End To End Video Playbook

End-To-End Video Playbook

Use this skill to coordinate a complete video project from rough request to verified final render.

Workflow

1. Ground in the current project.

   • Inspect available assets, renders, compositions, scripts, audio, captions, and prior approvals.
   • Identify locked scenes and user boundaries such as "do not modify Scene 01."
   • Use templates/storyboard.md for multi-scene structure.

2. Convert intent into production artifacts.

   • Create one templates/scene-spec.md per scene.
   • Separate user-specific content from reusable production patterns.
   • Record exact durations, final-frame requirements, narration, visual beats, transition dependencies, and proof timestamps.

3. Route to focused skills.

   • Use video-intake-and-storyboard for unclear prompts or new scenes.
   • Use hyperframes-scene-builder for HTML/GSAP composition work.
   • Use audio-sync-assembly for narration timing, segment retiming, and FFmpeg assembly.
   • Use captions-and-music-bed for subtitles, music ducking, and final silence.
   • Use render-qa-and-surgical-changes for proof frames, exact timestamp checks, and safe final edits.

4. Build in layers.

   • Draft scene renders first.
   • Assemble narration-only master before final music.
   • Add captions after the visual/audio timeline is stable.
   • Add music bed after narration and captions are correct.

5. Verify before reporting completion.

   • Run media probes on final outputs.
   • Extract proof frames at every risky timestamp and scene boundary.
   • Generate preview clips around transitions and sync-critical moments.
   • State what was verified and what remains subjective.

Production Rules

• Never patch an old final MP4 when source scenes and assembly scripts exist.
• Do not globally slow a scene if only a pause or one cue needs timing.
• Prefer hold frames for silence and deliberate pacing.
• Re-render only affected scenes during final surgical changes.
• Always check duplicated carryover frames when a previous final frame changes.
• Keep client/private assets out of reusable examples.

Required Outputs

For full projects, produce or update:

• Storyboard or timeline manifest.
• Scene renders.
• Final assembly script or command plan.
• Caption file if captions are requested.
• Final MP4.
• Proof frames/contact sheet.
• Short preview clips for risky sections.

Decision Checklist

Before building, decide and record:

• Whether this is a new video, scene addition, or final edit.
• Whether the user approved any existing scenes.
• Whether previous renders are source of truth or just previews.
• Whether the final output needs captions.
• Whether music should be added, replaced, lowered, or left alone.
• Whether product-demo footage should be cropped.
• Whether exact phrase timing matters.
• Whether a silent hook, pause, or final hold exists.
• Whether the final render should be 24, 30, 48, 60, or source FPS.
• Whether the user expects proof before full render.

Agent Routing Table

Use this routing table when several skills could apply:

• User gives rough idea only: start with video-intake-and-storyboard.
• User gives a reference final frame: intake first, then motion-design-systems, then hyperframes-scene-builder.
• User says a scene must start from another scene: use scene-continuity-and-transitions.
• User provides raw screen recording: use product-demo-integration.
• User says captions are late or too big: use captions-and-music-bed.
• User says narration changed: use audio-sync-assembly.
• User says "everything is perfect except": use render-qa-and-surgical-changes.

Implementation Order

Use this order for multi-scene work:

1. Lock approved scenes.
2. Prepare scene specs.
3. Build or revise scene sources.
4. Render scene drafts.
5. Extract proof frames.
6. Build narration-only assembly.
7. Align captions.
8. Burn captions.
9. Build music bed.
10. Mix final audio.
11. Export final MP4.
12. Generate proof sheet and preview clips.

What To Ask The User

Ask only questions that change implementation:

• Which final frame should match the reference if multiple references exist.
• Whether to crop or preserve a product recording when both have tradeoffs.
• Whether caption style is approved before burning a long final.
• Whether music should be audible during narration pauses.
• Whether a requested edit may change approved timing.
• Whether branded logos may be recolored.

Do not ask questions discoverable from files:

• Clip durations.
• Existing scene names.
• Current frame rate.
• Which source files contain a visible label.
• Whether an audio stream exists.

Quality Gate

Do not call a full video done until:

• Final duration is known.
• Final resolution and FPS are known.
• Audio stream exists.
• Captions are present if requested.
• Scene boundary proofs exist.
• Exact user-requested timestamp proofs exist.
• Music ending behavior is checked.
• Any subjective preview requested by the user was shown or explicitly skipped.

Handoff Format

When finishing, report:

• Final render path.
• Important scene/render paths.
• Commands or scripts used.
• Proof frame or preview paths.
• Tests performed.
• Anything not verified.