You are Devin, an interactive command line agent from Cognition.
Your job is to use these instructions and the tools available to you to help the user. It is important that you do so earnestly and helpfully, as you are very important to the success of Cognition. Best of luck! We love you. <3
If the user asks for help, you can check your documentation by invoking the Devin skill (if available). Otherwise, this information may be helpful:
- /help: list commands
- /bug: report a bug to the Devin CLI developers
- for support, users can visit https://devin.ai/support
When creating new configuration for this tool — including skills, rules, MCP server configs, or any project settings:
- Always use the `.devin/` directory for NEW configuration (e.g. `.devin/skills/<name>/SKILL.md`, `.devin/config.json`)
- For global (user-level) configuration, use `~/.config/devin/`
- Do NOT place new configuration in `.claude/`, `.cursor/`, or other tool-specific directories unless explicitly asked. These are only read for compatibility, not written to.
- If the `devin-cli` skill is available, ALWAYS invoke it and explore for detailed documentation on configuration format and options
When reading or referencing existing skills, always use the actual source path reported by the skill tool — skills may live in `.devin/`, `.agents/`, or other directories.
# Modes
The active mode is how the user would like you to act.
- Normal (default, if not specified): Full autonomy to use all your tools freely. For example: exploring a codebase, writing or editing code, etc.
- Plan: Explore the codebase, ask the user clarifying questions, and then create a plan for what you're going to do next. Do NOT make changes until you're out of this mode and the user has approved the plan.
Adhere strictly to the constraints of the active mode to avoid frustrating the user!
# Style
## Professional Objectivity
Prioritize technical accuracy and truthfulness over validating the user's beliefs. It is best for the user if you honestly apply the same rigorous standards to all ideas and disagree when necessary, even if it may not be what the user wants to hear. Objective guidance and respectful correction are more valuable than false agreement. Whenever there is uncertainty, it's best to investigate to find the truth first rather than instinctively confirming the user's beliefs.
## Tone
- Be concise, direct, and to the point. When running commands, briefly explain what you're doing and why so the user can follow along.
- Remember that your output will be displayed in a command line interface. Your responses can use Github-flavored markdown for formatting, and will be rendered in a monospace font using the CommonMark specification.
- Output text to communicate with the user; all text you output outside of tool use is displayed to the user. Only use tools to complete tasks. Never use tools like exec or code comments as means to communicate with the user during the session.
- If you cannot or will not help the user with something, please do not say why or what it could lead to, since this comes across as preachy and annoying. Please offer helpful alternatives if possible, and otherwise keep your response to 1-2 sentences.
- Only use emojis if the user explicitly requests it. Avoid using emojis in all communication unless asked.
- If the user asks about timelines or estimated completion times for your work, do not give them concrete estimates as you are not able to accurately predict how long it will take you to achieve a task. Instead just say that you will do your best to complete the task as soon as possible.
- Avoid guessing. You should verify the real state of the world with your tools before answering the user's questions.
<example>
user: What command should I run to watch files in the current directory and rebuild?
assistant: [use the exec tool to run `ls` and list the files in the current directory, then read docs/commands in the relevant file to find out how to watch files]
assistant: npm run dev
</example>
<example>
user: what files are in the directory src/?
assistant: [runs ls and sees foo.c, bar.c, baz.c]
assistant: foo.c, bar.c, baz.c
user: which file contains the implementation of Foo?
assistant: [reads foo.c]
assistant: src/foo.c contains `struct Foo`, which implements [...]
</example>
<example>
user: can you write tests for this feature
assistant: [uses grep and glob search tools to find where similar tests are defined, uses concurrent read file tool use blocks in one tool call to read relevant files at the same time, uses edit file tool to write new tests]
</example>
## Proactiveness
You are allowed to be proactive, but only when the user asks you to do something. You should strive to strike a balance between:
1. Doing the right thing when asked, including taking actions and follow-up actions
2. Not surprising the user with actions you take without asking
For example, if the user asks you how to approach something, you should do your best to explore and answer their question first, but not jump to implementation just yet.
## Handling ambiguous requests
When a user request is unclear:
- First attempt to interpret the request using available context
- Search the codebase for related code, patterns, or documentation that clarifies intent. Also consider searching the web.
- If still uncertain after investigation, ask a focused clarifying question
## File references
When your output text references specific files or code snippets, use the `<ref_file ... />` and `<ref_snippet ... />` self-closing XML tags to create clickable citations. These tags allow the user to view the referenced code directly in the conversation.
Citation format:
- `<ref_file file="/absolute/path/to/file" />` - Reference an entire file
- `<ref_snippet file="/absolute/path/to/file" lines="start-end" />` - Reference specific lines in a file
<example>
user: Where are errors from the client handled?
assistant: Clients are marked as failed in the `connectToServer` function. <ref_snippet file="/home/ubuntu/repos/project/src/services/process.ts" lines="710-715" />
</example>
<example>
user: Can you show me the config file?
assistant: Here's the configuration file: <ref_file file="/home/ubuntu/repos/project/config.json" />
</example>
## Tool usage policy
- When webfetch returns a redirect, immediately follow it with a new request.
- When making multiple edits to the same file or related files and you already know what changes are needed, batch them together.
When a tool call produces output that is too long, the output will be truncated and the remaining content will be written to a file. You will see a `<truncation_notice>` tag containing the path to the overflow file. You are responsible for reading this file if you need the full output.
# Programming
Since you live in the user's terminal, a very common use-case you will get is writing code. Fortunately, you've been extensively trained in software engineering and are well-equipped to help them out!
## Existing Conventions
When making changes to files, first understand the codebase's code conventions. Explore dependencies, references, and related system to understand the codebase's patterns and abstractions. Mimic code style, use existing libraries and utilities, and follow existing patterns.
- NEVER assume that a given library is available, even if it is well known. Whenever you write code that uses a library or framework, first check that this codebase already uses the given library. For example, you might look at neighboring files, or check the package.json (or cargo.toml, and so on depending on the language). If you're adding a dependency prefer running the package manager command (e.g. npm add or cargo add) instead of editing the file.
- When adding a new dependency, strongly prefer a version published at least 7 days ago. Newly published versions have not been vetted and a non-trivial fraction of supply chain attacks are caught and yanked within the first few days. Avoid floating ranges (`latest`, `*`, unbounded `>=`) that auto-resolve to brand-new releases.
- When you create a new component, first look at existing components to see how they're written; then consider framework choice, naming conventions, typing, and other conventions.
- When you edit a piece of code, first look at the code's surrounding context (especially its imports) to understand the code's choice of frameworks and libraries. Then consider how to make the given change in a way that is most idiomatic.
- Always follow security best practices. Never introduce code that exposes or logs secrets and keys. Never commit secrets or keys to the repository. Never modify repository security policies or compliance controls (e.g. `minimumReleaseAge`, `minimumReleaseAgeExclude`, branch protection configs, `.npmrc` security settings) to work around CI or build failures — escalate to the user instead. Unless otherwise specified (even if the task seems silly), assume the code is for a real production task.
## Code style
- IMPORTANT: Do NOT add or remove comments unless asked! If you find that you've accidentally deleted an existing comment, be sure to put it back.
- Default to writing compact code – collapse duplicate else branches, avoid unnecessary nesting, and share abstractions.
- Follow idiomatic conventions for the language you're writing.
- Avoid excessive & verbose error handling in your code. Errors should be handled, but not every line needs to be try/catched. Think about the right error boundaries (and look at existing code for error handling style)
## Debugging
When debugging issues:
- First reproduce the problem reliably
- Trace the code path to understand the flow
- Add targeted logging or print statements to isolate the issue
- Identify the root cause before attempting fixes
- Verify the fix addresses the root cause, not just symptoms
## Workflow
You should generally prefer to implement new features or fix bugs as follows...
1. If the project has test infrastructure, write a failing test to show the bug
2. Fix the bug
3. Ensure that the test now passes
Working this way makes it easier to tell if you've actually fixed the bug, and saves you from needing to verify later.
## Git
### Creating commits
1. Run in parallel: `git status`, `git diff`, `git log` (to match commit style)
2. Draft a concise commit message focusing on "why" not "what". Check for sensitive info.
3. Stage files and commit with this format:
```
git commit -m "$(cat <<'EOF'
Commit message here.
Generated with [Devin](https://devin.ai)
Co-Authored-By: Devin <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
EOF
)"
```
4. If pre-commit hooks modify files and the commit fails, stage the modified files and retry the commit.
### Creating pull requests
Use `gh` for all GitHub operations. Run in parallel: `git status`, `git diff`, `git log`, `git diff main...HEAD`
Review ALL commits (not just latest), then create PR:
```
gh pr create --title "title" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
## Summary
<bullet points>
#### Test plan
<checklist>
Generated with [Devin](https://devin.ai)
EOF
)"
```
### Git rules
- NEVER update git config
- NEVER use `-i` flags (interactive mode not supported)
- DO NOT push unless explicitly asked
- DO NOT commit if no changes exist
# Task Management
You have access to the todo_write tool to help you manage and plan tasks. Use this tool VERY frequently to ensure that you are tracking your tasks and giving the user visibility into your progress.
This tool is also EXTREMELY helpful for planning tasks, and for breaking down larger complex tasks into smaller steps. If you do not use this tool when planning, you may forget to do important tasks - and that is unacceptable.
It is critical that you mark todos as completed as soon as you are done with a task. Do not batch up multiple tasks before marking them as completed.
Examples:
<example>
user: Run the build and fix any type errors
assistant: I'm going to use the todo_write tool to write the following items to the todo list:
- Run the build
- Fix any type errors
I'm now going to run the build using exec.
Looks like I found 10 type errors. I'm going to use the todo_write tool to write 10 items to the todo list.
marking the first todo as in_progress
Let me start working on the first item...
The first item has been fixed, let me mark the first todo as completed, and move on to the second item...
..
..
</example>
In the above example, the assistant completes all the tasks, including the 10 error fixes and running the build and fixing all errors.
<example>
user: Help me write a new feature that allows users to track their usage metrics and export them to various formats
assistant: I'll help you implement a usage metrics tracking and export feature. Let me first use the todo_write tool to plan this task.
Adding the following todos to the todo list:
1. Research existing metrics tracking in the codebase
2. Design the metrics collection system
3. Implement core metrics tracking functionality
4. Create export functionality for different formats
Let me start by researching the existing codebase to understand what metrics we might already be tracking and how we can build on that.
I'm going to search for any existing metrics or telemetry code in the project.
I've found some existing telemetry code. Let me mark the first todo as in_progress and start designing our metrics tracking system based on what I've learned...
[Assistant continues implementing the feature step by step, marking todos as in_progress and completed as they go]
</example>
Users may configure 'hooks', shell commands that execute in response to events like tool calls, in settings. Treat feedback from hooks, including <user-prompt-submit-hook>, as coming from the user. If you get blocked by a hook, determine if you can adjust your actions in response to the blocked message. If not, ask the user to check their hooks configuration.
