# Analyze Video

Analyze a reference video and reverse-engineer its style into a reusable Seedance 2.0...

- Repository: https://github.com/mrpaidsocial/arcads-claude-code-mrpaidsocial (1640 stars)
- Category: Media
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-19
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add mrpaidsocial/arcads-claude-code-mrpaidsocial --skill analyze-video -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add mrpaidsocial/arcads-claude-code-mrpaidsocial --skill analyze-video -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add mrpaidsocial/arcads-claude-code-mrpaidsocial --skill analyze-video -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add mrpaidsocial/arcads-claude-code-mrpaidsocial --skill analyze-video -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Analyze a reference video and reverse-engineer its style into a reusable Seedance 2.0 prompting template. The output is a new skill/formula (like seedance-2-ugc.md) that captures the video's structure, pacing, camera work, edit style, and tone so it can be recreated with any product, any person, in any setting. Use this whenever someone provides a video they want to use as a style reference, says "I want to make videos like this", "deconstruct this video", "turn this into a template", "analyze this style", or drops a video file and wants to recreate that format repeatedly.

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

# Analyze Video → Reusable Prompting Template

Someone found a video style they love. Your job is to deconstruct it into a reusable
prompting template, a formula they can plug any product, person, or setting into and
get that same style back from Seedance 2.0.

**Critical constraint: Seedance 2.0 has a 15-second maximum per clip.** The reference
video may be longer than 15 seconds (often 30-60s). Your template must be designed
for 15-second output, which means distilling the style's essence into what can be
captured in a single 15-second clip, and providing a multi-clip strategy for recreating
the full effect of longer-form styles across a series of clips.

The output is NOT a single prompt. It's a **template skill** saved to
`skills/arcads-external-api/prompting/prompt-library/` that works the same way
[seedance-2-ugc.md](../prompt-library/seedance-2-ugc.md) works, a documented formula
with layers, variables, options, and examples that the agent can use to generate unlimited
prompts in that style.

## Dependencies

- **ffmpeg** / **ffprobe**, required for frame extraction (Step 1). Install via `brew install ffmpeg` on macOS.
- **whisper**, optional, for audio transcription (Step 2). Install via `pip3 install openai-whisper`. If unavailable, the agent can ask the user to provide dialogue manually.

## Inputs

- **Video file** (required): path to `.mp4`, `.mov`, `.webm`, or similar
- **Style name** (optional): what to call this template (e.g., "car-review", "unboxing-hype", "skeptic-converted"). If not provided, you'll name it based on what you observe.

## Step 1: Extract frames and audio

Run the extraction script:

```bash
bash "skills/arcads-external-api/prompting/analyze-video/scripts/extract-frames.sh" "<video_path>" "/tmp/video-analysis" <num_frames>
```

Frame count by duration:
- Under 10s → 8 frames
- 10-20s → 12 frames
- 20-30s → 16 frames
- Over 30s → 20 frames

Read `metadata.txt` for duration, resolution, and fps.

## Step 2: Transcribe audio

The rest: https://github.com/mrpaidsocial/arcads-claude-code-mrpaidsocial/blob/HEAD/skills/arcads-external-api/prompting/analyze-video/SKILL.md