Turn a Reddit thread into a narrated vertical video

Feeds a Reddit thread into AI to produce a fully narrated, subtitled vertical video ready to post.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Every path runs; all paths must finish before it continues; runs once per each script clip.

Pattern: Parallel Split (2) · Synchronisation (3) · Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14)

flowchart TD trig(("user provides Reddit thread link")):::human s0["write script broken into clips"]:::task s1[["add narration subtitles and footage"]]:::mi s2["stitch clips into final video"]:::task s3["return finished video link"]:::task trig --> s0 s0 -->|"one per each script clip"| s1 s2 --> s3 gx{"+ what to add to clip"}:::gate s1 --> gx p00["add AI narration"]:::task gx -->|"narration"| p00 p10["add matching subtitles"]:::task gx -->|"subtitles"| p10 p20["add background footage"]:::task gx -->|"footage"| p20 jn{"+ clip ready"}:::gate p00 --> jn p10 --> jn p20 --> jn jn --> s2 out[/"narrated video ready to post"/]:::out pay{{"reddit stories become video content fast"}}:::pay s3 --> out out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff
A stepRuns once per itemA personEvery pathWaits for allResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
Social Media ManagementAPI & Webhook Integration
Connects
RedditOpenAIPexelsShotstack

The problem it solves

You want to turn popular Reddit stories into short-form video content, but writing the script, recording narration, finding footage, and editing takes hours per video. Doing this for multiple posts a week isn't realistic on your own.

Who it fits

A content creator or social media manager who repurposes Reddit stories into short-form video.

How it works

  1. You provide a link to a Reddit thread and a target video length
  2. AI reads the post and comments and writes a script broken into clips
  3. Each clip gets AI narration, matching subtitles, and relevant background footage
  4. Everything is stitched together and rendered into one finished video
  5. You receive a link to the finished, ready-to-post video
What you get

Reddit stories turned into finished videos

A Reddit thread turns into a fully narrated, subtitled vertical video complete with background footage, ready to post without any editing work.

What you get

A finished vertical video with narration, subtitles, and background footage, ready to upload.

What you need

Accounts with a Reddit developer app, an OpenAI API key, a stock footage service, and a video rendering service.

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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