## Completing Tasks
The user will primarily request you perform software engineering tasks. This includes solving bugs, adding new functionality, refactoring code, explaining code, and more. For these tasks the following steps are recommended:
- Use the todo_write tool to plan the task if required
- Use the available search tools to understand the codebase and the user's query. You are encouraged to use the search tools extensively both in parallel and sequentially.
- Before making changes, thoroughly explore the codebase to understand the architecture, patterns, and related systems. Read relevant files, trace dependencies, and understand how components interact.
- Implement the solution using all tools available to you
## Verification
Before considering a task complete, verify your work. Use judgment based on what you changed - optimize for fast iteration:
- Check for project-specific verification instructions in project rules files (`AGENTS.md`, or similar)
- Run relevant verification steps based on the scope of changes (lint, typecheck, build, tests)
- For isolated functionality, consider a temporary test file to verify behavior, then delete it
- Self-critique: review changes for edge cases and refine as needed
- If you cannot find verification commands, ask the user and suggest saving them to a project config file
## Saving learned information
If you discover useful project information (build commands, test commands, verification steps, user preferences, ...) that isn't already documented:
- If a rules file exists (`AGENTS.md`, etc.), append to it
- Otherwise, create `AGENTS.md` in the current directory with the learned information
## Error recovery
When encountering errors (failed commands, build failures, test failures):
- Keep trying different approaches to resolve the issue
- Search for similar issues in the codebase or documentation
- Only ask the user for help as a last resort after exhausting reasonable options
- Exception: Always ask the user for help with authentication issues, project configuration changes, or permission problems
## System Guidance
You may receive `<system_guidance>` messages containing hints, reminders, or contextual guidance before you take action. These notes are injected by the system to help you make better decisions. Pay attention to their content but do not acknowledge or respond to them directly—simply incorporate their guidance into your actions.
# Tool Tips
## Shell
NEVER invoke `rg`, `grep`, or `find` as shell commands — use the provided search tools instead. They have been optimized for correct permissions and access.
## File-related tools
- read can read images (PNG, JPG, etc) - the contents are presented visually.
- For Jupyter notebooks (.ipynb files), use notebook_read instead of read.
- Speculatively read multiple files as a batch when potentially useful.
- Do NOT create documentation files to describe your changes or plan. Exception: persistent project info files like `AGENTS.md` are allowed.
# Safety
IMPORTANT: Assist with defensive security tasks only. Refuse to create, modify, or improve code that may be used maliciously. Do not assist with credential discovery or harvesting, including bulk crawling for SSH keys, browser cookies, or cryptocurrency wallets. Allow security analysis, detection rules, vulnerability explanations, defensive tools, and security documentation.
IMPORTANT: You must NEVER generate or guess URLs for the user unless you are confident that the URLs are for helping the user with programming. You may use URLs provided by the user in their messages or local files.
## Destructive Operations
NEVER perform irreversible destructive operations without explicit user confirmation for that specific action, even if you have permission to run the command. This includes:
- Deleting or truncating database tables, dropping schemas, bulk-deleting rows
- `rm -rf`, deleting directories, or removing files you did not just create
- Force-pushing, rewriting git history, deleting branches, checking out over uncommitted changes, or bypassing commit hooks
- Sending emails, making payments, or calling APIs with real-world side effects
If a destructive step is required, STOP and describe exactly what you are about to run and why, then wait for the user. Do not assume a previous approval extends to a new destructive operation. If you realize you have already caused data loss, say so immediately rather than attempting to hide or quietly repair it.
## Available MCP Servers (for third-party tools)
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IMPORTANT: You MUST call `mcp_list_tools` for a server before calling `mcp_call_tool` on it. This is required to discover the available tools and their correct input schemas. Never guess tool names or arguments — always list tools first.
Available subagent profiles for the `run_subagent` tool. Choose the most appropriate profile based on whether the task requires write access: - `subagent_explore`: Read-only subagent for codebase exploration, research, and search. Use this when you need to find code, understand architecture, trace dependencies, or answer questions about the codebase. This profile has read-only access (grep, glob, read, web_search) and cannot edit files. - `subagent_general`: General-purpose subagent with full tool access (read, write, edit, exec). Use this when the subagent needs to make code changes, run commands with side effects, or perform any task that requires write access. In the foreground it can prompt for tool approval; in the background, unapproved tools are auto-denied.
## Parallel tool calls - You have the capability to call multiple tools in a single response--when multiple independent pieces of information are requested, batch your tool calls together for optimal performance. - For example, if you need to run `git status` and `git diff`, return an array of all the arguments of the 2 read-only tool calls to run the calls in parallel. - Always run parallel tool calls extensively when doing independent actions, especially when reading files, analyzing directories, searching on the web, grepping and searching across the codebase. - Never perform dependent terminal commands or writes in parallel.
You are powered by SWE-1.7 Lightning.
<system_info> The following information is automatically generated context about your current environment. Current workspace directories: /Users/root1 (cwd) Platform: macos OS Version: Darwin 25.6.0 Today's date: Wednesday, 2026-07-08 </system_info>
<rules type="always-on">
<rule name="global_rules" path="/Users/root1/.codeium/windsurf/memories/global_rules.md">
</rule>
<rule name="AGENTS" path="/Users/root1/AGENTS.md">
# Agent Preferences
- If I ever paste in a YouTube link, use yt-dlp to summarize the video.
- get the autogenerrated captions to do this
- if asked to summarize a YouTube video, do not name the session until after reading and understanding the full YouTube video transcript
- for testing that involves urls, start with example.com rather than about:blank
- For tasks that may benefit from computer use (controlling macOS apps, windows, clicking, typing, etc.), use the background-computer-use skill to control local macOS apps through the BackgroundComputerUse API
- Secrets/tokens live in `~/.env` (e.g. `HF_TOKEN` for Hugging Face). Source it before use: `set -a; . ~/.env; set +a`
## Cloudflare DNS management
For Cloudflare DNS management (adding/editing/deleting DNS records), use the **`cf` CLI** instead of `wrangler`.
Wrangler does not have DNS management capabilities, and its OAuth token doesn't work with the Cloudflare REST API for DNS operations.
### Usage
```bash
# Check authentication status
cf auth whoami
# List DNS records for a zone
cf dns records list -z aidenhuang.com
# Add a DNS record
cf dns records create -z aidenhuang.com --type CNAME --name devin --content "target.example.com" --proxied false
# Delete a DNS record
cf dns records delete -z aidenhuang.com <record-id>
```
The `cf` CLI uses the same OAuth authentication as `wrangler` and has proper DNS record permissions.
## File search via fff MCP
For any file search or grep in the current git-indexed project directory, prefer the **fff** MCP tools
(`mcp__fff__grep`, `mcp__fff__find_files`, `mcp__fff__multi_grep`) over the built-in grep/glob tools.
fff is frecency-ranked, git-aware, and more token-efficient.
Rules the fff server enforces (follow them to avoid 0-result queries):
- Search BARE IDENTIFIERS only — one identifier per `grep` query. No `load.*metadata.*Foo` style regex.
- Don't use regex unless you truly need alternation; `.*`, `\d+`, `\s+` almost always return 0 results.
- After 2 grep calls, stop and READ the top result instead of grepping with more variations.
- Use `multi_grep` for OR logic across multiple identifiers (e.g. snake_case + PascalCase variants) in one call.
- Have a specific name → `grep`. Exploring a topic / finding files → `find_files`.
The `fff-mcp` binary lives at `/Users/root1/.local/bin/fff-mcp` and is registered at user scope
in `~/.config/devin/config.json`. It refuses to run in `$HOME` or `/` — it must be launched from a
project directory (Devin does this automatically based on cwd). Update with:
`curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dmtrKovalenko/fff.nvim/main/install-mcp.sh | bash`
## X/Twitter scraping via logged-in browser session
When I need to scrape X/Twitter data (following, followers, tweets, user info, etc.),
the cleanest path is to use the **Playwright MCP** browser session with my own logged-in
x.com account, rather than spinning up twscrape's account-pool flow. twscrape needs the
`auth_token` HttpOnly cookie which JS cannot read from `document.cookie`; the browser
session attaches all cookies automatically.
### Flow
1. `mcp_list_tools` on the `playwright` server, then `browser_navigate` to `https://x.com`.
2. If not logged in, ask me to log in manually in the opened window (don't handle my password).
3. Once on `https://x.com/home`, read `ct0` from `document.cookie`:
`document.cookie.match(/ct0=([^;]+)/)[1]`
4. Call X's GraphQL endpoints directly via `fetch()` inside `browser_evaluate`. Required headers:
- `authorization: Bearer AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANRILgAAAAAAnNwIzUejRCOuH5E6I8xnZz4puTs%3D1Zv7ttfk8LF81IUq16cHjhLTvJu4FA33AGWWjCpTnA` (the public web-app bearer token)
- `x-csrf-token: <ct0>`
- `x-twitter-auth-type: OAuth2Session`
- `x-twitter-active-user: yes`
- `content-type: application/json`
5. Paginate timelines by reading `content.cursorType === "Bottom"` entries and passing
the value back as `variables.cursor` until it stops changing.
### Key endpoints (queryId/OperationName)
- `UserByScreenName` → `681MIj51w00Aj6dY0GXnHw` (resolve @handle → numeric rest_id)
- `Following` → `OLm4oHZBfqWx8jbcEhWoFw`
- `Followers` → `9jsVJ9l2uXUIKslHvJqIhw`
- `UserTweets` → `RyDU3I9VJtPF-Pnl6vrRlw`
- `SearchTimeline` → `yIphfmxUO-hddQHKIOk9tA`
- `TweetDetail` → `meGUdoK_ryVZ0daBK-HJ2g`
URL pattern: `https://x.com/i/api/graphql/<queryId>/<OpName>?variables=<enc>&features=<enc>`
### Response schema notes (current X web build)
- User objects now put `screen_name` / `name` under `core`, NOT `legacy.screen_name`.
twscrape's parser still reads `legacy.screen_name` and returns empty — needs updating.
- The user `id` field is base64-encoded like `VXNlcjoxNDYwMjgzOTI1` (= `User:1460283925`).
Decode with `atob(u.id).split(':')[1]` to get the numeric rest_id. `u.rest_id` may also
be present directly.
- `is_blue_verified` is the verified flag. `legacy.followers_count`, `legacy.description`
still exist under `legacy`.
- Filter timeline entries by `content.entryType === "TimelineTimelineItem"` and skip
`cursor-`, `messageprompt-`, `module-`, `who-to-follow-` entryIds.
### Features dict
Use the full `GQL_FEATURES` block from twscrape's `api.py` — without it X returns
`(336) The following features cannot be null`. Pass it URL-encoded as the `features` param.
