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Run npx skillmds@latest add nateherkai/edit-video in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Edit Video safe to use?

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This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Edit Video free to use?

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Who published Edit Video?

nateherkai (@nateherkai) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Edit Video by nateherkai — Agent Skill

Name: Edit Video
Author: nateherkai

Edit Video

Edit a raw talking-head video through transcription, silence trimming, mistake review, visual storytelling, motion graphics, and verified HyperFrames rendering. Use for a complete edit; route a single requested operation directly to its specialist skill.

nateherkai 9a7e96f 2.6 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026

File contents

Edit a video

Keep each project in video-projects/<slug>/, preserving the source recording. Read the workspace guide and the project's brief or DESIGN.md. If a direction is missing, propose a style from style-library/registry.json based on the footage.

Inspect duration, streams, and source resolution with ffprobe. Copy the source into the project's assets or reference an explicitly provided local path.
Read docs/TOOLS-AND-API-KEYS.md before service setup. Reuse a matching word transcript. Otherwise use the student's chosen provider; Nate defaults to node scripts/transcribe-elevenlabs.mjs <source>. OpenAI Whisper and local Whisper are supported workflow alternatives after transcript normalization. Check available credentials or local dependencies. Explain uploads and costs before any service call whose authorization is still missing.
Read ../cut-silences/SKILL.md. Produce an EDL and a retimed transcript, and render the silence pass when editing is authorized.
Read ../cut-mistakes/SKILL.md. Inspect candidates in context and preserve intentional emphasis. Record the reviewed cuts. If no mistakes need cutting, carry forward the silence output. Match every transcript to its actual video.
Read ../video-storytelling/SKILL.md for the visual arc and ../hyperframes-video-beats/SKILL.md for overlays. Write a beat sheet with transcript anchors, one visual idea per beat, and deliberate callbacks.
Read MOTION_PHILOSOPHY.md, ../hyperframes/SKILL.md, and relevant GSAP references before authoring. Use ../style-library/SKILL.md to select or adapt a card. Localize every asset used by the composition.
Run preflight and HyperFrames lint from the project, plus the transcript-sync validator for anchored sub-compositions. Review Studio before the draft.
Render a draft, inspect encoded frames and transitions, and listen across cut boundaries. Check face framing, text legibility, black frames, and A/V sync. Resolve failures before the final render. Follow any review approvals already provided; do not repeat approval requests for the same authorized action.

Deliver the final MP4 path, edit decisions, retimed transcript, composition, and VERIFY.md describing what was checked and any remaining limitations. An automated detector proposes edits; editorial judgment remains necessary.

---name: edit-videodescription: Edit a raw talking-head video through transcription, silence trimming, mistake review, visual storytelling, motion graphics, and verified HyperFrames rendering. Use for a complete edit; route a single requested operation directly to its specialist skill.---# Edit a videoKeep each project in `video-projects/<slug>/`, preserving the source recording.Read the workspace guide and the project's brief or DESIGN.md. If a direction ismissing, propose a style from `style-library/registry.json` based on the footage.1. Inspect duration, streams, and source resolution with ffprobe. Copy the source into the project's assets or reference an explicitly provided local path.2. Read `docs/TOOLS-AND-API-KEYS.md` before service setup. Reuse a matching word transcript. Otherwise use the student's chosen provider; Nate defaults to `node scripts/transcribe-elevenlabs.mjs <source>`. OpenAI Whisper and local Whisper are supported workflow alternatives after transcript normalization. Check available credentials or local dependencies. Explain uploads and costs before any service call whose authorization is still missing.3. Read `../cut-silences/SKILL.md`. Produce an EDL and a retimed transcript, and render the silence pass when editing is authorized.4. Read `../cut-mistakes/SKILL.md`. Inspect candidates in context and preserve intentional emphasis. Record the reviewed cuts. If no mistakes need cutting, carry forward the silence output. Match every transcript to its actual video.5. Read `../video-storytelling/SKILL.md` for the visual arc and `../hyperframes-video-beats/SKILL.md` for overlays. Write a beat sheet with transcript anchors, one visual idea per beat, and deliberate callbacks.6. Read `MOTION_PHILOSOPHY.md`, `../hyperframes/SKILL.md`, and relevant GSAP references before authoring. Use `../style-library/SKILL.md` to select or adapt a card. Localize every asset used by the composition.7. Run preflight and HyperFrames lint from the project, plus the transcript-sync validator for anchored sub-compositions. Review Studio before the draft.8. Render a draft, inspect encoded frames and transitions, and listen across cut boundaries. Check face framing, text legibility, black frames, and A/V sync. Resolve failures before the final render. Follow any review approvals already provided; do not repeat approval requests for the same authorized action.Deliver the final MP4 path, edit decisions, retimed transcript, composition,and `VERIFY.md` describing what was checked and any remaining limitations.An automated detector proposes edits; editorial judgment remains necessary.

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