Video-to-Shorts Repurposer
Cut a long-form video into 3-5 Shorts with hooks, captions, and vertical framing. One video, a week of content.
Before & after
Same prompt, same agent — the only difference is the skill.
YouTube videos do have Short-worthy moments in them. The challenge is finding them—you'd need to watch through and spot the most engaging 60-second clips. You could look for moments where you make a strong point, tell a quick story, or make a bold claim. Do you have a transcript I could scan, or would you describe the main topics in your video? I can help you brainstorm what might work as Shorts.
SHORTS EXTRACTION: "5 Marketing Mistakes" CLIP 1 (3:12-4:08) - "Nobody tells you this" Timestamp: 3:12-4:08 (56 sec) Current hook: "The fifth mistake nobody talks about..." Rewritten hook (Shorts): "I lost 50k on THIS marketing mistake" Caption (word-by-word): "I lost\n50 thousand\non THIS\nmarketing\nmistake" Vertical framing: Lock on speaker face (center), show whiteboard behind (context) Platforms: YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels Publish: Monday 8am (high engagement time for this channel) CLIP 2 (7:45-8:32) - "The ROI trap" Timestamp: 7:45-8:32 (47 sec) Rewritten hook: "Why 90% of marketers quit" Caption: "This is why\nmost quit\nmarketing" Framing: B-roll of spreadsheet, then face reaction Note: Insert pause at 8:01 for caption read-time Publish: Wednesday 7pm CLIP 3 (11:18-12:05) - "The tactic" Timestamp: 11:18-12:05 (47 sec) Rewritten hook: "One tactic generated 400k in sales" Caption: "1 tactic\n400k sales" Framing: Show spreadsheet growth curve Publish: Friday 9am CLIP 4 (13:40-14:26) - "The mistake" CLIP 5 (14:26-15:00) - "The lesson" PUBLISH CALENDAR: One Short per weekday (5-day coverage)
About this skill
name: video-to-shorts description: Cut a long-form video into 3-5 Shorts with hooks, captions, and vertical framing. One video, a week of content. Use when working on video-to-shorts repurposer.
Video-to-Shorts Repurposer
Long-form videos have hidden Shorts inside them. This skill scans a transcript, identifies 3-5 candidate clips with strong hook potential, writes a new opener for each (Shorts and long-form need different hooks), suggests captions, and produces a vertical-framing plan. Use it after every long-form upload to squeeze a week of Shorts out of it.
What you get
- 3-5 candidate clips with timestamps
- New Shorts hook for each (rewritten, not copied)
- Caption suggestions (SEO and hook-forward)
- Vertical-framing notes (subject placement per clip)
- Publishing schedule across the week
- Cross-platform variants (Reels, TikTok, Shorts)
Customize your output
- Source video length: 5 min, 10 min, 20 min, 30 min+
- Shorts count: 3, 5, 7
- Voice: Match the long-form, Punchier for Shorts, Casual
- Platform: YouTube Shorts, Reels, TikTok, All
- Caption style: Word-by-word, Line-by-line, Off
Example output
"Clip 1 (3:12-3:58): rewritten hook: 'Nobody teaches this and it costs beginners $500 a month.' Vertical crop centered on speaker. Suggested caption line-by-line. Publish Tue 8am."
Best for
YouTubers with long-form content, podcasters, brand-video producers, agencies managing multi-platform video.
Note: channel scrape (source doc inaccessible; verify against original iMessage videos)
SKILL.md preview
---
name: video-to-shorts
description: Use this skill to cut a long-form video into three to five Shorts with new hooks, captions, and vertical framing.
version: 1.0.0
category: YouTube / Repurposing
author: AgentVolt
license: proprietary
tags:
- youtube
- repurposing
- standard
---
# Video-to-Shorts Repurposer
Turns one long-form video into several standalone Shorts by finding self-contained moments in the transcript and reworking each opening for the vertical, sound-off format.
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