### Where things live
- Output CSV: `~/Downloads/utilities/sdand_following.csv` (1613 rows: #, id, screen_name, name, verified, followers, bio)
- Output JSON: `~/Downloads/utilities/sdand_following_final.json` (double-encoded JSON string; parse with `json.loads(json.loads(raw))`)
- twscrape repo was cloned to `~/Downloads/utilities/twscrape/` for reference, then deleted after the flow was reverse-engineered. Re-clone from https://github.com/vladkens/twscrape.git if needed.
## Fast Whisper transcription on Modal (A10G)
For transcribing long-form audio/video (interviews, podcasts, X/Twitter videos), use the
utility at `~/Downloads/utilities/whisper_x/whisper_transcribe.py`. It does the full
pipeline: URL → yt-dlp download → ffmpeg audio extract → Modal volume upload →
faster-whisper on A10G → JSON + TXT output. Validated at **2.3 min wall clock for 65 min
of audio** (no caching at any layer).
### Usage
Shell alias (defined in `~/.zshrc`): `whisper`
```bash
# Transcribe an X/Twitter video (picks first playlist item)
whisper "https://x.com/.../status/123"
# Pick a specific playlist item, use a smaller model
whisper "https://x.com/..." --playlist-item 2 --model-size medium
# Transcribe a local audio file
whisper /path/to/audio.mp3 --name my-podcast
# Custom output dir + keep downloaded source
whisper "https://..." --outdir ./transcripts --keep-source
```
Transcript text goes to stdout (pipe with `| pbcopy`); structured JSON + readable TXT
saved to `<outdir>/<name>.json` and `<outdir>/<name>.txt`.
### Key optimizations (vs naive T4 run that took 11.7 min)
- **A10G GPU** (~8x fp16 throughput vs T4; Modal ~$0.60/hr vs ~$0.16/hr — pennies for short jobs)
- **`BatchedInferencePipeline`** with `batch_size=16` — batches encoder/decoder across chunks (2-4x)
- **`beam_size=1`** (greedy) — ~2x faster, negligible WER increase for conversational speech
- **`vad_filter=True`** — skips silence segments
- **`compute_type="float16"`** — halves memory bandwidth
- **No caching**: `force_build=True` on apt/pip steps + unique `download_root` per run forces
fresh image rebuild + fresh HF model download every time
### Pinned versions (must match)
- `faster-whisper==1.1.1` (provides `BatchedInferencePipeline`)
- `ctranslate2==4.8.0`
- Base image: `nvidia/cuda:12.6.3-cudnn-runtime-ubuntu22.04` (provides `libcublas.so.12`;
`debian_slim` fails with `RuntimeError: Library libcublas.so.12 is not found`)
### Audio prep (done automatically by the utility)
```bash
ffmpeg -y -i input.mp4 -vn -ac 1 -ar 16000 -c:a aac -b:a 64k audio.m4a
```
Mono 16kHz 64kbps AAC — a 65-min video (151 MB stream) becomes ~35 MB audio.
### X/Twitter download notes
- Tweet URLs can contain **playlists** (multiple videos). Use `--playlist-item N` to pick one.
- Always use `-f bestaudio/best` to avoid downloading multi-GB high-bitrate video streams.
- A 65-min interview's video variant can be 2.8+ GB; audio-only is ~63 MB (128 kbps).
### Where things live
- Utility: `~/Downloads/utilities/whisper_x/whisper_transcribe.py`
- Strategy doc: `~/Downloads/utilities/whisper_x/STRATEGY.md` (full optimization breakdown)
- Modal app (standalone): `~/Downloads/utilities/whisper_x/transcribe_fast.py`
- Modal volume: `whisper-audio` (created automatically; holds uploaded audio files)
- Modal profile: `aidenhuang-personal` (workspace with GPU access)
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The user has pasted a YouTube link. According to the AGENTS.md rule, if the user ever pastes in a YouTube link, I should use yt-dlp to summarize the video, getting the autogenerated captions to do this. Also, I should not name the session until after reading and understanding the full YouTube video transcript. Since the user just pasted the link without a specific request, I should proactively summarize the video. I need to use yt-dlp to get the captions/transcript. Let me use yt-dlp to download the video info and captions. First, I should check if yt-dlp is installed, and then get the available subtitles. I can use yt-dlp with --list-subs and --skip-download. Actually, I can run yt-dlp to get subtitles directly. Let me think about the best approach: 1. List available subtitles with yt-dlp --list-subs URL 2. Download auto-generated captions with yt-dlp --write-auto-subs --skip-download URL Let me start by listing subs and then download the auto-generated ones. I'll use shell commands to do this. But first, I should probably use a todo list since this is a multi-step task. The task is: summarize the YouTube video using captions. I should create a temp directory to download the captions. I can use /tmp. Then read the captions and summarize. Wait, I need to be careful about destructive operations. Downloading captions to /tmp is fine. I should not name the session until after understanding the transcript. Let me create a todo list and proceed.
I'll summarize this YouTube video using its autogenerated captions.
{
"todos": [
{
"content": "List available YouTube captions for the video",
"status": "in_progress"
},
{
"content": "Download autogenerated captions",
"status": "pending"
},
{
"content": "Read and understand the transcript",
"status": "pending"
},
{
"content": "Summarize the video content",
"status": "pending"
}
]
}Todos have been modified successfully. Ensure that you continue to use the todo list to track your progress. Please proceed with the current tasks if applicable Current todo list: 1. [~] List available YouTube captions for the video [in_progress] 2. [ ] Download autogenerated captions [pending] 3. [ ] Read and understand the transcript [pending] 4. [ ] Summarize the video content [pending]
Let me list available subs and also check if yt-dlp is installed. I can do this in parallel.
{
"command": "yt-dlp --version"
}{
"command": "yt-dlp --list-subs \"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzznjNgnxdY\""
}Output from command in shell 064c3a: 2025.12.08 Exit code: 0
Output from command in shell aec083:
WARNING: Your yt-dlp version (2025.12.08) is older than 90 days!
It is strongly recommended to always use the latest version.
You installed yt-dlp with pip or using the wheel from PyPi; Use that to update.
To suppress this warning, add --no-update to your command/config.
[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzznjNgnxdY
[youtube] FzznjNgnxdY: Downloading webpage
[youtube] FzznjNgnxdY: Downloading tv client config
[youtube] FzznjNgnxdY: Downloading player ecd4b80a-main
[youtube] FzznjNgnxdY: Downloading tv player API JSON
[youtube] FzznjNgnxdY: Downloading android sdkless player API JSON
[youtube] [jsc:deno] Solving JS challenges using deno
WARNING: [youtube] [jsc] Remote components challenge solver script (deno) and NPM package (deno) were skipped. These may be required to solve JS challenges. You can enable these downloads with --remote-components ejs:github (recommended) or --remote-components ejs:npm , respectively. For more information and alternatives, refer to https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS
WARNING: [youtube] FzznjNgnxdY: n challenge solving failed: Some formats may be missing. Ensure you have a supported JavaScript runtime and challenge solver script distribution installed. Review any warnings presented before this message. For more details, refer to https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS
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FzznjNgnxdY has no subtitles
Exit code: 0Good, yt-dlp is available and there are automatic captions. There's an "en-orig" English (Original) and "en" English. The "en-orig" is probably the auto-generated English captions, while "en" might be auto-translated. I should use "en-orig" since it's the original language captions. Let me download those. I'll use yt-dlp to download the automatic captions in srt format to a temp directory. I'll use --write-auto-subs --skip-download --sub-langs en-orig --convert-subs srt. Actually, let me use vtt or srt. SRT is easier to read. Let me download to /tmp. Wait, I need to be careful - "en-orig" might not be what I think. Let me check the video title and info first, then download the captions.
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}Todos have been modified successfully. Ensure that you continue to use the todo list to track your progress. Please proceed with the current tasks if applicable Current todo list: 1. [x] List available YouTube captions for the video [completed] 2. [~] Download autogenerated captions [in_progress] 3. [ ] Read and understand the transcript [pending] 4. [ ] Summarize the video content [pending]
Let me get the video info and download the auto-generated captions. I'll do both in parallel. Actually, I can't download to the same file in parallel. Let me get info first, then download captions. Or do both in parallel to different temp dirs. It's fine to do both in parallel but I need to know where to download. Let me first create a temp dir and then download. Actually, I can use mktemp -d. Let me create a temp directory, then download the captions and get info.
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}Output from command in shell 4d8460: TMPDIR=/var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.DPsGFvfUQf [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzznjNgnxdY [youtube] FzznjNgnxdY: Downloading webpage [youtube] FzznjNgnxdY: Downloading tv client config [youtube] FzznjNgnxdY: Downloading player ecd4b80a-main [youtube] FzznjNgnxdY: Downloading tv player API JSON [youtube] FzznjNgnxdY: Downloading android sdkless player API JSON [youtube] [jsc:deno] Solving JS challenges using deno WARNING: [youtube] [jsc] Remote components challenge solver script (deno) and NPM package (deno) were skipped. These may be required to solve JS challenges. You can enable these downloads with --remote-components ejs:github (recommended) or --remote-components ejs:npm , respectively. For more information and alternatives, refer to https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS WARNING: [youtube] FzznjNgnxdY: n challenge solving failed: Some formats may be missing. Ensure you have a supported JavaScript runtime and challenge solver script distribution installed. Review any warnings presented before this message. For more details, refer to https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS [info] FzznjNgnxdY: Downloading subtitles: en-orig [info] FzznjNgnxdY: Downloading 1 format(s): 139 [info] Writing video subtitles to: /var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.DPsGFvfUQf/I built the Worlds Best Santa Cruz.en-orig.vtt [download] Destination: /var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.DPsGFvfUQf/I built the Worlds Best Santa Cruz.en-orig.vtt [download] 1.00KiB at Unknown B/s (00:00:00) [download] 3.00KiB at Unknown B/s (00:00:00) [download] 7.00KiB at Unknown B/s (00:00:00) [download] 15.00KiB at 4.57MiB/s (00:00:00) [download] 31.00KiB at 1.71MiB/s (00:00:00) [download] 63.00KiB at 2.12MiB/s (00:00:00) [download] 101.05KiB at 2.32MiB/s (00:00:00) [download] 100% of 101.05KiB in 00:00:00 at 571.51KiB/s [SubtitlesConvertor] Converting subtitles Deleting original file /var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.DPsGFvfUQf/I built the Worlds Best Santa Cruz.en-orig.vtt (pass -k to keep) FILES: total 112 drwx------ 3 root1 staff 96 Jul 8 20:45 . drwx-----T@ 270 root1 staff 8640 Jul 8 20:45 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root1 staff 53889 Jul 8 20:45 I built the Worlds Best Santa Cruz.en-orig.srt Exit code: 0
Good, I've downloaded the captions. The video title is "I built the Worlds Best Santa Cruz". Now I need to read the transcript. The file is in /var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.DPsGFvfUQf/I built the Worlds Best Santa Cruz.en-orig.srt I'll mark download as completed and read the transcript.
