Video Editing God Mode GitHub

Raw footage in.Finished video out.

34 free skills that turn Claude Code into a video editor. It cuts the pauses and retakes, adds captions, zooms and motion graphics, checks every frame, and renders the finished reel, Short or long-form video on your own computer.

Install it free Watch real edits
34 skills406 motion cards$0 to run locallyMIT
One take, raw, then edited by the agent
edit.timelineraw recording, 00:58
cut-silencescut-mistakescaptionsadd-zoomshyperframes

How it works

One sentence to Claude. Six passes on the timeline.

Open the folder in Claude Code and say what you want, like “Edit raw/my-clip.mp4 into a 30-second Instagram reel with captions.” The hub skill picks the right editor and runs these passes in order.

00:00

Speech becomes text

Transcribed on your machine with whisper.cpp. Free, private, word-timed.

00:10

Dead air and retakes go

Pauses, stutters and false starts are cut between phrases, never inside one.

00:20

Every point gets a visual

Zooms, cards, lower thirds and UI B-roll built in HyperFrames and GSAP.

00:30

Captions that read

Word-timed, in your brand's look, and never over the mouth.

00:40

Every frame is checked

Preflight, validators and a contact sheet before anything is called done.

00:50

You rate, it learns

Yes, Maybe or No on each option. Your taste is saved per brand.

Examples

Finished edits made with these skills.

Motion showreel15 s, 16:9. Built with motion-showreel.
Talking-head reelOne take, edited end to end.
Short-form adVertical, 50 s, with motion graphics.

Example videos by Nate Herk, from the Herk Edit Kit this project is built on, shared for public use as finished-output references.

34 skills

Pick a format. Claude picks the skill.

Start with video-editing-god-mode. It asks at most two questions and routes to the right editor. Every skill also works on its own, in Claude Code and in Codex.

Cut and clean 5

  • cut-silencesRemoves dead air with a natural gap left in.
  • cut-mistakesFinds stutters, false starts and retakes; keeps the best take.
  • edit-videoA full long-form 16:9 edit from raw footage.
  • editing-videosAn editor's judgment: pacing, J and L cuts, LUFS, music, color. kmilo93sd
  • add-zoomsPunch-zooms on emphasis, slow pushes on insight. Louise de Sadeleer

Short-form 7

  • short-form-editReels, Shorts and TikToks from talking-head footage.
  • ghost-editorA full phone-recording-to-reel pipeline. kurbaitaev
  • short-form-retentionHooks, pattern interrupts, loops, the first 3 seconds. iart.ai
  • short-form-videoVertical structure and pacing rules.
  • trend-style-copyMeasures a trending reel and copies its style onto your footage.
  • video-structure-analyzerBreaks a viral video into a shot list and a brief. sharon-laicc
  • youtube-packagingTitles, three thumbnail bets and a description. Hasan Aboul Hasan

Formats 6

  • ranked-listTop 10s, “types of” and 0-10 ratings with a picture per item.
  • tier-listAn S-to-F board that fills up as you talk.
  • business-makeoverBefore shots, a step board and a new-website reveal.
  • contractor-stylesProof cards, hype crew and owner walkthrough looks.
  • real-estate-stylesSeven listing-tour and agent-reel looks.
  • lower-thirdsAnimated name tags and broadcast titles. iart.ai

Motion and story 8

  • video-storytellingPlans a long-form video so its graphics feel like one world.
  • hyperframes-video-beatsTurns story beats into timed motion scenes.
  • motion-showreel10-30 s brand reels and showreels.
  • motionmaxxingLaunch films, kinetic type and brand stings. Tejas Makwana
  • business-motion-filmA premium commercial with a critic loop. echris6
  • collagePaper-collage explainers from free archive photos. Prakhar Mehta
  • lemo-opuscarShort films made in code, in painterly styles.
  • style-library406 cards in two style packs, plus scene templates.

Sound 1

  • real-sfxSound design from real recorded sounds you own, never synthesized.

Engine and start 7

  • video-editing-god-modeThe hub: routes the request and enforces the house rules.
  • make-a-videoA first video from scratch, no footage needed.
  • website-to-hyperframesTurns a website into a video.
  • hyperframesWrites and fixes HTML video compositions. HeyGen
  • hyperframes-cliPreviews and renders them. HeyGen
  • hyperframes-registryReady-made blocks and components. HeyGen
  • gsapAnimation timing and easing. HeyGen

Install

Two ways in. Both free.

The whole workspace

Skills, style library, local transcription and the renderer. Best for editing real footage.

git clone https://github.com/F0rger123/claude-video-editing-god-mode.git
cd claude-video-editing-god-mode
npm install
npm run setup   # checks Node 22+, FFmpeg, Chrome, renderer
npm run demo    # renders a starter video, no footage needed

Then open the folder in Claude Code and say Edit raw/my-clip.mp4 into a 30-second reel with captions.

Node.js 22+FFmpegChromeClaude Code or Codex

Just the skills

Add them to Claude Code as a plugin, in any project.

/plugin marketplace add F0rger123/claude-video-editing-god-mode

Paid services (ElevenLabs, OpenAI and others) are optional. Add your own key to .env only if you want them.

Free and local first

Transcription, cutting and rendering run on your computer.

No music unless asked

Sound follows what's on screen. Your own sound folder comes first.

Your footage stays yours

Raw clips, transcripts and renders never go into the repo.

Checked before handover

Nothing is called done until the render has been watched.