video-editing-skill (Bash + FFmpeg) — guide skill for cuts & pacing

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Pure Bash skill for OpenClaw, Claude Code and Codex: trim, jump cut, captions, text overlay, speed.

• Type: Guide · Cuts & pacing
• Slug: video-editing-skill-bash
• Status: live
• Publisher: 6missedcalls (community)
• License: MIT
• Source: https://github.com/6missedcalls/video-editing-skill
• Works in: OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex
• Requires: ffmpeg, openai-whisper
• Cost: Free/open source
• Adoption: 48 GitHub stars (GitHub, 2026-10-27)

What it does

A composable set of Bash scripts plus a SKILL.md that chain FFmpeg and Whisper: trim clips, remove silence, burn captions in Hormozi, standard or minimal styles, add text overlays and change speed. No Python runtime beyond Whisper.

Use when

• quick jump cuts and captions from the terminal
• chain several edits in one pipeline
• a dependency-light skill for any agent

Install

Not published as a standalone skill yet. Source: https://github.com/6missedcalls/video-editing-skill

More cuts & pacing skills

• SmartCut (capcut-ai-editor): MCP that reads CapCut auto-captions to cut silences and duplicate takes right inside your CapCut project.
• Auto-Editor: CLI that cuts dead space by loudness or motion and exports MP4 or editor timelines; now also an agent skill.
• AutoCut: Edit video in a text editor: Whisper transcribes, you delete lines in Markdown, AutoCut cuts the video.
• Cut Video: Claude Code skill that tightens long recordings with forced-aligned cuts, keeping laughs and comedic pauses.
• Videogrep: Search spoken words across videos and auto-build supercuts of every match.
• PySceneDetect: Find cuts, fades and scene changes in a video, then split it or export scene lists for the edit.