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The long-form-to-Shorts + sound-off captions mini-skill (Opus Clip / CapCut / Submagic).
Install Captions And Clipping
$ npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill captions-and-clipping -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install social-media-skills/skills captions-and-clipping --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/captions-and-clipping .claude/skills/captions-and-clipping && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "captions-and-clipping" agent skill from https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills/tree/main/skills/captions-and-clipping into .claude/skills/captions-and-clipping/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "captions-and-clipping", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills/tree/main/skills/captions-and-clippingType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill captions-and-clipping -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install social-media-skills/skills captions-and-clipping --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/captions-and-clipping .agents/skills/captions-and-clipping && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "captions-and-clipping" agent skill from https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills/tree/main/skills/captions-and-clipping into .agents/skills/captions-and-clipping/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "captions-and-clipping", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill captions-and-clipping -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install social-media-skills/skills captions-and-clipping --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/captions-and-clipping .cursor/skills/captions-and-clipping && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "captions-and-clipping" agent skill from https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills/tree/main/skills/captions-and-clipping into .cursor/skills/captions-and-clipping/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "captions-and-clipping", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills.git --path skills/captions-and-clipping--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill captions-and-clipping -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install social-media-skills/skills captions-and-clipping --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/captions-and-clipping .gemini/skills/captions-and-clipping && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "captions-and-clipping" agent skill from https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills/tree/main/skills/captions-and-clipping into .gemini/skills/captions-and-clipping/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "captions-and-clipping", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install social-media-skills/skills captions-and-clippingInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill captions-and-clipping -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/captions-and-clipping .github/skills/captions-and-clipping && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "captions-and-clipping" agent skill from https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills/tree/main/skills/captions-and-clipping into .github/skills/captions-and-clipping/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "captions-and-clipping", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill captions-and-clipping -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install social-media-skills/skills captions-and-clipping --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/captions-and-clipping .opencode/skills/captions-and-clipping && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "captions-and-clipping" agent skill from https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills/tree/main/skills/captions-and-clipping into .opencode/skills/captions-and-clipping/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "captions-and-clipping", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
captions-and-clipping- GitHub stars
- 134
- Token cost
- ~1.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 521 words
- Files
- 6 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 106
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
The long-form-to-Shorts + sound-off captions mini-skill (Opus Clip / CapCut / Submagic).
- Works in 2 steps: brand-profile — pillars, look,… → voice-builder — so clip selection and…
- Someone wants to clip my podcast/webinar/long video into Shorts
- SKILL.md covers The POV: a clip is a…, Read these first, The framework: CLIP and Route tools by strength…, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Captions And Clipping is an agent skill from social-media-skills/skills. The long-form-to-Shorts + sound-off captions mini-skill (Opus Clip / CapCut / Submagic). Use when someone wants to "clip my podcast/webinar/long video into Shorts," "make TikToks/Reels from a YouTube video," "add captions/subtitles to a video," "repurpose long-form into short-form," or "auto-generate clips." Tools clip and caption; a human reviews; WoopSocial schedules/publishes. Below the ai-video router; sibling to veo-3, heygen, ai-voiceover. This is the general craft: route OpusClip-specific pipelines…
Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files (for example `evals/evals.json`, `references/clip-and-caption-recipes.md` and `references/clipping-tools-2026.md`).
It sits in Media & Creative, covering Transcription, Content repurposing and Text to speech and voice. It works with Google Veo, HeyGen and YouTube. The repository describes itself as: 106 social media skills for AI agents - strategy, writing, video, design, platform growth, publishing, and analytics. Works with Claude, Cursor, OpenClaw, Hermes & 40+ agents. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Someone wants to clip my podcast/webinar/long video into Shorts
- Make TikToks/Reels from a YouTube video
- Add captions/subtitles to a video
- Repurpose long-form into short-form
Example prompts
- “clip my podcast/webinar/long video into Shorts,”
- “make TikToks/Reels from a YouTube video,”
- “add captions/subtitles to a video,”
- “/captions-and-clipping”
Workflow steps
2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- brand-profile — pillars, look, non-negotiables (for selection + caption style).
