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Connection options require verification in your own agent.","prompt":"TASK: Synchronize a subtitle file with a film you are watching\n\nMY SETUP\n- macOS with Apple TV.app and tvsub installed and built\n- tvsub-mcp connected to Claude Code or another stdio MCP client\n- A subtitle file you may use and matching film playback\n\nBEFORE STARTING\nConfirm which files, information and permissions you can actually access. Ask me for essential missing details. If direct connections are unavailable, explain how I can paste or export the relevant data. Do not claim an integration is connected without checking.\n\nWORKFLOW\n1. Read the current playback title and position, list available subtitles, and confirm which file matches my film.\n2. Ask me for matching dialogue anchors, calibrate timing offset and drift, and preview a short section before retaining the calibration.\n3. Start the overlay with readable styling, check a later dialogue point and report the selected file, calibration and any remaining mismatch.\n\nEXPECTED RESULT\nA subtitle overlay aligned to the current film, with recorded timing calibration and unresolved mismatches.\n\nLIMITATIONS\nExperimental macOS integration using undocumented playback APIs. Requires user-started Apple TV.app playback; it does not download subtitles or modify the video. Prime Video is unsupported. Not independently tested; translation is a separate optional feature.\n\nFIRST RUN\nUse a small read-only sample and show me the result. Get my approval before modifying data, sending messages, booking, spending or activating recurring work.","requirements":["macOS with Apple TV.app and tvsub installed and built","tvsub-mcp connected to Claude Code or another stdio MCP client","A subtitle file you may use and matching film playback"],"connectors":["Select an SRT or VTT file already present in the local tvsub subtitle library.","Copy an authorized SMI or SAMI subtitle file into the configured subtitle library."],"steps":["Read the current playback title and position, list available subtitles, and confirm which file matches my film.","Ask me for matching dialogue anchors, calibrate timing offset and drift, and preview a short section before retaining the calibration.","Start the overlay with readable styling, check a later dialogue point and report the selected file, calibration and any remaining mismatch."],"taskSteps":["Read the current playback title and position, list available subtitles, and confirm which file matches my film.","Ask me for matching dialogue anchors, calibrate timing offset and drift, and preview a short section before retaining the calibration.","Start the overlay with readable styling, check a later dialogue point and report the selected file, calibration and any remaining mismatch."],"taskConnectors":["macOS with Apple TV.app and tvsub installed and built","tvsub-mcp connected to Claude Code or another stdio MCP client","A subtitle file you may use and matching film playback"],"connectionOptions":["Select an SRT or VTT file already present in the local tvsub subtitle library.","Copy an authorized SMI or SAMI subtitle file into the configured subtitle library."],"expectedResult":"A subtitle overlay aligned to the current film, with recorded timing calibration and unresolved mismatches.","limitations":"Experimental macOS integration using undocumented playback APIs. Requires user-started Apple TV.app playback; it does not download subtitles or modify the video. Prime Video is unsupported. 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Not independently tested; translation is a separate optional feature.\n\nFIRST RUN\nUse a small read-only sample and show me the result. 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Not independently tested; translation is a separate optional feature.\n\nFIRST RUN\nUse a small read-only sample and show me the result. Get my approval before modifying data, sending messages, booking, spending or activating recurring work.","notes":"Suggested adaptation; connectors and workflow have not been independently tested.","checked":"2026-11-02"},{"agentId":"instinct","agentName":"Instinct","status":"Needs verification","tested":false,"requirements":["macOS with Apple TV.app and tvsub installed and built","tvsub-mcp connected to Claude Code or another stdio MCP client","A subtitle file you may use and matching film playback"],"connectors":["Select an SRT or VTT file already present in the local tvsub subtitle library.","Copy an authorized SMI or SAMI subtitle file into the configured subtitle library."],"steps":["Read the current playback title and position, list available subtitles, and confirm which file matches my film.","Ask me for matching dialogue anchors, calibrate timing offset and drift, and preview a short section before retaining the calibration.","Start the overlay with readable styling, check a later dialogue point and report the selected file, calibration and any remaining mismatch."],"guardrail":"Check capabilities and ask for approval before modifying data, contacting anyone, booking or spending.","prompt":"TASK: Synchronize a subtitle file with a film you are watching\n\nMY SETUP\n- macOS with Apple TV.app and tvsub installed and built\n- tvsub-mcp connected to Claude Code or another stdio MCP client\n- A subtitle file you may use and matching film playback\n\nBEFORE STARTING\nConfirm which files, information and permissions you can actually access. 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Not independently tested; translation is a separate optional feature.\n\nFIRST RUN\nUse a small read-only sample and show me the result. 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Ask me for essential missing details. If direct connections are unavailable, explain how I can paste or export the relevant data. Do not claim an integration is connected without checking.\n\nWORKFLOW\n1. Read the current playback title and position, list available subtitles, and confirm which file matches my film.\n2. Ask me for matching dialogue anchors, calibrate timing offset and drift, and preview a short section before retaining the calibration.\n3. Start the overlay with readable styling, check a later dialogue point and report the selected file, calibration and any remaining mismatch.\n\nEXPECTED RESULT\nA subtitle overlay aligned to the current film, with recorded timing calibration and unresolved mismatches.\n\nLIMITATIONS\nExperimental macOS integration using undocumented playback APIs. Requires user-started Apple TV.app playback; it does not download subtitles or modify the video. Prime Video is unsupported. 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