Turn long videos into ready-to-post YouTube Shorts automatically

Picks the best moments from your podcast or video, edits them, and prepares short clips ready to post on YouTube.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each highlight moment found.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13)

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Starts itA stepRuns once per itemResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
Knowledge Base & RAGSocial Media ManagementReporting & AnalyticsSurvey & Feedback
Connects
YouTube

The problem it solves

You know a handful of moments in every episode would make great short clips, but scrubbing through footage and editing them down takes hours you don't have. By the time you get around to it, the moment has passed and the content never sees the light of day.

Who it fits

A content creator or podcaster who wants to repurpose long-form video into short clips without hiring an editor.

How it works

  1. A new podcast or video is submitted for processing
  2. The system reviews engagement data to find the strongest moments
  3. It edits the clip with captions, transitions, and effects
  4. It writes a title and description for the short
  5. The finished short is scheduled to post on YouTube
What you get

Shorts posted from your long videos

You get short, captioned highlight clips pulled from your long videos and posted to YouTube automatically for you.

What you get

Fully edited, captioned YouTube Shorts with titles and descriptions ready to publish.

What you need

A YouTube account with API access and a video editing service 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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