Video craft

Preamble (run first)

# Suiperpower telemetry. Routes through the CLI so projects.json + Convex stay in sync.
# Silent on failure so the skill never blocks. Opt out: SUIPERPOWER_TELEMETRY=off.
#
# AGENT NOTE: when this skill finishes, run the matching completion command:
#   suiperpower track video-craft ship completed
# Or use "failed" / "aborted" if it ended that way.
command -v suiperpower >/dev/null 2>&1 && suiperpower track video-craft ship started >/dev/null 2>&1 &
true

If TEL_PROMPTED is no, before doing real work, ask the user:

Help suiperpower get better. We track which skills get used and how long they take. No code, no file paths, no PII. Change anytime in ~/.suiperpower/config.json.

A) Sure, anonymous B) No thanks

Write the answer to ~/.suiperpower/config.json telemetryTier field and create ~/.suiperpower/.telemetry-prompted. Then continue.

What this skill does

Performs a frame-level polish pass on an already-edited video. Walks five categories in order: pacing, captions, color, audio, and accessibility. Surfaces concrete fixes per category, prioritized by viewer impact. Does not produce or edit footage; produces a fix list the user (or an editor) executes.

The skill assumes a draft video exists. For planning a video from scratch, use marketing-video or the script in submit-to-sui-overflow.

When to use it

• After a draft cut exists, before publishing.
• When the user has feedback that the video "feels off" but cannot articulate what.
• Before re-rendering for distribution, since some fixes change the export settings.

When NOT to use it

• Before a draft exists. The skill cannot polish what is not made.
• For full-flow planning. Route to marketing-video or the script step in submit-to-sui-overflow.
• For audio mastering only (a deeper task than this skill covers).

If you activated this and the user actually wants something else, consult skills/SKILL_ROUTER.md and hand off.

Inputs

• A reachable URL or local path to the draft video.
• The script and shot list from marketing-video.md or submission-context.md if present.
• The target channels and their specs.

Outputs

A .suiperpower/video-craft.md with the fix list:

## Video craft, <timestamp>

### Inputs
- video: <URL or path>
- duration: <seconds>
- channel target: <twitter | shorts | landing-page | judges>

### Pacing
- finding 1: <timestamp range, observation, fix>
- ...

### Captions
- finding 1: ...

### Color
- finding 1: ...

### Audio
- finding 1: ...

### Accessibility
- finding 1: ...

### Priority
- P0 (must fix before publish): ...
- P1 (should fix): ...
- P2 (nice to have): ...

Workflow

1. Read the video and the script

   • Watch the video end to end at full speed.
   • Watch again with the script open. Note where the video diverges from the script.

2. Pacing pass

   • Identify dead frames (over 0.5 seconds with no visual change).
   • Identify rushed cuts (under 0.5 seconds where the viewer cannot read the on-screen text).
   • Recommend trims and extensions with timestamps.

3. Captions pass

   • If the video is silent-friendly, captions must carry the full message.
   • Check for typos, misalignment, off-screen overflow.
   • Confirm captions are burned in (or available as a sidecar SRT for platforms that need it).

4. Color pass

   • Check exposure, white balance, contrast across cuts. Multi-source footage often has mismatched looks.
   • Confirm brand colors if any are present in the video.
   • Flag any text that fails contrast on its background.

5. Audio pass

   • Check loudness target: -14 LUFS for streaming, -16 LUFS for Twitter. Use a meter, not a feeling.
   • Check voiceover clarity. Plosives, sibilance, room tone.
   • Check music ducks under voiceover by 6 to 9 dB.
   • Confirm SFX are mixed below voiceover and do not stack.

6. Accessibility pass

   • Caption coverage 100% of voiceover.
   • No flashing content above 3 Hz.
   • Color-only signals paired with shape or text.

7. Prioritize fixes

   • P0: anything that breaks the message (caption typo, audio drop, demo flow that does not show value).
   • P1: quality issues that materially hurt perception (mismatched color, bad pacing).
   • P2: polish items that improve but do not block.

8. Writeback

   • Append .suiperpower/video-craft.md.

Quality gate (anti-slop)

Before reporting done:

• Was the video actually watched twice (once free, once with the script)?
• Was loudness measured with a meter, not approximated?
• Are findings tied to specific timestamps, not vague impressions?
• Is each fix actionable (a target trim, a target color, a target loudness)?
• Did the writeback happen?

If any answer is no, the skill keeps working.

References

On-demand references (load when relevant to the user's question):

• references/loudness-targets.md: Per-channel loudness targets and meter recommendations.
• references/pacing-rules.md: Frame-level pacing rules with examples.

Use in your agent

• Claude Code: claude "/suiper:video-craft <your message>"
• Codex: codex "/video-craft <your message>"
• Grok Build: run grok, then /video-craft <your message> in the session
• Cursor: paste a chat message that includes a phrase like "polish my video", or load ~/.cursor/rules/video-craft.mdc and reference it.

If you activated this and the user actually wants something else, consult skills/SKILL_ROUTER.md and hand off.