recut-clone

Directs a new editable video from a reference video through staged generation and timeline assembly.

38|4|Updated Jul 29, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/6174/recut --skill recut-clone-6174
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Skill: recut-clone
Source: https://github.com/6174/recut/tree/main/service/skills/recut-clone
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/6174/recut --skill recut-clone-6174

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve? Turning a proven reference video into a new original video usually means manually reverse-engineering its structure, planning shots, generating assets, and assembling a timeline. This Skill orchestrates that entire clone workflow inside the Recut editor: it reads the reference, re-directs a new film around your subject, product, language, or CTA, and delivers an editable, exportable project. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Reference-to-Treatment Pipeline: Imports and transcribes the reference video, records its on-screen text system and camera language in project markdown files (BRIEF/reference/TREATMENT/PLAN/PROGRESS), then derives keep/replace decisions for the new film. - Scene-Level Generation: Generates assets in scene/segment units rather than isolated clips, using storyboard references, style/motion anchors, first-last-frame contracts, and World voice references for character dialogue. - Anchor-Based Timeline Assembly: Maps speech@ and clock@ anchors to timeline windows via the timeline-editor (recut.editor.*), validates with timeline.validate, and exports only after actually watching the result. - Use Case: You have a competitor's viral product video and want the same structure with your own brand and voice. The Skill builds the project, writes the treatment and shot plan, gets your budget approval, generates each scene, assembles the timeline, and exports the finished cut. ## Quick Start Clone this reference video into a new film for my product, keeping its structure and camera language but replacing the subject, script, and on-screen text.

Frequently Asked Questions about recut-clone

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I clone a reference video into a new original video?▼

Provide the reference video and your target changes such as subject, product, language, or CTA. The Skill imports and transcribes the reference, writes a treatment and shot plan in project markdown, generates scenes with AI after your approval, and assembles everything on an editable timeline.

How does AI video generation keep scenes consistent across shots?▼

Consistency uses reference anchors from a World definition for characters, environments, and voices, plus first-last-frame contracts where each segment's start state equals the previous segment's end state. Reference frames and contact sheets are passed as style-ref, motion-ref, and storyboard inputs.

Does the clone workflow require manual approval before spending money?▼

Yes, paid generation is a hard gate. The Skill presents the full plan and budget once for approval, and video generation proposals require explicit user confirmation. It never confirms paid video generation on your behalf.

Can I edit the script after the video is assembled on the timeline?▼

Yes, because assets are anchored to transcript source times via speech@ tokens rather than element IDs. After a script edit, the Skill re-reads the timeline, recomputes anchor windows, moves the anchored elements, and revalidates the affected scenes.

What are the limitations of reference-based video cloning?▼

The Skill does not copy source dialogue, likenesses, or exact compositions; it migrates reusable structure and camera language instead. It also requires a vision-capable model to read reference frames, and terminates immediately if the model cannot process images.