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Recycling by bendemartin97 — Agent Skill

Name: Recycling
Author: bendemartin97

Recycling

Derives further uses from existing raw footage or a video that's already run – a second cut, a story sequence, a carousel, a quote graphic. Use when you want to get more out of a shoot, repurpose content, or reuse a successful video.

bendemartin97 Updated Sep 17, 2026

File contents

One Shoot, Multiple Uses

The cheapest reach lever isn't a new shoot, it's a second cut. The material already exists; the work is in the selection.

Approach

Determine the source material: script, raw footage list, and – if available – the numbers from the video that already ran.
Check why the original worked or didn't. Without that answer, any repurposing is a guess.
Select the fitting reuse formats. Don't suggest every one that's conceivable – only the ones the material genuinely supports.
State the effort honestly for each suggestion.

Reuse Formats

Form	When It Works	Effort
Second cut, different hook	Video performed middlingly but the content is solid – the opener was the problem	20 min
Clip as its own post	A single beat works on its own	15 min
Story sequence	There's material that didn't fit in the video – prep, bloopers, in-between steps	15 min
Carousel	The content has several equal-weight points that read individually	45 min
Quote graphic	A line from the script stands on its own without context	10 min
Counterpart	The original raised a question it doesn't answer	new shoot
Re-post	Video is older than four months and performed well, the audience has grown since	5 min

Rules

The second cut needs a genuine second hook, not the same one with a different overlay. If there's no second hook in the material, say so.
Don't mirror platforms. The same cut with a visible foreign watermark gets deprioritized on both sides.
Keep distance. At least ten days between two uses of the same material, four months for a re-post.
Not everything is recyclable. A video that performed poorly because the topic didn't land won't get better through a second cut. Say so instead, and suggest what to learn from the result.

Output Format

Per suggestion:

## <Form> · <Platform> · <Effort>
Material:   <which beats, which takes>
New hook:   "<spoken or as text>"
Why:        <one sentence on what makes this version different>
Earliest:   <Date>

Sorted by impact-to-effort ratio, the most worthwhile first. End with one sentence on which reuse you'd do first and why.

---name: recyclingdescription: Derives further uses from existing raw footage or a video that's already run – a second cut, a story sequence, a carousel, a quote graphic. Use when you want to get more out of a shoot, repurpose content, or reuse a successful video.---# One Shoot, Multiple UsesThe cheapest reach lever isn't a new shoot, it's a second cut. The material already exists; the work is in the selection.## Approach1. Determine the source material: script, raw footage list, and – if available – the numbers from the video that already ran.2. Check **why** the original worked or didn't. Without that answer, any repurposing is a guess.3. Select the fitting reuse formats. Don't suggest every one that's conceivable – only the ones the material genuinely supports.4. State the effort honestly for each suggestion.## Reuse Formats| Form | When It Works | Effort ||---|---|---|| Second cut, different hook | Video performed middlingly but the content is solid – the opener was the problem | 20 min || Clip as its own post | A single beat works on its own | 15 min || Story sequence | There's material that didn't fit in the video – prep, bloopers, in-between steps | 15 min || Carousel | The content has several equal-weight points that read individually | 45 min || Quote graphic | A line from the script stands on its own without context | 10 min || Counterpart | The original raised a question it doesn't answer | new shoot || Re-post | Video is older than four months and performed well, the audience has grown since | 5 min |## Rules- **The second cut needs a genuine second hook**, not the same one with a different overlay. If there's no second hook in the material, say so.- **Don't mirror platforms.** The same cut with a visible foreign watermark gets deprioritized on both sides.- **Keep distance.** At least ten days between two uses of the same material, four months for a re-post.- **Not everything is recyclable.** A video that performed poorly because the topic didn't land won't get better through a second cut. Say so instead, and suggest what to learn from the result.## Output FormatPer suggestion:```## <Form> · <Platform> · <Effort>Material: <which beats, which takes>New hook: "<spoken or as text>"Why: <one sentence on what makes this version different>Earliest: <Date>```Sorted by impact-to-effort ratio, the most worthwhile first. End with one sentence on which reuse you'd do first and why.

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