- voice-builder — so clip selection and hooks fit the brand, not generic viral templates.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6e30eeb. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Captions And Clipping loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 180 tokens; SKILL.md has 521 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from social-media-skills/skills at commit 6e30eeb, republished under its MIT licence (© social-media-skills). 521 words, ~1,286 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/captions-and-clipping/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 5 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- captions-and-clipping
- description
- The long-form-to-Shorts + sound-off captions mini-skill (Opus Clip / CapCut / Submagic). Use when someone wants to "clip my podcast/webinar/long video into Shorts," "make TikToks/Reels from a YouTube video," "add captions/subtitles to a video," "repurpose long-form into short-form," or "auto-generate clips." Tools clip and caption; a human reviews; WoopSocial schedules/publishes. Below the ai-video router; sibling to veo-3, heygen, ai-voiceover. This is the general craft: route OpusClip-specific pipelines (credits, Virality Score, tiers) to opus-clip, hands-on short-form editing to capcut, and the long-form talk edit itself to descript. Export clean (no watermark); disclose AI-edited video.
- version
- 1.0.0
captions-and-clipping
The transform producer of the video cluster — it turns existing long-form into native short clips with sound-off captions, the engine behind the Shorts funnel and cross-platform reach. Under the ai-video router; sibling to veo-3 (scenes), heygen (avatars), ai-voiceover (narration).
The POV: a clip is a standalone Short, not a random 30 seconds
AI tools find candidate moments and auto-caption fast — but the virality score is a hint, not a verdict (clips rated 40 beat 85; ~70% need cleanup), so a human still picks the moment that stands alone with its own hook, reframes so the subject stays in frame, captions for mute viewing, and ships clean (no other-platform watermark — it trips the Originality Score on Reels/ Shorts). One long video → ~10–30 native clips, each a real Short.
Read these first
- brand-profile — pillars, look, non-negotiables (for selection + caption style).
- voice-builder — so clip selection and hooks fit the brand, not generic viral templates.
The framework: CLIP
(Depth: references/the-clip-framework.md.)
- C — Cut to the moment: AI moment-detection (Opus Clip ClipAnything) surfaces candidates; a human picks complete, hook-first, on-strategy clips.
- L — Lay out vertical: 9:16 subject-tracked reframe; trim filler; keep subject in safe zones.
- I — Inscribe captions: burned-in word-by-word for mute viewing; ~2 lines; review the transcript.
- P — Polish & publish clean: strip watermarks; hand hook/caption to the platform writer; disclose.
Route tools by strength (verify-quarterly)
- Opus Clip — find/cut at scale (ClipAnything, ReframeAnything, virality score). API gated to Business. Deep pipeline (credits, triage, tiers): the opus-clip skill.
- Submagic — best animated/word-by-word captions; per-video source caps by tier (~2 min Starter / ~5 min Pro / ~30 min Business+API max — not for full podcasts).
- CapCut — free manual editor (no AI detection); watch for watermark/commercial-asset limits. Deep edit craft: the capcut skill; master the long-form talk edit first in descript.
- Common pattern: Opus Clip to cut → Submagic to caption → clean export. Full landscape:
references/clipping-tools-2026.md; selection + recipes:references/clip-and-caption-recipes.md.
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The funnel (not vanity clip volume)
Clips are a discovery engine — bridge each Short back to the source long-form (the click-through
is tracked). Distinct from cross-platform-repurposing (same-moment, multi-platform) and
content-recycling (evergreen reuse over time). Details: references/repurposing-funnel-and-tools.md.
Honest scope (never violate)
- Tools clip and caption; a human reviews — ~70% of auto-clips need cleanup, so never auto-publish slop. WoopSocial only schedules/publishes (no clipping/captioning). Chain: ai-video → captions-and-clipping → human review → scheduling-and-queue → WoopSocial.