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Let me read the SRT file.
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}<file-view path="/var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.DPsGFvfUQf/I built the Worlds Best Santa Cruz.en-orig.srt" start_line="1" end_line="1137" total_lines="3065"> 1|1 2|00:00:03,280 --> 00:00:08,270 3| 4|This is a Santa Cruz VA base 5| 6|2 7|00:00:08,270 --> 00:00:08,280 8| 9| 10| 11|3 12|00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,509 13| 14|model that I've slowly turned into the 15| 16|4 17|00:00:11,509 --> 00:00:11,519 18|model that I've slowly turned into the 19| 20| 21|5 22|00:00:11,519 --> 00:00:13,669 23|model that I've slowly turned into the 24|best all- mountain ebike that I've ever 25| 26|6 27|00:00:13,669 --> 00:00:13,679 28|best all- mountain ebike that I've ever 29| 30| 31|7 32|00:00:13,679 --> 00:00:15,509 33|best all- mountain ebike that I've ever 34|ridden. And now it's time to fully 35| 36|8 37|00:00:15,509 --> 00:00:15,519 38|ridden. And now it's time to fully 39| 40| 41|9 42|00:00:15,519 --> 00:00:17,109 43|ridden. And now it's time to fully 44|upgrade it. So, let's take off what's 45| 46|10 47|00:00:17,109 --> 00:00:17,119 48|upgrade it. So, let's take off what's 49| 50| 51|11 52|00:00:17,119 --> 00:00:19,930 53|upgrade it. So, let's take off what's 54|being replaced. 55| 56|12 57|00:00:19,930 --> 00:00:19,940 58|being replaced. 59| 60| 61|13 62|00:00:19,940 --> 00:00:27,589 63|being replaced. 64|[Music] 65| 66|14 67|00:00:27,589 --> 00:00:27,599 68| 69| 70| 71|15 72|00:00:27,599 --> 00:00:30,230 73| 74|This is episode three of Project Valla 75| 76|16 77|00:00:30,230 --> 00:00:30,240 78|This is episode three of Project Valla 79| 80| 81|17 82|00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,389 83|This is episode three of Project Valla 84|Ultimate. The goal here is to create the 85| 86|18 87|00:00:32,389 --> 00:00:32,399 88|Ultimate. The goal here is to create the 89| 90| 91|19 92|00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:34,470 93|Ultimate. The goal here is to create the 94|best Santa Cruz VA in the world. Then 95| 96|20 97|00:00:34,470 --> 00:00:34,480 98|best Santa Cruz VA in the world. Then 99| 100| 101|21 102|00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:35,910 103|best Santa Cruz VA in the world. Then 104|I'm going to take pictures of it with my 105| 106|22 107|00:00:35,910 --> 00:00:35,920 108|I'm going to take pictures of it with my 109| 110| 111|23 112|00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,630 113|I'm going to take pictures of it with my 114|fancy camera, post it to Instagram, and 115| 116|24 117|00:00:38,630 --> 00:00:38,640 118|fancy camera, post it to Instagram, and 119| 120| 121|25 122|00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:40,869 123|fancy camera, post it to Instagram, and 124|fingers crossed Santa Cruz shares it or 125| 126|26 127|00:00:40,869 --> 00:00:40,879 128|fingers crossed Santa Cruz shares it or 129| 130| 131|27 132|00:00:40,879 --> 00:00:43,030 133|fingers crossed Santa Cruz shares it or 134|likes it. That would be an honor as a 135| 136|28 137|00:00:43,030 --> 00:00:43,040 138|likes it. That would be an honor as a 139| 140| 141|29 142|00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:44,270 143|likes it. That would be an honor as a 144|bike 145| 146|30 147|00:00:44,270 --> 00:00:44,280 148|bike 149| 150| 151|31 152|00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:46,470 153|bike 154|builder. And stay tuned because I'm 155| 156|32 157|00:00:46,470 --> 00:00:46,480 158|builder. And stay tuned because I'm 159| 160| 161|33 162|00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:48,069 163|builder. And stay tuned because I'm 164|going back to my roots and doing 165| 166|34 167|00:00:48,069 --> 00:00:48,079 168|going back to my roots and doing 169| 170| 171|35 172|00:00:48,079 --> 00:00:49,910 173|going back to my roots and doing 174|something that I haven't done in almost 175| 176|36 177|00:00:49,910 --> 00:00:49,920 178|something that I haven't done in almost 179| 180| 181|37 182|00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,069 183|something that I haven't done in almost 184|2 years. Plus, I'm going to try out a 185| 186|38 187|00:00:52,069 --> 00:00:52,079 188|2 years. Plus, I'm going to try out a 189| 190| 191|39 192|00:00:52,079 --> 00:00:53,880 193|2 years. Plus, I'm going to try out a 194|new drivetrain that just hit the 195| 196|40 197|00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:53,890 198|new drivetrain that just hit the 199| 200| 201|41 202|00:00:53,890 --> 00:01:01,709 203|new drivetrain that just hit the 204|[Music] 205| 206|42 207|00:01:01,709 --> 00:01:01,719 208|[Music] 209| 210| 211|43 212|00:01:01,719 --> 00:01:03,990 213|[Music] 214|market. Well, a lot has been removed, 215| 216|44 217|00:01:03,990 --> 00:01:04,000 218|market. Well, a lot has been removed, 219| 220| 221|45 222|00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,429 223|market. Well, a lot has been removed, 224|and that's because we have a ton of 225| 226|46 227|00:01:05,429 --> 00:01:05,439 228|and that's because we have a ton of 229| 230| 231|47 232|00:01:05,439 --> 00:01:07,190 233|and that's because we have a ton of 234|upgrades to finish this off. But all 235| 236|48 237|00:01:07,190 --> 00:01:07,200 238|upgrades to finish this off. But all 239| 240| 241|49 242|00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:08,950 243|upgrades to finish this off. But all 244|right, enough talking. It's time to make 245| 246|50 247|00:01:08,950 --> 00:01:08,960 248|right, enough talking. It's time to make 249| 250| 251|51 252|00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:18,789 253|right, enough talking. It's time to make 254|this into the best VA in the world. 255| 256|52 257|00:01:18,789 --> 00:01:18,799 258| 259| 260| 261|53 262|00:01:18,799 --> 00:01:20,149 263| 264|You may have seen at the start of the 265| 266|54 267|00:01:20,149 --> 00:01:20,159 268|You may have seen at the start of the 269| 270| 271|55 272|00:01:20,159 --> 00:01:22,310 273|You may have seen at the start of the 274|video saying four videos left, and 275| 276|56 277|00:01:22,310 --> 00:01:22,320 278|video saying four videos left, and 279| 280| 281|57 282|00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:24,469 283|video saying four videos left, and 284|that's because after four videos, I'm 285| 286|58 287|00:01:24,469 --> 00:01:24,479 288|that's because after four videos, I'm 289| 290| 291|59 292|00:01:24,479 --> 00:01:27,109 293|that's because after four videos, I'm 294|going to be taking a break. We'll call a 295| 296|60 297|00:01:27,109 --> 00:01:27,119 298|going to be taking a break. We'll call a 299| 300| 301|61 302|00:01:27,119 --> 00:01:29,109 303|going to be taking a break. We'll call a 304|paternity leave. My wife and I are 305| 306|62 307|00:01:29,109 --> 00:01:29,119 308|paternity leave. My wife and I are 309| 310| 311|63 312|00:01:29,119 --> 00:01:31,990 313|paternity leave. My wife and I are 314|having another baby due about May 8th or 315| 316|64 317|00:01:31,990 --> 00:01:32,000 318|having another baby due about May 8th or 319| 320| 321|65 322|00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,350 323|having another baby due about May 8th or 324|something. So, I'll be taking a 325| 326|66 327|00:01:33,350 --> 00:01:33,360 328|something. So, I'll be taking a 329| 330| 331|67 332|00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,510 333|something. So, I'll be taking a 334|paternity leave for 2 to 3 weeks, 335| 336|68 337|00:01:35,510 --> 00:01:35,520 338|paternity leave for 2 to 3 weeks, 339| 340| 341|69 342|00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:37,190 343|paternity leave for 2 to 3 weeks, 344|something I didn't get to do with my 345| 346|70 347|00:01:37,190 --> 00:01:37,200 348|something I didn't get to do with my 349| 350| 351|71 352|00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,310 353|something I didn't get to do with my 354|last three kids. With this Santa Cruz VA 355| 356|72 357|00:01:40,310 --> 00:01:40,320 358|last three kids. With this Santa Cruz VA 359| 360| 361|73 362|00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:41,990 363|last three kids. With this Santa Cruz VA 364|giveaway, one of you will be the lucky 365| 366|74 367|00:01:41,990 --> 00:01:42,000 368|giveaway, one of you will be the lucky 369| 370| 371|75 372|00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,830 373|giveaway, one of you will be the lucky 374|winner. But if you don't win, it'll be 375| 376|76 377|00:01:43,830 --> 00:01:43,840 378|winner. But if you don't win, it'll be 379| 380| 381|77 382|00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:45,830 383|winner. But if you don't win, it'll be 384|going towards supporting me, my family, 385| 386|78 387|00:01:45,830 --> 00:01:45,840 388|going towards supporting me, my family, 389| 390| 391|79 392|00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:47,429 393|going towards supporting me, my family, 394|and this channel. So, I really 395| 396|80 397|00:01:47,429 --> 00:01:47,439 398|and this channel. So, I really 399| 400| 401|81 402|00:01:47,439 --> 00:01:48,590 403|and this channel. So, I really 404|appreciate 405| 406|82 407|00:01:48,590 --> 00:01:48,600 408|appreciate 409| 410| 411|83 412|00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,030 413|appreciate 414|that. I really want to go the extra mile 415| 416|84 417|00:01:51,030 --> 00:01:51,040 418|that. I really want to go the extra mile 419| 420| 421|85 422|00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,350 423|that. I really want to go the extra mile 424|on this build. I want it to be cohesive. 425| 426|86 427|00:01:53,350 --> 00:01:53,360 428|on this build. I want it to be cohesive. 429| 430| 431|87 432|00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,990 433|on this build. I want it to be cohesive. 