AI-assisted video editing workflows for cutting, structuring, and augmenting real footage. Covers the full pipeline from raw capture through FFmpeg, Remotion, ElevenLabs, fal.ai, and final polish in Descript or CapCut.
SkillScore100Maintained
Automatic
◆Marketing & Content pack
Last verified 8/22/2026
What it changes
Passed 23 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 15 of 23 without it.
Without skill65%
With skill100%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Passes mode=ReframeMode.smart
Specifies -acodec pcm_s16le audio codec
Includes scale=1080:1920 in the filterchain
and 7 more in the full report
8 fixed15 passed either way0 still failing0 broke
Pass-rate lift
+35 pp
Tokens
+126%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-33%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/22/2026v623 of 23 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 8 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 8
Prompt
When using the VideoDB Python SDK to convert horizontal video footage into vertical 9:16 format with active subject tracking, what method name and mode parameter value perform AI-guided re-framing?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Calls the video.reframe method
Passed
Passed
Passes mode=ReframeMode.smart
Missed
Passed
case-18 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/22/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md311 linessingle file
Video Editing
AI-assisted editing for real footage. Not generation from prompts. Editing existing video fast.
When to Activate
User wants to edit, cut, or structure video footage
Turning long recordings into short-form content
Building vlogs, tutorials, or demo videos from raw capture
Adding overlays, subtitles, music, or voiceover to existing video
Reframing video for different platforms (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram)
User says "edit video", "cut this footage", "make a vlog", or "video workflow"
Core Thesis
AI video editing is useful when you stop asking it to create the whole video and start using it to compress, structure, and augment real footage. The value is not generation. The value is compression.
The Pipeline
Screen Studio / raw footage
→ Claude / Codex
→ FFmpeg
→ Remotion
→ ElevenLabs / fal.ai
→ Descript or CapCut
Each layer has a specific job. Do not skip layers. Do not try to make one tool do everything.