Explainer video

One idea made clear in under a minute, so a viewer can repeat it to a friend.

Steps

1. Check that the Vidova tools are available, for example with get_active_project. If they are not, follow the vidova skill to connect.
2. Make a project with create_project. Bring the files in with import_asset_url for a link, begin_asset_upload for a local file when you can run shell commands, or upload_files to give the person the link where they add files. Call wait_for_asset until the files are ready.
3. Write the one sentence the viewer should know at the end, then the script. A hook of up to 3 seconds, three to five steps of one sentence each, and a takeaway of 3 to 5 seconds. A script the person wrote is the script.
4. If the server offers a routine for a new edit from uploads, start it and follow its handoff. Otherwise call search_templates. When a template fits, use read_template and apply_template, then adjust it with patch_film. When none fits, build the film with patch_film.
5. With a recorded voice, call transcribe_asset for the word times and cut each scene on its sentence. Without a voice, show one short line per step. Give each step its own picture: their footage, a screen, an element from search_elements, or a device frame from search_stock.
6. Watch the result with preview_timeline, and with preview_range across the moments that move. Call check_edit, then wait_for_jobs with its Job ID, and fix what it names.
7. Call render_video, wait for it with wait_for_jobs, then give the person the project url and the link to the finished video.

What makes it work

• The person's brief comes first: their order, song, length, format and rules. This skill fills in the rest.
• Open on the question or the surprising fact, in the viewer's words, over a picture that already shows it.
• A step that holds two ideas becomes two steps.
• Use only facts the person gave or common knowledge. Never invent a statistic, a date, a study or a quote.
• Never use the same picture for two steps, or footage that has nothing to do with the sentence.
• Punch in on the detail the voice names, landing on the word. A caption never covers that detail.
• Make 30 to 60 seconds for social, or 60 to 120 seconds for a lesson. Use 9:16 unless they ask for YouTube, a course or a presentation.