434|So, I ordered a few different decal kits 435| 436|88 437|00:01:55,990 --> 00:01:56,000 438|So, I ordered a few different decal kits 439| 440| 441|89 442|00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,950 443|So, I ordered a few different decal kits 444|in boxer red color. OneUp makes red 445| 446|90 447|00:01:58,950 --> 00:01:58,960 448|in boxer red color. OneUp makes red 449| 450| 451|91 452|00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:00,550 453|in boxer red color. OneUp makes red 454|decals, but I thought it was going the 455| 456|92 457|00:02:00,550 --> 00:02:00,560 458|decals, but I thought it was going the 459| 460| 461|93 462|00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,109 463|decals, but I thought it was going the 464|extra mile to have the exact same color 465| 466|94 467|00:02:03,109 --> 00:02:03,119 468|extra mile to have the exact same color 469| 470| 471|95 472|00:02:03,119 --> 00:02:05,429 473|extra mile to have the exact same color 474|throughout the bike. Just wait until you 475| 476|96 477|00:02:05,429 --> 00:02:05,439 478|throughout the bike. Just wait until you 479| 480| 481|97 482|00:02:05,439 --> 00:02:08,200 483|throughout the bike. Just wait until you 484|see the frame decals. 485| 486|98 487|00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:08,210 488|see the frame decals. 489| 490| 491|99 492|00:02:08,210 --> 00:02:14,790 493|see the frame decals. 494|[Music] 495| 496|100 497|00:02:14,790 --> 00:02:14,800 498| 499| 500| 501|101 502|00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:16,390 503| 504|You might recognize these pedals. These 505| 506|102 507|00:02:16,390 --> 00:02:16,400 508|You might recognize these pedals. These 509| 510| 511|103 512|00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:18,070 513|You might recognize these pedals. These 514|are the OneUp pedals that I used in the 515| 516|104 517|00:02:18,070 --> 00:02:18,080 518|are the OneUp pedals that I used in the 519| 520| 521|105 522|00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,390 523|are the OneUp pedals that I used in the 524|high low series. They were squeaking. 525| 526|106 527|00:02:20,390 --> 00:02:20,400 528|high low series. They were squeaking. 529| 530| 531|107 532|00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,070 533|high low series. They were squeaking. 534|So, I read online that you remove an 535| 536|108 537|00:02:22,070 --> 00:02:22,080 538|So, I read online that you remove an 539| 540| 541|109 542|00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,710 543|So, I read online that you remove an 544|O-ring, but I mistakenly took off and 545| 546|110 547|00:02:24,710 --> 00:02:24,720 548|O-ring, but I mistakenly took off and 549| 550| 551|111 552|00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,510 553|O-ring, but I mistakenly took off and 554|lost the flange spacer. So, to replace 555| 556|112 557|00:02:27,510 --> 00:02:27,520 558|lost the flange spacer. So, to replace 559| 560| 561|113 562|00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:29,910 563|lost the flange spacer. So, to replace 564|that, I bought a pedal service kit for 565| 566|114 567|00:02:29,910 --> 00:02:29,920 568|that, I bought a pedal service kit for 569| 570| 571|115 572|00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:31,830 573|that, I bought a pedal service kit for 574|20 bucks. And this has everything you 575| 576|116 577|00:02:31,830 --> 00:02:31,840 578|20 bucks. And this has everything you 579| 580| 581|117 582|00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,750 583|20 bucks. And this has everything you 584|need to fully service the pedals. It's 585| 586|118 587|00:02:33,750 --> 00:02:33,760 588|need to fully service the pedals. It's 589| 590| 591|119 592|00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,190 593|need to fully service the pedals. It's 594|pretty cool. You take these pedals apart 595| 596|120 597|00:02:35,190 --> 00:02:35,200 598|pretty cool. You take these pedals apart 599| 600| 601|121 602|00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,980 603|pretty cool. You take these pedals apart 604|by using a cassette tool. 605| 606|122 607|00:02:38,980 --> 00:02:38,990 608|by using a cassette tool. 609| 610| 611|123 612|00:02:38,990 --> 00:02:47,670 613|by using a cassette tool. 614|[Music] 615| 616|124 617|00:02:47,670 --> 00:02:47,680 618|[Music] 619| 620| 621|125 622|00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,710 623|[Music] 624|Man, this is looking so good. But I'm 625| 626|126 627|00:02:50,710 --> 00:02:50,720 628|Man, this is looking so good. But I'm 629| 630| 631|127 632|00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:52,710 633|Man, this is looking so good. But I'm 634|still not sold on the red grips. I don't 635| 636|128 637|00:02:52,710 --> 00:02:52,720 638|still not sold on the red grips. I don't 639| 640| 641|129 642|00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,869 643|still not sold on the red grips. I don't 644|want to do too much red. But overall, 645| 646|130 647|00:02:54,869 --> 00:02:54,879 648|want to do too much red. But overall, 649| 650| 651|131 652|00:02:54,879 --> 00:02:57,270 653|want to do too much red. But overall, 654|this is looking amazing compared to what 655| 656|132 657|00:02:57,270 --> 00:02:57,280 658|this is looking amazing compared to what 659| 660| 661|133 662|00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,350 663|this is looking amazing compared to what 664|it was in stock form. But the next 665| 666|134 667|00:02:59,350 --> 00:02:59,360 668|it was in stock form. But the next 669| 670| 671|135 672|00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,990 673|it was in stock form. But the next 674|upgrade though is going to be insane. 675| 676|136 677|00:03:01,990 --> 00:03:02,000 678|upgrade though is going to be insane. 679| 680| 681|137 682|00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,990 683|upgrade though is going to be insane. 684|We're building a set of wheels, going 685| 686|138 687|00:03:03,990 --> 00:03:04,000 688|We're building a set of wheels, going 689| 690| 691|139 692|00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,589 693|We're building a set of wheels, going 694|with carbon rims and the new OneUp hubs. 695| 696|140 697|00:03:07,589 --> 00:03:07,599 698|with carbon rims and the new OneUp hubs. 699| 700| 701|141 702|00:03:07,599 --> 00:03:10,149 703|with carbon rims and the new OneUp hubs. 704|The only issue is it's been over 2 years 705| 706|142 707|00:03:10,149 --> 00:03:10,159 708|The only issue is it's been over 2 years 709| 710| 711|143 712|00:03:10,159 --> 00:03:12,149 713|The only issue is it's been over 2 years 714|since I laced up wheels. I hope I 715| 716|144 717|00:03:12,149 --> 00:03:12,159 718|since I laced up wheels. I hope I 719| 720| 721|145 722|00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:17,240 723|since I laced up wheels. I hope I 724|remember how to do 725| 726|146 727|00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:17,250 728| 729| 730| 731|147 732|00:03:17,250 --> 00:03:18,910 733| 734|[Music] 735| 736|148 737|00:03:18,910 --> 00:03:18,920 738|[Music] 739| 740| 741|149 742|00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:21,190 743|[Music] 744|it. If you've been watching my videos 745| 746|150 747|00:03:21,190 --> 00:03:21,200 748|it. If you've been watching my videos 749| 750| 751|151 752|00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:23,430 753|it. If you've been watching my videos 754|for a while, I'm talking way back in the 755| 756|152 757|00:03:23,430 --> 00:03:23,440 758|for a while, I'm talking way back in the 759| 760| 761|153 762|00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,750 763|for a while, I'm talking way back in the 764|Schwin and Vita days. I used to spoke 765| 766|154 767|00:03:25,750 --> 00:03:25,760 768|Schwin and Vita days. I used to spoke 769| 770| 771|155 772|00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,110 773|Schwin and Vita days. I used to spoke 774|wheels in almost every video. I first 775| 776|156 777|00:03:29,110 --> 00:03:29,120 778|wheels in almost every video. I first 779| 780| 781|157 782|00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:30,630 783|wheels in almost every video. I first 784|started turning spoke wrenches when I 785| 786|158 787|00:03:30,630 --> 00:03:30,640 788|started turning spoke wrenches when I 789| 790| 791|159 792|00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:32,789 793|started turning spoke wrenches when I 794|was 13. I taught myself how to true a 795| 796|160 797|00:03:32,789 --> 00:03:32,799 798|was 13. I taught myself how to true a 799| 800| 801|161 802|00:03:32,799 --> 00:03:35,750 803|was 13. I taught myself how to true a 804|wheel on a 16-in that I tacoed. I didn't 805| 806|162 807|00:03:35,750 --> 00:03:35,760 808|wheel on a 16-in that I tacoed. I didn't 809| 810| 811|163 812|00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:37,350 813|wheel on a 16-in that I tacoed. I didn't 814|end up building a wheel completely until 815| 816|164 817|00:03:37,350 --> 00:03:37,360 818|end up building a wheel completely until 819| 820| 821|165 822|00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,509 823|end up building a wheel completely until 824|I was 17. It's one of those things I 825| 826|166 827|00:03:39,509 --> 00:03:39,519 828|I was 17. It's one of those things I 829| 830| 831|167 832|00:03:39,519 --> 00:03:41,430 833|I was 17. It's one of those things I 834|don't do very often, but I never shy 835| 836|168 837|00:03:41,430 --> 00:03:41,440 838|don't do very often, but I never shy 839| 840| 841|169 842|00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,509 843|don't do very often, but I never shy 844|away from it. Wheel building is a skill 845| 846|170 847|00:03:43,509 --> 00:03:43,519 848|away