Short-Video Pipeline: Topic → Script → Finished Cut ⭐

The problem

Short-form video production often fails because creators either spend hours on manual scripting and storyboarding or rely on fully automated tools that hallucinate facts and produce low-quality edits. Balancing editorial integrity with the speed required for daily content cycles is a constant friction point.

What it does

• Evaluates news beats and trends to select high-potential topics based on hook potential and visual feasibility.
• Generates spoken-word scripts structured for retention with Hook, Context, and Why It Matters segments.
• Builds granular production timelines with timecodes for voiceover, visuals, on-screen text, and transitions.
• Implements a mandatory two-stage human checkpoint system to ensure factual accuracy and brand safety before rendering or publishing.
• Produces a complete publishing package including titles, descriptions, hashtags, and metadata.

Why this beats prompting it yourself

Generic prompts often produce long-winded scripts that don't fit the 9:16 vertical format or ignore the technical requirements of a video editor. This skill enforces a specific production logic that treats video as a multi-layered timeline rather than just a block of text, ensuring every second of the script has a corresponding visual and caption plan.

Use cases

• Transforming daily tech or finance news into 45-second vertical social clips.
• Standardizing a production workflow for a team of video editors and scriptwriters.
• Generating production-ready storyboards from raw research documents or press releases.
• Ensuring factual compliance and attribution in high-stakes news content.

Known limitations

Requires human intervention at two specific checkpoints to move from draft to final render. It does not perform actual video encoding or file exports without external tool integration.