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Nate HerkClaude skill for video editing

Make A Video

make-a-video

Beginner-friendly end-to-end video creator for HyperFrames. Use when the user says "make a video", "create a video", "new video", "build a video", "video from scratch", "I want to make a video", "help me create a video", or when someone who's never used HyperFrames before arrives with a concept, script, or rough idea and wants a finished MP4. Interviews the user in one pass, then builds the full video with mandatory preview and visual-verification gates.

Install

Run this in your project folder. It works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and dozens of other agents.

$ npx skills add nateherkai/herk-edit-kit --skill make-a-video

Needs Node.js. Add -g to install for every project, or -a claude-code to skip the agent picker.

How to use Make A Video

Once it's installed, Claude reads this skill on its own whenever a request matches what it's for, so you don't have to mention it by name. In Claude Code you can also run it directly by typing /make-a-video.

It contains no scripts, only instructions and reference files, so it can't run code on its own.

What the instructions cover

  1. 1When to use this skill — and when to hand off
  2. 2The two phases
  3. 3Gate 1 · Intent & format
  4. 4Gate 2 · Script & voice
  5. 5Gate 3 · Style intake
  6. 6Gate 4 · Brief synthesis (HARD-GATE before building)
  7. 7Gate 5 · Scaffold & storyboard
  8. 8Gate 6 · Build compositions
  9. 9Gate 7 · Lint → Studio preview (PREVIEW GATE 1 — MANDATORY)
  10. 10Gate 8 · Draft render → visual verification → MP4 preview → final
  11. 11Non-negotiables (load-bearing — do not soften)
  12. 12References

Section headings from the skill's SKILL.md file.

What's inside · 7 files

  • SKILL.md
  • references/build-checklist.md
  • references/catalog-intent-map.md
  • references/composition-scaffold.md
  • references/interview-questions.md
  • references/storyboard-template.md
  • references/style-intake.md

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