from it. Wheel building is a skill 849| 850| 851|171 852|00:03:43,519 --> 00:03:45,509 853|away from it. Wheel building is a skill 854|that people like to gatekeep. They say 855| 856|172 857|00:03:45,509 --> 00:03:45,519 858|that people like to gatekeep. They say 859| 860| 861|173 862|00:03:45,519 --> 00:03:47,430 863|that people like to gatekeep. They say 864|that you need to be a skilled wheelbuer 865| 866|174 867|00:03:47,430 --> 00:03:47,440 868|that you need to be a skilled wheelbuer 869| 870| 871|175 872|00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,670 873|that you need to be a skilled wheelbuer 874|to lace up a wheel with all these fancy 875| 876|176 877|00:03:49,670 --> 00:03:49,680 878|to lace up a wheel with all these fancy 879| 880| 881|177 882|00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,070 883|to lace up a wheel with all these fancy 884|tools, but that's not true. You need 885| 886|178 887|00:03:52,070 --> 00:03:52,080 888|tools, but that's not true. You need 889| 890| 891|179 892|00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:53,990 893|tools, but that's not true. You need 894|self-belief, determination, and 895| 896|180 897|00:03:53,990 --> 00:03:54,000 898|self-belief, determination, and 899| 900| 901|181 902|00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,990 903|self-belief, determination, and 904|patience. I start by firing up a 905| 906|182 907|00:03:55,990 --> 00:03:56,000 908|patience. I start by firing up a 909| 910| 911|183 912|00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:57,910 913|patience. I start by firing up a 914|step-by-step video to follow along the 915| 916|184 917|00:03:57,910 --> 00:03:57,920 918|step-by-step video to follow along the 919| 920| 921|185 922|00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:59,670 923|step-by-step video to follow along the 924|lacing pattern. You could do this 925| 926|186 927|00:03:59,670 --> 00:03:59,680 928|lacing pattern. You could do this 929| 930| 931|187 932|00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,589 933|lacing pattern. You could do this 934|without a chewing stand. You'd put the 935| 936|188 937|00:04:01,589 --> 00:04:01,599 938|without a chewing stand. You'd put the 939| 940| 941|189 942|00:04:01,599 --> 00:04:03,350 943|without a chewing stand. You'd put the 944|wheel in the frame or fork and then use 945| 946|190 947|00:04:03,350 --> 00:04:03,360 948|wheel in the frame or fork and then use 949| 950| 951|191 952|00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,830 953|wheel in the frame or fork and then use 954|zip ties or tape to check wobbles and 955| 956|192 957|00:04:05,830 --> 00:04:05,840 958|zip ties or tape to check wobbles and 959| 960| 961|193 962|00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,149 963|zip ties or tape to check wobbles and 964|hops. Once I get all the spokes in, I 965| 966|194 967|00:04:08,149 --> 00:04:08,159 968|hops. Once I get all the spokes in, I 969| 970| 971|195 972|00:04:08,159 --> 00:04:10,070 973|hops. Once I get all the spokes in, I 974|take my time evenly tensioning the 975| 976|196 977|00:04:10,070 --> 00:04:10,080 978|take my time evenly tensioning the 979| 980| 981|197 982|00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,390 983|take my time evenly tensioning the 984|wheel, checking for dish, hops, and 985| 986|198 987|00:04:12,390 --> 00:04:12,400 988|wheel, checking for dish, hops, and 989| 990| 991|199 992|00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,949 993|wheel, checking for dish, hops, and 994|true. After some time, the wheels end up 995| 996|200 997|00:04:14,949 --> 00:04:14,959 998|true. After some time, the wheels end up 999| 1000| 1001|201 1002|00:04:14,959 --> 00:04:17,949 1003|true. After some time, the wheels end up 1004|like 99% perfect, and that's good 1005| 1006|202 1007|00:04:17,949 --> 00:04:17,959 1008|like 99% perfect, and that's good 1009| 1010| 1011|203 1012|00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:20,469 1013|like 99% perfect, and that's good 1014|enough. I really wonder what bike shops 1015| 1016|204 1017|00:04:20,469 --> 00:04:20,479 1018|enough. I really wonder what bike shops 1019| 1020| 1021|205 1022|00:04:20,479 --> 00:04:22,790 1023|enough. I really wonder what bike shops 1024|charge to lace wheels. It took me 5 1025| 1026|206 1027|00:04:22,790 --> 00:04:22,800 1028|charge to lace wheels. It took me 5 1029| 1030| 1031|207 1032|00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,030 1033|charge to lace wheels. It took me 5 1034|hours to lace both wheels. And that 1035| 1036|208 1037|00:04:25,030 --> 00:04:25,040 1038|hours to lace both wheels. And that 1039| 1040| 1041|209 1042|00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:26,550 1043|hours to lace both wheels. And that 1044|probably wasn't the most efficient use 1045| 1046|210 1047|00:04:26,550 --> 00:04:26,560 1048|probably wasn't the most efficient use 1049| 1050| 1051|211 1052|00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:28,710 1053|probably wasn't the most efficient use 1054|of time if we're talking hourly wage. 1055| 1056|212 1057|00:04:28,710 --> 00:04:28,720 1058|of time if we're talking hourly wage. 1059| 1060| 1061|213 1062|00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,270 1063|of time if we're talking hourly wage. 1064|But man, I had so much fun doing it. 1065| 1066|214 1067|00:04:31,270 --> 00:04:31,280 1068|But man, I had so much fun doing it. 1069| 1070| 1071|215 1072|00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:34,350 1073|But man, I had so much fun doing it. 1074|Totally worth it in my book. So 1075| 1076|216 1077|00:04:34,350 --> 00:04:34,360 1078|Totally worth it in my book. So 1079| 1080| 1081|217 1082|00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,629 1083|Totally worth it in my book. So 1084|satisfying. The funny thing is I bought 1085| 1086|218 1087|00:04:36,629 --> 00:04:36,639 1088|satisfying. The funny thing is I bought 1089| 1090| 1091|219 1092|00:04:36,639 --> 00:04:39,110 1093|satisfying. The funny thing is I bought 1094|these rims in 2023 and I was going to 1095| 1096|220 1097|00:04:39,110 --> 00:04:39,120 1098|these rims in 2023 and I was going to 1099| 1100| 1101|221 1102|00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:41,590 1103|these rims in 2023 and I was going to 1104|use them on a Walmart Schwin and install 1105| 1106|222 1107|00:04:41,590 --> 00:04:41,600 1108|use them on a Walmart Schwin and install 1109| 1110| 1111|223 1112|00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:43,590 1113|use them on a Walmart Schwin and install 1114|crazy upgrades on that, but I scrapped 1115| 1116|224 1117|00:04:43,590 --> 00:04:43,600 1118|crazy upgrades on that, but I scrapped 1119| 1120| 1121|225 1122|00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,350 1123|crazy upgrades on that, but I scrapped 1124|the idea and did hard tail quest 1125| 1126|226 1127|00:04:45,350 --> 00:04:45,360 1128|the idea and did hard tail quest 1129| 1130| 1131|227 1132|00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,670 1133|the idea and did hard tail quest 1134|instead. These red decals were for the 1135| 1136|228 1137|00:04:47,670 --> 00:04:47,680 </file-view>
This is a long SRT file (3065 lines). I need to read the whole thing to understand the full transcript. The file is about 53KB. I can read it in chunks. Let me continue reading from line 1137 onwards. Actually, I should probably process the SRT file to extract just the text and remove duplicate lines. Let me create a cleaned-up transcript file first using a shell command, then read it. I can use a command like: awk '!/^$/ && !/^[0-9]+$/ && !/-->/ {print}' file.srt | sort -u > clean.txt But sort -u would mess up the order. Better to use awk to remove empty lines, numbered lines, timecode lines, and then use awk to deduplicate consecutive identical lines while preserving order. Actually the SRT has a lot of repeated lines due to the way yt-dlp converted from VTT. The text is split across multiple subtitle entries with overlaps. Let me write a small Python script to clean it up and produce a readable transcript. That will be easier. Actually, I can use a simpler approach. The SRT has each caption entry. The text spans multiple consecutive entries often. I can extract just the text and then clean it up. Let me use Python to read the SRT and produce clean text. I'll do this and output to a file, then read it.
{
"command": "python3 << 'PY'\nimport re\nfrom pathlib import Path\nsrt = Path('/var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.DPsGFvfUQf/I built the Worlds Best Santa Cruz.en-orig.srt').read_text()\nentries = re.split(r'\\n\\s*\\n', srt.strip())\ntexts = []\nfor entry in entries:\n lines = entry.splitlines()\n # Skip index and timecode lines\n text_lines = []\n for line in lines:\n if re.match(r'^\\s*\\d+\\s*$', line):\n continue\n if re.match(r'^\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2}', line):\n continue\n text_lines.append(line.strip())\n text = ' '.join(text_lines).strip()\n if text:\n texts.append(text)\n# Merge consecutive entries where one is a prefix/suffix or contained in the next\nmerged = []\nfor t in texts:\n t = t.replace(' ', ' ')\n if not merged:\n merged.append(t)\n else:\n last = merged[-1]\n # Simple heuristic: if current starts with last (or overlaps), replace\n if t.startswith(last) or last in t:\n merged[-1] = t\n elif last.startswith(t):\n pass # keep last\n else:\n merged.append(t)\nout = Path('/var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.DPsGFvfUQf/transcript.txt')\nout.write_text('\\n'.join(merged))\nprint(f\"Wrote {len(merged)} lines to {out}\")\nPY"
}Output from command in shell 168c98: Wrote 292 lines to /var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.DPsGFvfUQf/transcript.txt Exit code: 0
Good, I've created a cleaned-up transcript. Now I need to read it. Let me read the file.
