# edit-timeline-studio

Translates user requests into reversible Timeline Studio edits and .timeline project updates. It handles cuts, speed curves, markers, and local voiceover.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 901
- Author: MartinDelophy
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/MartinDelophy/ai-video-editor/tree/HEAD/skills/edit-timeline-studio/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/edit-timeline-studio

## What it does

The skill translates creative instructions into reversible project operations inside `.timeline` files. It keeps the editable timeline as the source of truth instead of outputting an opaque flattened render. The agent can split clips, apply Color Wheels grading, calculate speed curves, and generate subtitles.

Deterministic editing runs through local repository scripts or bundled MCP tools like `timeline_project_diff` and `timeline_project_apply`. Without explicit user confirmation, the agent cannot download AI models or modify the host system. Environment readiness is verified via `node scripts/setup-host.mjs --check` or a zero-dependency shell bootstrap.

Annotating beat cues, review notes, or chapter markers requires no browser session and skips video rendering completely. For Chinese and mixed Chinese-English speech, the system routes tasks to the bundled browser-local Hojo TTS Light 80M model without demanding a Python setup.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MartinDelophy/ai-video-editor --skill edit-timeline-studio -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/edit-timeline-studio/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/edit-timeline-studio/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MartinDelophy/ai-video-editor --skill edit-timeline-studio -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/edit-timeline-studio/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MartinDelophy/ai-video-editor --skill edit-timeline-studio -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/edit-timeline-studio/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install MartinDelophy/ai-video-editor edit-timeline-studio
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/edit-timeline-studio/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MartinDelophy/ai-video-editor --skill edit-timeline-studio -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/MartinDelophy/ai-video-editor --path skills/edit-timeline-studio
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/edit-timeline-studio/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MartinDelophy/ai-video-editor --skill edit-timeline-studio -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/MartinDelophy/ai-video-editor/tree/HEAD/skills/edit-timeline-studio/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- modify editable project files in `.timeline` format
- reconstruct cuts and speed curves from reference footage
- insert chapter markers and beat cues without triggering a video render
- generate local voiceover using the built-in Hojo TTS Light 80M model

## Example prompts
- Inspect `promo.mp4` and recreate its shot pacing inside a `.timeline` project.
- Add chapter markers and musical beat cues to the active timeline without rendering video.
- Configure Color Wheels grading and a speed curve on `clip1.mov`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: edit-timeline-studio
description: Analyze images, video, speech, motion, products, and websites; route local vision, audio, depth, tracking, matting, identity, and restoration models; auto-edit, replicate, enhance, caption, voice, assemble, annotate, validate, and export editable Timeline Studio projects and videos. Use for reference-video remakes, filter and repeated-shot reconstruction, subject-aware reframing, clip splitting, source-time speed curves, Color Wheels grading, ramps and holds, person or product cutout, person or object outline, authorized face swap, shot and timing reconstruction, timeline markers, chapters, beat cues, review notes and ranges, supplied or web-sourced footage, AI video platform selection, cleanup, highlights, product promotion, website walkthroughs, image-to-video assisted edits, optical-flow editing, depth-assisted relighting, grayscale depth-video conversion, depth/2.5D/transition finishing, AI voiceover, subtitles, short-form production, .timeline automation, or editor evaluation.
---

# AI Video Editing with Timeline Studio

Turn the user's exact editorial request and media into reversible Timeline Studio edits. Keep the editable timeline as the source of truth; never replace it with an opaque one-shot render.

## Choose the execution path

When the user is working in an already open Timeline Studio project, prefer its native browser WebMCP tools if the host exposes them. Read [references/webmcp-integration.md](references/webmcp-integration.md): inspect the live state, preview the complete supported edit, review its semantic diff, then apply the returned `previewId`. This route shares the visible editor and differs from the local project-file workflow below. It does not add a remote MCP server or grant permission to upload media.

1. On first local use after installation, read [references/host-environment.md](references/host-environment.md). If Node.js is unavailable, start with the zero-dependency Shell or PowerShell bootstrap; otherwise run `node scripts/setup-host.mjs --check`. Agent-driven Chinese and mixed Chinese/English voiceover uses Timeline Studio's owned browser-local Hojo TTS Light 80M two-voice bundle and does not require a separate Python voiceover capability. If language runtimes or dependencies are missing, show the exact installation plan and obtain explicit user approval before install mode; never treat Skill installation as permission to modify the host or download models.
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