# muapi-ai-clipping

Turns one long video into short vertical clips through a single API call. Handy when a podcast or stream has to be cut for Shorts and Reels.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2600 installs · ★ 23
- Author: SamurAIGPT
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills/tree/HEAD/.opencode/skills/muapi-ai-clipping/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-29
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/muapi-ai-clipping

## What it does

The skill wraps muapi.ai's `/ai-clipping` endpoint. You hand over a video link, a clip count and an aspect ratio; transcription, highlight picking and face-tracked vertical cropping all happen on the server. Nothing runs on your machine — no Whisper, no GPU, no LLM keys.

Ranking follows a set of signals: a strong opening line, an emotional peak, a contrarian take, a revelation, conflict, a quotable phrase, a story climax, practical value. Overlapping candidates get deduped by score. Every clip comes back with a score from 0 to 100, a hook sentence, a one-line reason it should work, and a hosted mp4 link.

Before the first run you need `muapi-cli` installed and authed, plus `MUAPI_API_KEY` in your environment. Without the key the script stops at an auth error. If the backend cannot reach the source video, upload it first with `muapi upload file` and pass the returned URL. The `--coords-only` flag returns time ranges only, which suits you if you render clips yourself.

Invocation goes through `bash library/edit/ai-clipping/scripts/run-ai-clipping.sh`. It resolves `--video` to a hosted URL, calls `muapi edit clipping`, polls until the job finishes and prints a ranked summary. With `--async` it returns a `request_id` right away; fetch the result later with `muapi predict wait`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills --skill muapi-ai-clipping -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills --skill muapi-ai-clipping -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills --skill muapi-ai-clipping -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills muapi-ai-clipping
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/muapi-ai-clipping/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills --skill muapi-ai-clipping -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills --path .opencode/skills/muapi-ai-clipping
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills --skill muapi-ai-clipping -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/SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills/tree/HEAD/.opencode/skills/muapi-ai-clipping/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- cut a podcast into vertical clips for TikTok and Reels
- pull the strongest moments out of a long stream recording
- get face-tracked vertical crops without running ffmpeg
- collect highlight timestamps for a custom renderer
- batch through a list of videos in `urls.txt`

## Example prompts
- Cut 5 vertical clips from `https://example.com/podcast.mp4` and show them in the player
- Make 3 square clips from `./recording.mp4` for an Instagram feed
- Return only the highlight time ranges for this video, no cropping

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# AI Clipping

**One API call: long video in → ranked vertical short clips out.**

Each clip ships with a viral score (0–100), an opening hook line, a one-sentence "why it works" reason, and a hosted mp4 URL.

Underlying API: https://muapi.ai/playground/ai-clipping
Reference implementation (open source): https://github.com/SamurAIGPT/AI-Youtube-Shorts-Generator

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## When to Use

- Auto-clip a podcast, interview, lecture, vlog, or stream into TikTok / Reels / Shorts.
- Extract the best 30–75s moments from any hosted video URL.
- Get face-tracked vertical (9:16), square (1:1), or portrait (4:5) crops without running ffmpeg locally.

If you only need raw timestamps for your own renderer, set `--coords-only` to skip cropping and just get the highlight ranges.

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## Agent Execution Protocol

### Step 1 — Collect Inputs

| Input | Required | Default | Notes |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| `--video` | yes | — | Hosted mp4 URL, or local file path (auto-uploaded), or YouTube URL (if backend supports it) |
| `--num-clips` | no | `3` | Number of highlights to extract |
| `--aspect-ratio` | no | `9:16` | `9:16` \| `1:1` \| `4:5` |
| `--coords-only` | no | off | Return just the highlight time ranges, skip cropping |

If the user gave only a video URL, run with defaults — don't block on questions.

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### Step 2 — Verify Prerequisites

- `muapi-cli` installed and authed (`muapi auth configure`)
- `MUAPI_API_KEY` available (env var or `muapi auth status` passes)

That's it. No `ffmpeg`, no Python, no Whisper install, no LLM keys. Everything runs server-side.

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### Step 3 — Run the Skill

```bash
bash library/edit/ai-clipping/scripts/run-ai-clipping.sh \
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