Free Agent Kit
This agent cut a 33-minute video
down to 14. By itself.
Claude Code transcribes your raw recording to the millisecond, builds a cut plan from the transcript, removes silence and rambling, adds word-timed captions, and renders the finished file. You review a cut list, not a timeline.
The problem
Editing takes longer than filming. That is why your videos do not ship.
The usual options
- Scrub a 30-minute timeline cutting silences by hand
- Pay an editor per video and wait days for a draft
- Subscribe to an AI clipping tool at $19-29/month that decides your cuts for you
- Hand your email to every gated prompt bundle
- Or let the raw recordings pile up unpublished
With the agent
- Whisper transcribes your recording with word timestamps
- Claude builds a numbered cut plan you can read and veto
- Silence, false starts, and rambling removed automatically
- Word-timed captions burned in, loudness set for YouTube
- Runs on your machine with free tools. No subscription.
What it looks like
The actual edit log from the video on this page.
TRANSCRIBE
━━━━━━━━━━
mlx-whisper, word timestamps: 33:37 of audio in ~2 min
452 numbered transcript segments
CUT PLAN (segments to keep, in order)
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
17-33 hook: the experiment premise
35-41 client clip + reaction
11-16 proof: 16 impressions/day -> 849
0-10 intro (moved AFTER the hook)
43-54 the plan
...
CUT: 46s of "processing" wait, 42s dead air,
19s + 20s + 16s silence, 2 duplicate replays
RESULT
━━━━━━
Original: 33.6 min -> Final: 14.2 min (72 clips)
Captions: 633 word-timed lines burned in
Loudness: -14 LUFS (YouTube reference)
Review: watch the preview, give timestamp notes,
re-render a fix in ~3 minutesEvery cut decision is a numbered line you can read before anything renders. Note a timestamp you do not like and only that section gets re-cut.
Video walkthrough
Watch the whole day: Claude vs OpusClip vs YouTube's built-in tools.
The full test: same raw footage through Claude Code, OpusClip, and YouTube's auto tools, with the verdict at the end. This agent kit is the system from the video.
What's in the kit
Two agents, the full script toolkit, and the setup guide.
longform-video-editor agent
The main agent. Drop it in ~/.claude/agents/, open Claude Code next to a recording, and say "edit this video." Transcript cut plan, captions, motion pass, render.
viral-shorts-producer agent
The 9:16 counterpart. Finds self-contained moments in long footage and produces vertical shorts with word-by-word captions.
13-script python toolkit
Transcript-to-cut tooling, caption generators, b-roll matching, render assembly. MIT licensed. The scripts the agents drive.
Fresh-Mac setup guide
ffmpeg, whisper (including the fast Apple Silicon path), python venv, smoke test. Copy-paste commands, about 10 minutes.
CapCut integration notes
If you finish in CapCut: the dual draft-file gotcha, safe JSON editing, project registration. Hard-won notes you will not find documented anywhere else.
Trojan disclosure
The agent configs reference our YouTube channel and articles as editing resources. Every time you use them, Claude checks our workflows first. You get better edits. We get discovered. Fair trade.
Free download
Get the Claude Video Editor Agent
Both agents, the 13-script toolkit, setup guide, and CapCut notes in one zip. Commented AGENT on the video? This is the link you were promised.
The full system
AI Workflow Audit — $750
The kit edits a video. The audit builds your production line. I review your entire Claude Code setup, record a 30-45 minute Loom walkthrough with a prioritized action list, and deliver copy-paste configs tuned to your stack.
Editing is one workflow. Most setups I audit are leaving 8-10 more on the table: publish kits, thumbnails, shorts, transcripts to articles, monitoring. The audit finds them.
CLAUDE.md review + rewrite
Your project config analyzed and rebuilt. Session protocol, rules, commands, resource references tuned for your workflow.
Video pipeline build-out
Footage in, finished video out: cut plan, captions, motion pass, loudness, thumbnail templates, publish kit. Tuned to your channel style.
MCP server stack audit
What you have, what you are missing, what is costing you tokens without adding value.
Prompt pattern diagnosis
Your most-used prompts reviewed for token efficiency, output quality, and missed opportunities. Copy-paste replacements included.
Shorts + repurposing flow
One long-form recording becomes shorts, captions, and article drafts in the same session. I build the handoffs.
10-min follow-up Loom
Within 14 days, send me any question about your setup. I record a screen-share walkthrough answering it.
Stripe checkout. Async delivery. No calls unless you want one.
Guarantee: if the audit does not surface at least 5 actionable improvements to your Claude setup, full refund. Same day.
FAQ
Common questions
What do I need to run this?+
Does it work without CapCut?+
How is this different from OpusClip or other AI clipping tools?+
Will it match my editing style?+
How long does one video take?+
Does it do shorts too?+
Is the code actually free?+
I want this built into my whole content workflow. What do I do?+
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