# Make A Video

Beginner-friendly end-to-end video creator for HyperFrames.

- Repository: https://github.com/nateherkai/herk-edit-kit (2482 stars)
- Category: Media
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-10-14
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add nateherkai/herk-edit-kit --skill make-a-video -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add nateherkai/herk-edit-kit --skill make-a-video -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add nateherkai/herk-edit-kit --skill make-a-video -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add nateherkai/herk-edit-kit --skill make-a-video -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Beginner-friendly end-to-end video creator for HyperFrames. Use when the user says "make a video", "create a video", "new video", "build a video", "video from scratch", "I want to make a video", "help me create a video", or when someone who's never used HyperFrames before arrives with a concept, script, or rough idea and wants a finished MP4. Interviews the user in one pass, then builds the full video with mandatory preview and visual-verification gates.

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

# Make a Video, The Beginner-to-Finished-MP4 Skill

Two phases, eight sequential gates. Every gate produces a concrete artifact the next gate consumes. Don't skip gates.

## When to use this skill, and when to hand off

**Use this skill when:**
- The user is new to HyperFrames and starting from a concept, script, or outline
- They want an end-to-end walkthrough, not framework reference material
- They haven't decided on format yet

**Hand off when:**
- The user pastes a URL and wants a video from that site → invoke `/website-to-hyperframes`
- The user explicitly wants a 9:16 vertical talking-head with face-cam + scene overlays → run Gates 1, 4 here, then invoke `/short-form-edit` from Gate 5 onward
- The user asks for framework rules, not a video → invoke `/hyperframes`

## The two phases

- **Phase 1, INTERVIEW (Gates 1, 4):** one conversational pass to gather *everything* before touching code. Intent, format, script, voice, style, assets, pacing. Synthesize into a `BRIEF.md` and wait for explicit approval.
- **Phase 2, BUILD (Gates 5, 8):** scaffold → storyboard → compositions → lint → Studio preview → draft render → visual verification → MP4 preview → final render.

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## Gate 1 · Intent & format

Ask one question at a time via `AskUserQuestion`, multiple-choice where possible.

1. What's this video for? (promo · social ad · launch teaser · product demo · tutorial · explainer · intro/outro card · other)
2. Who's the audience? (open-ended)
3. Target duration? (10, 20s short · 20, 45s promo · 45, 90s explainer · 1.5, 3 min lesson · custom)
4. Aspect ratio? (16:9 1920×1080 · 9:16 1080×1920 · 1:1 1080×1080)
5. Frame rate? (30 default · 60 for crisp UI · 24 cinematic)
6. Platform / delivery constraints? (file size · deadline · where it'll play)

**Gate:** all six captured. If the answer is 9:16 + face-cam, plan to hand off to `/short-form-edit` at Gate 5.

Full question bank: `Read: references/interview-questions.md`

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## Gate 2 · Script & voice

The rest: https://github.com/nateherkai/herk-edit-kit/blob/HEAD/.agents/skills/make-a-video/SKILL.md