# Herk Edit Kit — workflow skill for editing & clips

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Nate Herk's kit to edit talking-head videos, reels and Shorts: silence and flub cuts, storytelling, motion graphics.

- **Type:** [Workflow](https://varg.ai/how-to/workflows.md) · [Editing & clips](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/editing.md)
- **Slug:** `herk-edit-kit`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** Nate Herk (community)
- **License:** MIT
- **Source:** https://github.com/nateherkai/herk-edit-kit
- **Works in:** Claude Code, Codex
- **Requires:** Node.js with the HyperFrames CLI (npx hyperframes), ffmpeg, Optional: ElevenLabs and Kie.ai keys
- **Cost:** Free — local render; optional ElevenLabs and Kie.ai calls use your own keys
- **Adoption:** 167 installs, 2,250 GitHub stars (GitHub + skills.sh, 2026-10-26)

## What it does

From YouTuber Nate Herk: 15 skills that edit a raw talking-head recording end to end. The edit-video skill chains transcription, silence trimming (cut-silences), retake and stutter removal (cut-mistakes), visual storytelling, motion graphics from a 406-card library and verified HyperFrames rendering; short-form skills cut reels and YouTube Shorts, and motion-showreel builds animated showreels. It bundles HyperFrames and GSAP reference skills, works in Claude Code and Codex, and calls ElevenLabs or Kie.ai only when you add their keys.

## Use when

- Edit a raw talking-head recording into a finished video
- Cut a long video into reels or Shorts
- Add motion graphics and captions without After Effects

## Not for

- Footage with no speech to transcribe

## Install

- Claude Code: `git clone https://github.com/nateherkai/herk-edit-kit.git`
- Codex: `git clone https://github.com/nateherkai/herk-edit-kit.git`

**Models it drives:** whisper, elevenlabs

## Example output

https://s3.varg.ai/how-to/previews/bb31cdd5a172/herk-edit-kit.mp4 — README showcase 'AI edits everything: the reveal': one take of Nate talking, edited end to end by the kit's skills into a vertical reel with word captions, split-screen motion graphics and B-roll. Cut 0.5-8.5 s of 51 s. (credit: Nate Herk (herk-edit-kit), https://github.com/nateherkai/herk-edit-kit#readme)

## How-to tutorials that use it

- [How to cut a podcast into short video clips with AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/cut-a-podcast-into-short-video-clips.md): Find the best moments in a long video, cut them, reframe to 9:16 and burn captions.
- [How to make a SaaS launch video with AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/make-a-saas-launch-video.md): A polished launch film for an app or website: UI cards, device mockups, kinetic type, music.
- [How to turn release notes into a changelog video with AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/turn-release-notes-into-a-changelog-video.md): Release notes, a PR or a GitHub repo turned into a short video for X or LinkedIn.
- [How to edit your own video footage with AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/edit-your-own-video-footage.md): Cut silences and flubs, reframe 16:9 to 9:16, add captions and b-roll to footage you shot.

## More editing & clips skills

- [Short-form FFmpeg cookbook: copyable commands for Reels](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/short-form-ffmpeg-cookbook.md): Footage into a 9:16 MP4 with FFmpeg: crop to vertical, burn captions, trim and join, music under the voice.
- [Splice AI clips into a video with FFmpeg](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/varg-ffmpeg-mixing.md): Splice generated clips into an original video with ffmpeg without A/V drift: absolute trims, one audio track.
- [Chengfeng Videocut](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/chengfeng-videocut.md): Chinese talking-head editing: word-level transcript, five-pass flub sweep, human review in a Studio, subtitles, export.
- [Claude Code Video Toolkit](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/claude-code-video-toolkit.md): Open-source video workspace for Claude Code: script, voice, music, visuals and Remotion render on your own GPU account.
- [Clipify](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/clipify.md): Long videos into social clips: find funny lines or impact beats, cut, reframe to 9:16, burn word-by-word captions.
- [VectCut](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/vectcut.md): Drives the VectCut editing API: talking-head cuts, remixes, e-commerce ads, subtitles, effects, cloud render