Edit the supplied video
Inspect the footage and read the user's intent before choosing a treatment. Preserve originals and existing project edits. The brief determines whether this is an interview, montage, tutorial or talking head; do not force all material through one preset.
Record a project note with source files, intended message, chosen output, edits and unresolved decisions. Use a timestamped transcript where speech drives the cut, and inspect visuals at decisions. Transcription/generation services are optional external dependencies with their own costs.
Build an EDL with source ranges and derive the output timeline. Keep exact word context around cuts and maintain mappings for captions, overlays and later revisions. Use shorts-cut, shorts-audio and shorts-motion where relevant.
Use installed tooling with verified command/API grammar; no universal render.py or transcription service is bundled. Generate only the requested assets. Keep intermediate and final renders separate from sources.
Render, inspect and iterate against the brief. Use shorts-qa for applicable final checks. Deliver the export and editable project/EDL with known limitations. Publication and uploads remain separate actions within the user's actual request.


