

**Settings → Providers** is the catalog of services VidBee can call. Use the one you already trust, or keep the step fully local. API keys never leave this computer.

| Provider | Typical use |
| --- | --- |
| OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, Groq, Deepseek, OpenRouter, Azure, Hugging Face | Cloud APIs with a key |
| Ollama, LM Studio | Local models, no key required |
| Custom | Any OpenAI-compatible `/v1` endpoint and your own base URL |

For a preset, you usually enter **API key** and **Model ID**. Custom also asks for **Base URL**. **Test connection** sends a short ping and shows a reply preview before you save. **Use** makes that provider the one transcript prompts call. You can edit or remove a provider later.

![Providers page with OpenAI in use and cloud and local catalogs](/docs/ai-prompts/ai-providers.png)

## Edit the prompt list

![Settings page listing built-in transcript prompts](/docs/ai-prompts/ai-prompts-settings.png)

**Settings → Prompts** is the catalog.

- Toggle a prompt to hide it from transcript tabs
- **Edit** changes title, icon, and instructions
- **Add prompt** creates a custom workflow you can reuse on every transcript
- **Restore defaults** re-inserts missing built-ins without wiping custom prompts
- The editor can **Run** against a built-in sample transcript so you can check the wording before you use it on real files

![Edit prompt dialog with icon, title, instructions, and sample run](/docs/ai-prompts/ai-prompt-edit.png)

Prompt text can include `{{uiLanguage}}`. VidBee replaces that token with the current interface language name (for example `English` or `中文`) before the request is sent.

Source: https://vidbee.org/docs/ai-prompts/index.md