Turn long YouTube videos into short social clips automatically

AI finds the best moments in a long video and edits them into short, subtitled clips ready to post.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per one per top moment.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14)

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A stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemA personResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Social Media ManagementEmail AutomationDocument Processing & OCRSurvey & Feedback
Connects
YouTubeGoogle GeminiGmail

The problem it solves

Turning one long video into several short clips for social media means watching the whole thing, picking the best moments, cropping, trimming, and adding subtitles by hand. That kind of editing eats hours you could spend making new content.

Who it fits

YouTubers, podcasters, social media managers, and marketing teams repurposing long-form video.

How it works

  1. You submit a YouTube video link
  2. The system downloads the video and its transcript
  3. AI scans the transcript for the most engaging moments and scores them
  4. The top moments are cut, cropped for vertical video, and given burned-in subtitles
  5. You get an email once the finished clips are ready to download
What you get

Clips ready the moment your video's uploaded

Your long videos get turned into short, subtitled clips highlighting the best moments, delivered to your inbox when ready.

What you get

A batch of short, subtitled, vertical video clips ready to upload to social platforms.

What you need

A self-hosted automation server, a Google Gemini API key, and an email account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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