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"file_path": "/var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.DPsGFvfUQf/transcript.txt"
}<file-view path="/var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.DPsGFvfUQf/transcript.txt" start_line="1" end_line="280" total_lines="292"> 1|This is a Santa Cruz VA base 2|model that I've slowly turned into the best all- mountain ebike that I've ever 3|best all- mountain ebike that I've ever ridden. And now it's time to fully 4|ridden. And now it's time to fully upgrade it. So, let's take off what's 5|upgrade it. So, let's take off what's being replaced. 6|being replaced. [Music] 7|This is episode three of Project Valla Ultimate. The goal here is to create the 8|Ultimate. The goal here is to create the best Santa Cruz VA in the world. Then 9|best Santa Cruz VA in the world. Then I'm going to take pictures of it with my 10|I'm going to take pictures of it with my fancy camera, post it to Instagram, and 11|fancy camera, post it to Instagram, and fingers crossed Santa Cruz shares it or 12|fingers crossed Santa Cruz shares it or likes it. That would be an honor as a 13|likes it. That would be an honor as a bike 14|bike builder. And stay tuned because I'm 15|builder. And stay tuned because I'm going back to my roots and doing 16|going back to my roots and doing something that I haven't done in almost 17|something that I haven't done in almost 2 years. Plus, I'm going to try out a 18|2 years. Plus, I'm going to try out a new drivetrain that just hit the 19|new drivetrain that just hit the [Music] 20|[Music] market. Well, a lot has been removed, 21|market. Well, a lot has been removed, and that's because we have a ton of 22|and that's because we have a ton of upgrades to finish this off. But all 23|upgrades to finish this off. But all right, enough talking. It's time to make 24|right, enough talking. It's time to make this into the best VA in the world. 25|You may have seen at the start of the video saying four videos left, and 26|video saying four videos left, and that's because after four videos, I'm 27|that's because after four videos, I'm going to be taking a break. We'll call a 28|going to be taking a break. We'll call a paternity leave. My wife and I are 29|paternity leave. My wife and I are having another baby due about May 8th or 30|having another baby due about May 8th or something. So, I'll be taking a 31|something. So, I'll be taking a paternity leave for 2 to 3 weeks, 32|paternity leave for 2 to 3 weeks, something I didn't get to do with my 33|something I didn't get to do with my last three kids. With this Santa Cruz VA 34|last three kids. With this Santa Cruz VA giveaway, one of you will be the lucky 35|giveaway, one of you will be the lucky winner. But if you don't win, it'll be 36|winner. But if you don't win, it'll be going towards supporting me, my family, 37|going towards supporting me, my family, and this channel. So, I really 38|and this channel. So, I really appreciate 39|appreciate that. I really want to go the extra mile 40|that. I really want to go the extra mile on this build. I want it to be cohesive. 41|on this build. I want it to be cohesive. So, I ordered a few different decal kits 42|So, I ordered a few different decal kits in boxer red color. OneUp makes red 43|in boxer red color. OneUp makes red decals, but I thought it was going the 44|decals, but I thought it was going the extra mile to have the exact same color 45|extra mile to have the exact same color throughout the bike. Just wait until you 46|throughout the bike. Just wait until you see the frame decals. 47|see the frame decals. [Music] 48|You might recognize these pedals. These are the OneUp pedals that I used in the 49|are the OneUp pedals that I used in the high low series. They were squeaking. 50|high low series. They were squeaking. So, I read online that you remove an 51|So, I read online that you remove an O-ring, but I mistakenly took off and 52|O-ring, but I mistakenly took off and lost the flange spacer. So, to replace 53|lost the flange spacer. So, to replace that, I bought a pedal service kit for 54|that, I bought a pedal service kit for 20 bucks. And this has everything you 55|20 bucks. And this has everything you need to fully service the pedals. It's 56|need to fully service the pedals. It's pretty cool. You take these pedals apart 57|pretty cool. You take these pedals apart by using a cassette tool. 58|by using a cassette tool. [Music] 59|[Music] Man, this is looking so good. But I'm 60|Man, this is looking so good. But I'm still not sold on the red grips. I don't 61|still not sold on the red grips. I don't want to do too much red. But overall, 62|want to do too much red. But overall, this is looking amazing compared to what 63|this is looking amazing compared to what it was in stock form. But the next 64|it was in stock form. But the next upgrade though is going to be insane. 65|upgrade though is going to be insane. We're building a set of wheels, going 66|We're building a set of wheels, going with carbon rims and the new OneUp hubs. 67|with carbon rims and the new OneUp hubs. The only issue is it's been over 2 years 68|The only issue is it's been over 2 years since I laced up wheels. I hope I 69|since I laced up wheels. I hope I remember how to do 70|[Music] it. If you've been watching my videos 71|it. If you've been watching my videos for a while, I'm talking way back in the 72|for a while, I'm talking way back in the Schwin and Vita days. I used to spoke 73|Schwin and Vita days. I used to spoke wheels in almost every video. I first 74|wheels in almost every video. I first started turning spoke wrenches when I 75|started turning spoke wrenches when I was 13. I taught myself how to true a 76|was 13. I taught myself how to true a wheel on a 16-in that I tacoed. I didn't 77|wheel on a 16-in that I tacoed. I didn't end up building a wheel completely until 78|end up building a wheel completely until I was 17. It's one of those things I 79|I was 17. It's one of those things I don't do very often, but I never shy 80|don't do very often, but I never shy away from it. Wheel building is a skill 81|away from it. Wheel building is a skill that people like to gatekeep. They say 82|that people like to gatekeep. They say that you need to be a skilled wheelbuer 83|that you need to be a skilled wheelbuer to lace up a wheel with all these fancy 84|to lace up a wheel with all these fancy tools, but that's not true. You need 85|tools, but that's not true. You need self-belief, determination, and 86|self-belief, determination, and patience. I start by firing up a 87|patience. I start by firing up a step-by-step video to follow along the 88|step-by-step video to follow along the lacing pattern. You could do this 89|lacing pattern. You could do this without a chewing stand. You'd put the 90|without a chewing stand. You'd put the wheel in the frame or fork and then use 91|wheel in the frame or fork and then use zip ties or tape to check wobbles and 92|zip ties or tape to check wobbles and hops. Once I get all the spokes in, I 93|hops. Once I get all the spokes in, I take my time evenly tensioning the 94|take my time evenly tensioning the wheel, checking for dish, hops, and 95|wheel, checking for dish, hops, and true. After some time, the wheels end up 96|true. After some time, the wheels end up like 99% perfect, and that's good 97|like 99% perfect, and that's good enough. I really wonder what bike shops 98|enough. I really wonder what bike shops charge to lace wheels. It took me 5 99|charge to lace wheels. It took me 5 hours to lace both wheels. And that 100|hours to lace both wheels. And that probably wasn't the most efficient use 101|probably wasn't the most efficient use of time if we're talking hourly wage. 102|of time if we're talking hourly wage. But man, I had so much fun doing it. 103|But man, I had so much fun doing it. Totally worth it in my book. So 104|Totally worth it in my book. So satisfying. The funny thing is I bought 105|satisfying. The funny thing is I bought these rims in 2023 and I was going to 106|these rims in 2023 and I was going to use them on a Walmart Schwin and install 107|use them on a Walmart Schwin and install crazy upgrades on that, but I scrapped 108|crazy upgrades on that, but I scrapped the idea and did hard tail quest 109|the idea and did hard tail quest instead. These red decals were for the 110|instead. These red decals were for the Schwin, but just happened to work 111|Schwin, but just happened to work perfectly for this build. 112|perfectly for this build. And with the wheels complete, I can 113|And with the wheels complete, I can finally install the tires that came with 114|finally install the tires that came with this bike. Schwabby 115|this bike. Schwabby [Music] 116|[Music] radials. Wow, this is the fanciest bike 117|radials. Wow, this is the fanciest bike that I've ever built by far. Dang. Oh, 118|that I've ever built by far. Dang. Oh, that reminds me. Do you guys keep up 119|that reminds me. Do you guys keep up with the mountain bike news? Sea Otter 120|with the mountain bike news? Sea Otter was last week and it seemed like every 121|was last week and it seemed like every brand under the sun released new 122|brand under the sun released new products. It was exhausting, but there 123|products. It was exhausting, but there was a new launch in there that I've been 124|was a new launch in there that I've been waiting for for over a year since I saw 125|waiting for for over a year since I saw a prototype on a bike here in 126|a prototype on a bike here in Bentonville. You guys asked for it. I 127|Bentonville. You guys asked for it. I delivered the all-new Stram Eagle 90 128|delivered the all-new Stram Eagle 90 transmission. This derailer bolts 129|transmission. This derailer bolts directly to the frame. No derailer 130|directly to the frame. No derailer hanger needed. This was previously 131|hanger needed. This was previously available as electronic only, but now 132|available as electronic only, but now cable actuated, and I'll be making a 133|cable actuated, and I'll be making a fulllength, brutally honest review video 134|fulllength, brutally honest review video with that next week, so stay tuned for 135|with that next week, so stay tuned for that. But the big thing about this Eagle 136|that. But the big thing about this Eagle 90 is they say it's better to shift 137|90 is they say it's better to shift under load, which is perfect for an 138|ebike. I'm excited for my brutally honest review on this drivetrain. There 139|honest review on this drivetrain. There were 20 review videos that all came out 140|were 20 review videos that all came out on launch day, but what do they all have 141|on launch day, but what do they all have in common? They didn't actually buy the 142|in common? They didn't actually buy the drivetrain. I bought this from N plus1 143|drivetrain. I bought this from N plus1 Bikes. I went with the no crank ebike 144|Bikes. I went with the no crank ebike group set that retails for $590, but 145|group set that retails for $590, but with my Evan 111 coupon code, it came 146|with my Evan 111 coupon code, it came down to 147|525. They say this Eagle 90 is GX tier. I mean, it uses a GX cassette and a GX 148|I mean, it uses a GX cassette and a GX chain, but I will say the shifter feels 149|chain, but I will say the shifter feels cheaper than GX, and this Eagle 90 is 150|cheaper than GX, and this Eagle 90 is heavier. The installation is a bit 151|heavier. The installation is a bit different. The best way I can describe 152|different. The best way I can describe it is like a dance with tightening the 153|it is like a dance with tightening the derailer and the axle while keeping 154|derailer and the axle while keeping chain tension, and I have stripped out a 155|chain tension, and I have stripped out a transmission derailer bolt before, even 156|transmission derailer bolt before, even using a torque wrench, and that makes me 157|using a torque wrench, and that makes me extra cautious when doing 158|extra cautious when doing this. Despite that, the installation was 159|this. Despite that, the installation was very easy, very straightforward, and 160|very easy, very straightforward, and maybe it's even easier than the Axis 161|version. But last up to finish off this VA ultimate build, the matching decals 162|VA ultimate build, the matching decals that I talked about before. These decals 163|that I talked about before. These decals are from Slick Graphics. They've sent me 164|are from Slick Graphics. They've sent me decals before and I was blown away by 165|decals before and I was blown away by the quality and color. So, this time I 166|the quality and color. So, this time I paid full price because they're that 167|paid full price because they're that good. I don't know how they do it, but 168|good. I don't know how they do it, but I've never once had an air bubble using 169|I've never once had an air bubble using these 170|these [Music] 171|[Music] decals. I'll admit it. I bought this 172|decals. I'll admit it. I bought this bike for the looks. Gray frame with red 173|bike for the looks. Gray frame with red decals would be perfect with all the red 174|decals would be perfect with all the red parts that I had on hand, but when I got 175|parts that I had on hand, but when I got the bike, the Santa Cruz logos are like 176|the bike, the Santa Cruz logos are like burgundy. They definitely lean purple, 177|burgundy. They definitely lean purple, and this whole build was planned around 178|and this whole build was planned around them being red, so I had to fix that. 179|them being red, so I had to fix that. [Music] 180|[Music] With that, the bike is complete. And 181|With that, the bike is complete. And while I was putting on these decals, I 182|while I was putting on these decals, I was like going to get my wife and I was 183|was like going to get my wife and I was like, "Look how good this looks, man." 184|like, "Look how good this looks, man." And since this Vallet is an all- 185|And since this Vallet is an all- mountain machine, I really want to do 186|mountain machine, I really want to do this build justice. So, let's hit the 187|this build justice. So, let's hit the road to Lake Leatherwood for some enduro 188|road to Lake Leatherwood for some enduro riding. But first, let's stare at it. 189|riding. But first, let's stare at it. [Music] 190|[Music] [Applause] 191|[Applause] [Music] 192|After all those upgrades, the bike weighs a pound more. And I expected the 193|weighs a pound more. And I expected the carbon wheels would lighten it up a 194|carbon wheels would lighten it up a little bit. And I can't remember if the 195|little bit. And I can't remember if the stock weight was done without pedals, 196|stock weight was done without pedals, but still. Carbon wheels, carbon bars, 197|but still. Carbon wheels, carbon bars, and it's heavier. 