# Clipify

Find compelling moments in a video, funny dialogue OR repeated impact actions like axe...

- Repository: https://github.com/louisedesadeleer/clipify (622 stars)
- Category: Media
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-08-24
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add louisedesadeleer/clipify --skill clipify -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add louisedesadeleer/clipify --skill clipify -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add louisedesadeleer/clipify --skill clipify -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add louisedesadeleer/clipify --skill clipify -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Find compelling moments in a video, funny dialogue OR repeated impact actions like axe chops, hits, throws, drumbeats, cut them as standalone clips, optionally reformat 16:9 ↔ 9:16, time-warp pans for tighter reveals, and burn opus-style word-by-word captions. Use when the user mentions "clipify," "cut clips from this video," "make shorts from this," "find funny moments," "action montage," "cut on each chop/hit/punch," "reframe to 9:16," "vertical clips," or pastes a video file path and wants social-ready cuts.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Clipify

Find compelling moments in a video, cut them as standalone clips, optionally reformat 16:9 → 9:16 (face-pan or split-screen), time-warp pans for tighter reveals, and burn opus-style word-by-word captions.

## Modes

Pick one before Step 1. The choice changes how you find moments and whether captions apply.

- **Dialogue mode** (default for podcasts, interviews, talking-heads): Whisper transcribes, you scan for punchlines / reactions / awkward pauses. → Step 1A. Captions in Step 5.
- **Action mode** (woodchopping, sports, percussion, drumming, anything with repeated impact sounds): skip Whisper entirely, run `detect_transients.py` to find each strike, cut on each one. → Step 1B. Skip Step 5; the strike sounds *are* the rhythm.
- **Hybrid**: dialogue mode for talking sections, action mode for the rest, intercut. Use both 1A and 1B.

If the user says "I'm not talking in this," you're in action mode. If they say "cut on each X" (chop, hit, punch, drumbeat, swing, footstep), you're in action mode. Default to dialogue mode otherwise.

## Inputs

- A video file path (the user will provide it; otherwise ask)
- Optional: requested format (9:16, 16:9, 1:1), if not given, ask after candidates are picked
- Optional: subtitle style preference, if not given, ask before captioning

## Tooling (use only the fastest path)

The rest: https://github.com/louisedesadeleer/clipify/blob/HEAD//SKILL.md