# Install distill-cli with Homebrew Use AWS Transcribe and Bedrock to create summaries of your audio recordings. Version 0.2.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:distill-cli ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install distill-cli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:distill-cli - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.2.0 - **Source summary:** Use AWS Transcribe and Bedrock to create summaries of your audio recordings - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:09-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - distill-cli (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.2.0 ## Project history and usage distill-cli is an AWS Labs Rust command-line tool for summarizing audio and other media with Amazon Transcribe and Amazon Bedrock. It sits in the newer wave of AI-assisted personal workflow CLIs rather than the older Unix-tool lineage. ### Project history Werner Vogels introduced Distill CLI in June 2024 as a local, Rust-powered offshoot of an earlier Distill meeting-summarization proof of concept. The README describes it as based on the open-source Amazon Bedrock Audio Summarizer and built with the AWS SDK for Rust. ### Adoption history The official launch post positioned the tool as a small, extensible command-line utility for builders who wanted to experiment with Rust and AWS generative-AI services. Homebrew packaging gave it the familiar install path used by macOS and Linux CLI users, but its official source material still describes a young proof-of-concept rather than a long-established ecosystem tool. ### How it is used A typical run points distill-cli at an input audio file, uploads media to S3, submits transcription through Amazon Transcribe, and summarizes the transcript with a Bedrock foundation model. Configuration is split between a local config.toml for model and output settings and the standard AWS CLI credential and region files. ### Why package nerds care For package-history purposes, distill-cli is notable as an example of cloud AI services being wrapped in a single-purpose native CLI. Its packaging story is less about broad dependency reuse and more about making an AWS demo workflow feel like a normal terminal tool. ### Timeline - 2024: Public source repository created for distill-cli. - 2024: Werner Vogels publishes the introductory Distill CLI article. - 2024: README documents local Rust builds, AWS CLI configuration, and Bedrock model settings. ### Related projects - Amazon Bedrock Audio Summarizer is the direct predecessor named by the distill-cli README. - The AWS CLI supplies the credential and region configuration model that distill-cli inherits. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for distill-cli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: config.toml, ~/.aws/config ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.aws/credentials ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/distill-cli.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/distill-cli.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - cross-ecosystem install command graph