Edit your own footage with an AI agent — skills, options and steps

For AI agents: find the right skill in one call — curl -s "https://skills.varg.ai/api/search?q=<what the person wants>" returns the matching use case and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://skills.varg.ai/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add .md to its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the use-case page.

Cut silences and flubs, reframe 16:9 to 9:16, add captions and b-roll to footage you shot.

Output: Edited MP4 in the ratios you need

Recommended route

• Skill: Herk Edit Kit (herk-edit-kit) — Talking-head edits: silence and flub cuts, captions, story edits

Best skills for this

1. Herk Edit Kit (herk-edit-kit, Nate Herk, live) — Start here: Talking-head edits: silence and flub cuts, captions, story edits
   • Claude Code: git clone https://github.com/nateherkai/herk-edit-kit.git
   • Codex: git clone https://github.com/nateherkai/herk-edit-kit.git
   • Details: https://skills.varg.ai/skills/herk-edit-kit.md · Example: https://skills.varg.ai/previews/herk-edit-kit.mp4
2. Clipify (clipify, Louise de Sadeleer, live) — Alternative: Reframe 16:9 → 9:16 with face tracking and captions
   • Claude Code: git clone https://github.com/louisedesadeleer/clipify.git ~/.claude/skills/clipify
   • Details: https://skills.varg.ai/skills/clipify.md · Example: https://skills.varg.ai/previews/clipify.mp4
3. FFmpeg Skill (ffmpeg-skill, Shogo Kajiyama, live) — Alternative: 42 FFmpeg tools for agents with a machine-readable contract
   • Claude Code: npx ffmpeg-skill
   • Cursor: npx ffmpeg-skill --cursor
   • Codex: npx ffmpeg-skill --codex
   • Details: https://skills.varg.ai/skills/ffmpeg-skill.md · Example: https://skills.varg.ai/previews/ffmpeg-skill.mp4
4. Claude Code Video Toolkit (claude-code-video-toolkit, Digital Samba, live) — Alternative: Video workspace for Claude Code · Needs: Modal or RunPod account for open-model generation
   • Claude Code: git clone https://github.com/digitalsamba/claude-code-video-toolkit.git && cd claude-code-video-toolkit && claude
   • Details: https://skills.varg.ai/skills/claude-code-video-toolkit.md · Example: https://skills.varg.ai/previews/claude-code-video-toolkit.mp4
5. FFmpeg Mixing (varg-ffmpeg-mixing, varg, beta) — Adds: Splice generated clips into the original without A/V drift
   • Not installable on its own yet — use the next pick or run it through varg-ai
   • Details: https://skills.varg.ai/skills/varg-ffmpeg-mixing.md

Ask the person first

Put these choices in front of the person before spending anything. Paste the example link next to each option: people pick a look by seeing it.

Reframe?

• Follow the face
• Center crop
• Split screen

How tight?

• Light: long pauses only
• Tight jump cuts

Extras?

• Captions — Caption Animation
• AI b-roll — varg AI · example: https://skills.varg.ai/previews/varg-ai.mp4
• None

Steps

1. Transcribe
2. Mark cuts and confirm
3. Cut and reframe
4. Captions / b-roll, export

Set up varg

varg is one API key for the models these skills drive — Seedance 2.5, Kling 4, Veo 3.1, Wan 3, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, ElevenLabs v4 and 200+ more — billed in credits, with a cost estimate before anything runs.

• Claude Code: claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg (skill + hosted MCP)
• Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw: npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a <agent> -y
• Claude.ai, ChatGPT, any MCP client: connect https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp
• API key: https://varg.ai/dashboard/api · Model specs: https://varg.ai/models/llms.txt

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