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name: zoom description: Download Zoom meeting transcripts. Use when asked to get transcripts from Zoom recordings, download Zoom meeting notes, or fetch Zoom call transcripts.

Zoom Transcript Downloader

Use the zoom CLI tool to download transcripts from Zoom meeting recordings.

Important: Avoid Interactive Mode

The -s (search) flag triggers interactive prompts which don't work well in automated contexts. Always use direct meeting ID download when possible.

Usage

Direct Download (Preferred)

Copy# Download transcript by meeting ID to stdout
zoom 123456789

# Save transcript to a specific file
zoom 123456789 -o transcript.vtt

# Save to a specific directory
zoom 123456789 -o meetings/call-transcript.vtt

Finding Meeting IDs

If you need to find meeting IDs, run the search in a way that shows the list but exits:

Copy# List recent meetings (will show IDs in output)
zoom -s "" 2>&1 | head -20

Then use the meeting ID directly with zoom <meeting_id>.

Arguments

Output

Returns VTT (WebVTT) transcript files containing timestamped speaker labels and text.

Example VTT format:

CopyWEBVTT

00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:10.000
Speaker 1: Hello everyone, welcome to the meeting.

00:00:10.500 --> 00:00:15.000
Speaker 2: Thanks for joining today.

Requirements

Environment variables for Server-to-Server OAuth:

• ZOOM_CLIENT_ID
• ZOOM_CLIENT_SECRET
• ZOOM_ACCOUNT_ID

The hamel package must be installed: pip install hamel

Examples

Download a specific meeting transcript:

Copyzoom 85678123456 -o meeting-notes.vtt

Download and immediately read the content:

Copyzoom 85678123456 > transcript.vtt && cat transcript.vtt

Process transcript with AI:

Copyzoom 85678123456 -o /tmp/meeting.vtt
ai-gem "Summarize this meeting transcript" /tmp/meeting.vtt