barefootfordCommunity·21 Agent Skills Included

buttercut

AI video editing assistant that builds rough cuts from raw footage

Analyzes raw video footage with transcripts, contact sheets, and summaries, then builds rough cuts, scenes, and selects reels through conversation. Exports finished timelines directly to Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, and DaVinci Resolve without manual clip hunting or timeline assembly. Handles backups, audio transcription, and one-off editing tasks so video editors skip hours of tedious prep work.

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npx skills add barefootford/buttercut --all -g -y

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Instructs the AI agent to act as a video editing assistant, routing requests to the right skill (create library, process footage, cut, backup) and enforcing rules like schema migrations and read-only core files.

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report-bug

Sanitize and send ButterCut error reports to the development team.

full-transcript

Exports all dialogue from every clip in a library into a single text file.

create-library

Creates a new ButterCut library by gathering footage info and scaffolding the library directory structure.

bc

Routes ButterCut users to the correct skill for cuts, libraries, or one-off tasks.

process-library

Orchestrates transcript, contact sheet, and summary analysis for video footage libraries.

reprocess-with-contact-sheets

Resets a library's visual analysis and re-runs the contact-sheet-based analyze-video pipeline.

setup

Installs and verifies ButterCut dependencies on macOS including Ruby, Python, FFmpeg, and WhisperX.

misc-task

Handle one-off production tasks like extracting audio, frames, transcripts, and file conversions.

contact-sheet

Generates a timestamped 4x4 frame grid image from a video clip using ffmpeg.

buttercut

Routes user requests to the appropriate ButterCut video editing skill from a home menu.

cut

Builds video edit timelines from processed footage libraries and exports them to NLE editors.

backup-library

Backs up ButterCut video libraries into timestamped per-library archives and restores them.

Community

Intermediate

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQPage Schema

How to install ButterCut?▼

Run `npx skills add barefootford/buttercut --all -g -y` in your terminal to install all skills in this suite globally.

How to edit videos with AI?▼

ButterCut lets your AI agent analyze your footage, transcribe dialogue, and build rough cuts from plain-English requests, then exports the timeline to your editor.

Does ButterCut work with Final Cut Pro and Premiere?▼

Yes. It exports timelines as XML for Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere Pro, and DaVinci Resolve, ready to import directly.

Can non-programmers use ButterCut?▼

Yes. It is built for video editors and YouTube creators — you talk in plain editing language and the agent handles all technical steps.

What footage formats does ButterCut support?▼

It accepts common video files like mov, mp4, mts, mxf, and avi, plus jpg and png images, matching what major editors import natively.