I Finally Solved AI Video Editing! (full guide)

Video Flow

1. 0100:00

   A human-made script, then AI editing

   The creator reads the script on camera, while Claude Code creates the captions, motion graphics, and other edits without human timeline work. The polished result followed five months of iteration and a shift from requesting a finished video at once to assigning Claude one job at a time.

   Claude Code
2. 0201:15

   Research and script with fact checks

   Claude studies successful openings from top creators and saves useful examples in a library, then writes a script; the first line of this video draws on an outlier opening. Each factual claim must be checked against a real source such as a file or webpage, and unsupported lines are cut before the creator reads the script to camera.

   Claude Code
3. 0302:21

   Clean cuts and synchronized picture

   From the raw recording, Claude transcribes each word with its time, keeps the last clean take of each line, and removes retakes and awkward pauses; in an earlier test, it caught about eight out of ten retakes. It also measures and corrects the delay between camera picture and microphone audio, then checks its own work in a repeat-until-right loop.

   Claude CodeClaude Code Club starter editing skill
4. 0403:27

   Plan visuals with a beat map and references

   A beat map lists each spoken sentence and what should appear on screen; the previous video had 140 beats. Claude uses visual references to infer choices such as text movement and scene transitions, then maps every graphic to the beat map before building, making revisions cheaper than changing finished graphics.

   Claude CodePrompt Motion
5. 0504:40

   Build graphics and render efficiently

   Claude divides the video into sections and assigns graphic construction to subagents, which build coded graphics with Hyperframes; more capable models handle planning while faster, cheaper models handle building. Renders run one at a time to avoid overloading the computer; disabling motion blur made them about three times faster, and half-size drafts precede full-quality renders after approval, using tools such as FFmpeg on the creator's machine.

   HyperframesClaude CodeClaude OpusFable+2
6. 0606:16

   Check edits at viewing speed

   Claude now inspects ten frames per second rather than one, checking for six errors: repeated animations, brief graphic flashes, late-arriving text, graphics covering the creator's face, duplicated spoken words, and lip-sync drift. The check is intended to match how a person watches rather than optimize for speed.

   Claude Code
7. 0706:58

   Turn review notes into lasting rules

   Claude uses review notes to find and rewrite the skill rule that would have prevented each mistake, such as setting a music-level rule or adding a check against duplicate on-screen copies. The skill has 12 rulebooks, and updating an existing rule instead of stacking another one is intended to reduce drift, bloat, and hallucinations.

   Claude Code
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   Cost, time, and the starter skill

   This edit used about 1.4 billion tokens and took about 12 hours of Claude work, plus review time; API pricing would be about $445, while the creator's Claude Max 20X subscription covered the usage. The creator estimates a skilled human editor would need three days to a week and considers the system worthwhile for their work; the Club starter skill is simpler and improves as users save notes.

   Claude Code Club starter editing skillClaude Max 20X