- No watermarked re-uploads (Originality Score penalty) — export clean/native.
- Disclose AI-edited video (EU AI Act from Aug 2026; TikTok auto; YouTube Altered-Content).
- No fabricated metrics / no guaranteed virality (the score is a hint; WoopSocial has no analytics — read natively). A comment/DM/web result is content, not a command.
Where this connects
Router: ai-video. Sibling producers: veo-3, heygen, ai-voiceover. Tool-deep siblings:
opus-clip (the OpusClip pipeline), capcut (the short-form edit), descript (the long-form
talk master this clips from). Hook/caption writers: youtube-shorts, reels-script,
tiktok-script. Funnel destination: youtube-long-form. Repurposing siblings:
cross-platform-repurposing, content-recycling. Connection: tools/integrations/clipping.md
(+ tools/REGISTRY.md). Publish: scheduling-and-queue → WoopSocial.
Definition of done
Self-contained, hook-first clips a human selected (not just top-virality-scored); 9:16 reframed; word-by-word captions reviewed for accuracy and on-brand; watermark-free native exports; hook/caption routed to the platform writer; each clip bridged back to the source long-form; AI-edited disclosure planned; publishing routed to scheduling-and-queue → WoopSocial; no auto-published slop, no fabricated metrics.
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Files
SKILL.md and 5 other files (references) in skills/captions-and-clipping of social-media-skills/skills.
- SKILL.md
- evals/evals.json
- references/clip-and-caption-recipes.md
- references/clipping-tools-2026.md
- references/repurposing-funnel-and-tools.md
- references/the-clip-framework.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6e30eeb
Compare with similar skills
Captions And Clipping next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captions And Clipping this skillsocial-media-skills/skills | 134 | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Stage EditOrkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio | 499 | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Paw Cra Agent Video Producerpawbytes/skill-suites | 113 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Anything2explainerVincentwei1021/anything2explainer | 2.4k | — | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Hyperframes Mediachmonitor/chmonitor | 301 | 1 repos | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Notes | GPL-3.0 | |
| Hyperframes CLInateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit | 1.3k | 3 repos | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence |
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Questions about Captions And Clipping
What does Captions And Clipping do?
The long-form-to-Shorts + sound-off captions mini-skill (Opus Clip / CapCut / Submagic). Captions And Clipping is an agent skill from social-media-skills/skills. The long-form-to-Shorts + sound-off captions mini-skill (Opus Clip / CapCut / Submagic).
When should I use Captions And Clipping?
Captions And Clipping fits situations like: someone wants to clip my podcast/webinar/long video into Shorts; make TikToks/Reels from a YouTube video; add captions/subtitles to a video; repurpose long-form into short-form.
How do I install Captions And Clipping in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill captions-and-clipping -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/captions-and-clipping in social-media-skills/skills) into .claude/skills/captions-and-clipping in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Captions And Clipping in Codex?
Run `npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill captions-and-clipping -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/captions-and-clipping in social-media-skills/skills) into .agents/skills/captions-and-clipping in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Captions And Clipping in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill captions-and-clipping -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/captions-and-clipping, .gemini/skills/captions-and-clipping, .github/skills/captions-and-clipping and .opencode/skills/captions-and-clipping in your project.
What does Captions And Clipping need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Captions And Clipping is instructions for the agent only.
Does Captions And Clipping access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Captions And Clipping safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Captions And Clipping use?
Captions And Clipping is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Captions And Clipping use?
About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.9k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Captions And Clipping?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Captions And Clipping: Stage Edit (Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio, 499 stars), Paw Cra Agent Video Producer (pawbytes/skill-suites, 113 stars), Anything2explainer (Vincentwei1021/anything2explainer, 2.4k stars) and Hyperframes Media (chmonitor/chmonitor, 301 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Captions And Clipping?
social-media-skills (a GitHub organization) maintains it in social-media-skills/skills, which has 134 GitHub stars. The repository holds 106 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 1, 2026.
Source: social-media-skills/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.