Fathom (agent-first CLI)

Use this skill when the task is about Fathom meetings, transcripts, summaries, teams, team members, or official webhooks.

Default stance:

• Prefer the official API-backed CLI, not browser automation.
• Prefer --json for machine use.
• Prefer filtering before exporting.
• Use meetings grep when you need content search across summaries/transcripts.
• If fathom is missing from PATH, install the published CLI with npm i -g fathom-video-cli, or prefix one-shot commands with npx -y fathom-video-cli.

Default workflow

• Sanity check: fathom doctor --json
• Browse recent meetings: fathom meetings list --limit 25 --json
• Narrow by metadata: fathom meetings list --team Operations --created-after 2026-03-01 --query "customer discovery" --json
• Resolve one meeting: fathom meetings get <recording_id_or_url> --with summary,transcript --json
• Resolve a public share link: fathom meetings get 'https://fathom.video/share/...' --with transcript --json
• Pull exact transcript or summary: fathom recordings transcript <recording_id> --json and fathom recordings summary <recording_id> --json

Common tasks

• Search meeting content: fathom meetings grep "renewal timeline" --limit 50 --json
• Export a bundle: fathom meetings export --all --zip
• Export a filtered slice: fathom meetings export --team Operations --created-after 2026-03-01 --format json,md,txt --json
• Inspect teams: fathom teams --json
• Inspect team members: fathom team-members --team Operations --json
• Create a webhook: fathom webhooks create --destination-url https://example.com/fathom-webhook --triggered-for my_recordings --include transcript,summary

Auth

If fathom doctor --json reports missing auth:

• Best ephemeral path: FATHOM_API_KEY=... fathom doctor --json
• If fathom is not installed globally: FATHOM_API_KEY=... npx -y fathom-video-cli doctor --json
• Saved local config: fathom auth set
• Non-interactive automation: printf '%s' "$FATHOM_API_KEY" | fathom auth set --stdin

Avoid pasting full keys into logs or chat.

Public share URLs are the exception: fathom meetings get <share_url> --with transcript --json can resolve through Fathom's public share page even when no API key is configured.

Important constraints

• There is no official whoami endpoint.
• meetings get is a derived helper, because Fathom does not publish a single-meeting fetch endpoint.
• meetings get may resolve a public share URL through the public share page instead of the official API. In that case the result can include source: "public_share_page" and official_recording_id: null.
• recordings transcript and recordings summary switch into callback mode when --destination-url is supplied.
• Webhook secrets only appear on creation. Capture them immediately if you need signature verification.

Contract essentials

• Prefer --json for agent work.
• With --json, stdout should contain exactly one JSON object.
• Progress and status belong on stderr.
• Exit codes:
  • 0 success
  • 1 request failure, upstream failure, or failed checks
  • 2 auth/user action required or invalid input
• Common error codes:
  • AUTH_MISSING
  • NOT_FOUND
  • RATE_LIMITED
  • UPSTREAM_5XX
  • TIMEOUT
  • VALIDATION
  • CHECK_FAILED