Short-Form Video Clip Pipeline — Skill

What problem does it solve?

This Skill turns long-form YouTube videos into ready-to-post vertical short clips by automating downloading, transcription, AI segmentation, cropping, and caption burning—so you can publish consistently without manually editing.

Core Features & Use Cases

• AI segmentation for viral moments: Uses Claude to select the best 30–60s segments based on hook strength, emotional punch, and standalone value.
• Layout-aware vertical reformatting: Converts 16:9 to 9:16 while handling talking-head and screen-share style layouts.
• Word-timestamp captions: Builds TikTok-style word-highlighted captions (ASS) using Whisper word timestamps or fallbacks.
• Cut verification: Runs a second Claude pass to ensure clips end on a complete thought.
• Channel batch processing: Scans a local YouTube knowledge base for new weekly episodes and processes them automatically.

Quick Start

Run short-form extraction for a single YouTube URL by instructing your AI environment to execute: python3 scripts/shortform_pipeline.py --url "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" --max-clips 3 --output-dir ./output.