How to Edit YouTube Shorts With AI (Free Skill)
Peter Yang demos his free open-source video short skill, which turns a raw talking-head recording into a polished YouTube Short with B-roll, motion graphics, captions and AI video, using four steps and frame-by-frame AI feedback.
The gist
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Yang says shorts are becoming a core marketing skill, noting YouTube Shorts gets over 200 billion views a day.
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The skill installs from his GitHub and checks for FFmpeg, yt-dlp and HyperFrames, which transcribes recordings and adds motion graphics.
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For security, Yang says never paste your Gemini API key into chat; ask the AI to open a .env file instead.
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The AI drafts a scene-by-scene plan, then a review page lets you comment frame by frame, like fixing a cut-off head.
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The skill file includes best practices credited to Nate Hurk, like hooking viewers in the first 3 seconds, plus a self-check eval file.
Peter Yang uses it
"And it also needs HyperFrames, which is a free open-source tool to transcribe your raw recording, add motion graphics, and more."
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"And it also needs HyperFrames, which is a free open-source tool to transcribe your raw recording, add motion graphics, and more."
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