Video Editing Pipeline

Raw footage in.
Finished video out.

Paste a Google Drive link, describe what you want, and Claude assembles a polished social video automatically. No editing software required.

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01 / How it works

Three steps. That's it.

01
Upload footage to Google Drive
02
Ask Claude what you want
03
Get a finished MP4 back

Upload your raw footage to a shared Google Drive folder. Then tell Claude what you need — in Slack, in Claude Code, wherever you talk to it:

# Example prompt

@Claude Here's the footage:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/abc123

Make a 60s Reel. Start with the action shot,
then talking head intro. Speed up the process
footage 3x, end with the final product reveal.

Claude downloads the footage, analyzes every clip, finds clean takes (auto-skips mistakes), assembles everything with transitions and music, and uploads the finished MP4 back to Drive.

Under the hood

A
Download from Drive
B
Analyze clips + extract frames
C
Detect clean takes
D
Assemble with ffmpeg
E
Upload MP4 to Drive
02 / Style guide

Recommended shot structure

A starting template for short-form videos. Claude follows this by default — or tell it your own structure and it will adapt.

Section Duration Content
Hook ~5s Action shot, dramatic angle, or direct-to-camera question
Intro ~5-10s Talking head or text overlay setting up the story
Process ~20-30s Core content — demos, screen recordings, hands-on work (2–4x speed)
Result ~5-10s Final product or outcome — hero shots from multiple angles
Closing ~5s Talking head wrap-up or CTA

Output formats

Platform Dimensions Duration
TikTok / Reels / Shorts 1080 × 1920 30–60s
Instagram Feed 1080 × 1080 30–60s
LinkedIn 1080 × 1080 / 1920 × 1080 1–3 min
YouTube 1920 × 1080 3–10 min

Tips for best results

03 / Providing footage

What to film

Gather a mix of these clip types:

How to share

  1. Upload all clips to a Google Drive folder
  2. Share the folder link with Claude
  3. Describe what you want: format, duration, style, clip order

Be as specific or as vague as you like. You can say "make a 60s Reel" and Claude will figure out the structure, or you can specify exact clip ordering: "start with the action shot, then talking head intro, speed up the process footage."

04 / Technical setup

Getting started

One-time setup for running the pipeline on your machine or a VM.

# 1. Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/amywork777/video-editing-pipeline.git
cd video-editing-pipeline

# 2. Run setup (installs ffmpeg, creates dirs)
./scripts/setup.sh

# 3. Copy Google Drive credentials (ask Amy)
cp /path/to/credentials ~/.google_workspace_mcp/credentials/

# 4. Start Claude Code
claude

Claude reads the CLAUDE.md file automatically and knows the full pipeline. Just give it a Drive link and tell it what you want.

Requirements

ToolNotes
Claude CodeCLI tool from Anthropic
ffmpegInstalled automatically by setup script
Google Drive credentialsAsk Amy for the auth files
macOS or LinuxVM or local machine

Full technical documentation, the skill file, and MCP server configuration are all in the GitHub repo.