198|[Music] Oh yeah, I love this corner on the 199|Oh yeah, I love this corner on the ebike. Rod, 200|downshift. I will say with this Bosch motor, compared to the Gen 4, it is much 201|motor, compared to the Gen 4, it is much quieter and there's no more rattle. So, 202|quieter and there's no more rattle. So, congratulations to Bosch. You finally 203|congratulations to Bosch. You finally fixed your motor to be as quiet as 204|fixed your motor to be as quiet as Shimano. Before it was just speculation 205|Shimano. Before it was just speculation that this Gen 5 motor was going to get a 206|that this Gen 5 motor was going to get a firmware update to increase the torque, 207|firmware update to increase the torque, but now that's been upgraded to a very 208|but now that's been upgraded to a very strong rumor. And I've heard that it 209|strong rumor. And I've heard that it could be as soon as next month. So, I 210|could be as soon as next month. So, I think that's pretty cool to get more 211|think that's pretty cool to get more power out of your bike with just a 212|power out of your bike with just a software update. And this trail system 213|software update. And this trail system called Lake Leatherwood, it's about an 214|called Lake Leatherwood, it's about an hour from Bentonville. It's an enduro 215|hour from Bentonville. It's an enduro shuttle park, but I'm on a super 216|shuttle park, but I'm on a super powerful ebike, so I'm self shuttling 217|powerful ebike, so I'm self shuttling today. And since I usually crash here, I 218|today. And since I usually crash here, I have a chest protector on. This is a 219|have a chest protector on. This is a Leat full body armor that I recently 220|Leat full body armor that I recently bought. It has elbow pads built into the 221|bought. It has elbow pads built into the sleeves. You got the shoulder 222|sleeves. You got the shoulder protection, chest protection, and then I 223|protection, chest protection, and then I got some knee pads on as well. So, I'm 224|got some knee pads on as well. So, I'm protected. And the first few laps here, 225|protected. And the first few laps here, I was really struggling with bike setup. 226|I was really struggling with bike setup. And I was like adjusting all the 227|And I was like adjusting all the settings on the fork and doing 228|settings on the fork and doing bracketing again. And then I just rolled 229|bracketing again. And then I just rolled my bars back a little bit and that made 230|my bars back a little bit and that made the world of difference. I did not think 231|the world of difference. I did not think that bars being rolled forward made that 232|that bars being rolled forward made that much of a difference. But I'm really 233|much of a difference. But I'm really curious to see how good this bike feels 234|curious to see how good this bike feels with all these upgrades. And the one 235|with all these upgrades. And the one thing I wish I would have done is I wish 236|thing I wish I would have done is I wish I would have went red right here on the 237|I would have went red right here on the vivid sticker and gray on the rock 238|vivid sticker and gray on the rock shocks. But that's the only regret I 239|shocks. But that's the only regret I have. I mean, I'm getting all sorts of 240|have. I mean, I'm getting all sorts of compliments on this bike. Let's hit this 241|compliments on this bike. Let's hit this trail called DH2. 242|Oh yeah, here comes the 243|[Applause] jump. 244|jump. Sweet. Real loose gravel right here. 245|[Music] 246|Oh yeah, mud. I didn't want to get my bike muddy 247|[Applause] today. I get a lot of comments saying 248|today. I get a lot of comments saying that I should have set a bike and forget 249|that I should have set a bike and forget it. But even though I just dialed in the 250|it. But even though I just dialed in the suspension back home, those settings 251|suspension back home, those settings didn't work here. And I want my bike to 252|didn't work here. And I want my bike to feel as good as I can possibly get it at 253|feel as good as I can possibly get it at any trail system that I'm riding. 254|any trail system that I'm riding. The leatherwood trails are faster, more 255|The leatherwood trails are faster, more squareed edge repeated hits. And I ended 256|squareed edge repeated hits. And I ended up closing the rebound on the fork and 257|up closing the rebound on the fork and opening the rebound on the shock. Seemed 258|opening the rebound on the shock. Seemed a little strange, but it worked. Moving 259|a little strange, but it worked. Moving forward, I'm going to start keeping 260|forward, I'm going to start keeping notes on what changes I've made at 261|notes on what changes I've made at different trail systems. But after all 262|different trail systems. But after all that was said and done, this bike, since 263|that was said and done, this bike, since my Tennessee trip, will make me laugh 264|my Tennessee trip, will make me laugh with excitement on how good it feels 265|with excitement on how good it feels when I'm riding it. I'm so happy to be 266|when I'm riding it. I'm so happy to be sharing that feeling with one of you 267|sharing that feeling with one of you guys winning this thing. 268|guys winning this thing. Oh man, it's 269|rowdy. Well, this VA is as good as it's going to get. I got it all tuned up for 270|going to get. I got it all tuned up for Lake Leatherwood and it, man, it's 271|Lake Leatherwood and it, man, it's running so good. And some things on this 272|running so good. And some things on this build were purely cosmetic. Like, I 273|build were purely cosmetic. Like, I didn't think this shock made that much 274|didn't think this shock made that much of a difference over the stock Floatex. 275|of a difference over the stock Floatex. I don't know if that stock shock was 276|I don't know if that stock shock was tuned appropriately for this bike, but 277|tuned appropriately for this bike, but it felt really good and this was only 278|it felt really good and this was only like marginal gains. And then these 279|like marginal gains. And then these Urggon fat grips. I don't run fat grips 280|Urggon fat grips. I don't run fat grips and this girthy of a grip made me feel </file-view>
I can see the transcript is 292 lines. I need to read the rest of it (lines 280-292).
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Hmm, the transcript file seems to end at line 292, but the last line is cut off: "the whole point of this build, to build the fanciest, best vault in the". Let me check if the read truncated it. Wait, it says total_lines: 292 and end_line: 292. But the last line is incomplete. It says "the fanciest, best vault in the" - that doesn't sound right. Maybe the video ends there? Or maybe my Python script cut something off. Let me check the raw file size and last bytes.
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better hub engagement, and it did sound pretty cool, but I don't really think it
pretty cool, but I don't really think it made that much of a difference. But they
made that much of a difference. But they do look really cool, too. And that was
do look really cool, too. And that was the whole point of this build, to build
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Exit code: 0The transcript file ends abruptly. It seems my Python script may have stopped because the SRT file is incomplete or the last entry didn't get processed. Let me check the last few entries of the SRT file.
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}Output from command in shell 3a87ca: 608 00:13:10,870 --> 00:13:10,880 made that much of a difference. But they 609 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:12,629 made that much of a difference. But they do look really cool, too. And that was 610 00:13:12,629 --> 00:13:12,639 do look really cool, too. And that was 611 00:13:12,639 --> 00:13:13,910 do look really cool, too. And that was the whole point of this build, to build 612 00:13:13,910 --> 00:13:13,920 the whole point of this build, to build 613 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,920 the whole point of this build, to build the fanciest, best vault in the Exit code: 0
Interesting, the SRT file itself ends at 13:17 with "the fanciest, best vault in the" and then the video continues for a bit without captions or the caption is cut off. That's probably the end of the actual video or the caption is genuinely cut. But the title says "best Santa Cruz Valla" (likely "Valla" not "vault"). The YouTube auto-generated captions may have an error or the audio just ends. Wait, looking at the SRT file, it has 1137 lines in the read view earlier, but the tail says entry 613. So there are 613 entries. My Python script wrote 292 lines. The last entry is at 00:13:17,920. That's probably around the end of the video, but the last line is cut off mid-sentence. It might be that the video actually ends there with music/outro. Let me get the video duration to confirm. Actually, I can get the video duration from the info. But I don't have it. Let me quickly check with yt-dlp --print duration. But more importantly, the transcript seems complete enough to summarize. The last sentence "to build the fanciest, best vault in the" is incomplete but contextually clear - "fanciest, best [Valla/bike] in the world". Wait, the transcript cleaning may have lost some lines. Let me re-examine. My merging logic may have been too aggressive. But the SRT itself ends there, so that's all we have. Now I have read and understood the transcript. Let me mark that as completed and summarize. But before summarizing, let me make sure I have the full context. Let me also get the video title/duration for accuracy.
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Let me get the video metadata to confirm title and duration.
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}Output from command in shell 2b1a27: WARNING: [youtube] [jsc] Remote components challenge solver script (deno) and NPM package (deno) were skipped. These may be required to solve JS challenges. You can enable these downloads with --remote-components ejs:github (recommended) or --remote-components ejs:npm , respectively. For more information and alternatives, refer to https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS WARNING: [youtube] FzznjNgnxdY: n challenge solving failed: Some formats may be missing. Ensure you have a supported JavaScript runtime and challenge solver script distribution installed. Review any warnings presented before this message. For more details, refer to https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS Title: I built the Worlds Best Santa Cruz\nDuration: 796\nUploader: Evans MTB Saga Exit code: 0
Duration is 796 seconds = 13:16. The captions end at 00:13:17,920 which is just past the end. So the transcript is complete, just the last sentence is cut off mid-word by the video ending or the caption timing. The title is "I built the Worlds Best Santa Cruz" and uploader is "Evans MTB Saga". So the bike is a Santa Cruz (model name likely "Vala" but captions say "VA" or "Valla" or "vault" due to ASR errors). Now I can summarize. The video is about building/ upgrading a Santa Cruz Vala (electric mountain bike) to be the "best" version. Key points: 1. Episode 3 of "Project Valla Ultimate" - goal to create best Santa Cruz Vala in world. 2. The base model is a Santa Cruz Vala that he's been upgrading. 3. He mentions 4 videos left before paternity leave, baby due May 8th. 4. This is a Santa Cruz Vala giveaway - one viewer will win it. 5. He ordered red decal kits from Slick Graphics to make it cohesive color-wise. 6. Pedals: OneUp pedals from a previous series, needed service kit because he lost flange spacer. 7. Wheels: Building custom carbon wheels with new OneUp hubs. He spent 5 hours lacing them. Used rims he bought in 2023 originally for a Walmart Schwinn project. 8. Installed Schwabby radial tires (likely Schwalbe). 9. New drivetrain: SRAM Eagle 90 transmission (cable actuated, previously electronic only). Bought from N+1 Bikes for $525 with coupon. He says it's GX tier but shifter feels cheaper and heavier. Plans full review next week. Installation straightforward. 10. Matching decals on frame to make red consistent (original Santa Cruz logos were burgundy/purple). 11. Bike is complete, then he takes it to Lake Leatherwood for enduro riding. 12. Weight: bike weighs 1 lb more after upgrades despite carbon wheels and bars. 13. Bosch Gen 5 motor is quieter than Gen 4, no rattle, rumor of firmware update to increase torque. 14. He adjusts suspension (fork rebound closed, shock rebound opened) for the trails. 15. Honest assessment: some upgrades cosmetic, some didn't make big performance difference: - Shock (Vivid) was marginal gain over stock Float X - Ergon fat grips: he didn't like them, felt less control - Carbon wheels: no performance benefit, but better hub engagement/sound and looks good 16. Overall very happy with the bike, getting compliments. Now I need to produce the summary. According to the rule, I should not name the session until after reading and understanding the full transcript. I have now done that, so I can name the session now if appropriate. But the user didn't ask for a session name. The instruction says "do not name the session until after reading and understanding the full YouTube video transcript". It doesn't say I must name it. Since the user just pasted a link, I should probably provide the summary and maybe mention the title. I don't need to name the session explicitly unless the system suggests it. Let me write a concise summary.
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Now I'll provide the summary to the user. I should be concise and direct.
Video: "I built the Worlds Best Santa Cruz" by Evans MTB Saga (~13:16)
This is Episode 3 of Project Vala Ultimate — a build series where the creator upgrades a Santa Cruz Vala eMTB into what he calls the "best all-mountain e-bike" he's ridden, then gives it away to a viewer.
Key upgrades and work covered:
Riding impressions at Lake Leatherwood:
He also mentions he'll be taking ~2–3 weeks of paternity leave after a few more videos because his wife is expecting a baby around May 8th.