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beta
Specialized
v2.0

Clip Factory

Multi-clip extraction pipeline. Takes long-form content (webinar, stream, presentation, interview) and produces multiple short clips optimized for social distribution. Outputs N independent deliverables from a single source. EP orchestration adds quality gates for clip selection, batch consistency, and hook placement.

Stages
7
Human approval gates
5
Default budget
$1.00
Recommended playbooks:
Clean Professional
Flat Motion Graphics

Stages

The agent reads each stage's director skill before working, then writes a checkpoint. Stages marked pause for your approval before the production continues.

  1. 1

    Idea

    Human approval

    openmontage/skills/pipelines/clip-factory/idea-director.md

    Produces

    • brief
    • decision_log

    Tools

    None — agent reasoning only

    Review focus

    • Source content type identified (webinar, stream, interview, etc.)
    • Target platforms and clip count are realistic
    • Clip selection criteria are clear (hook, coherence, value, energy, platform fit)

    Success criteria

    • Schema-valid brief artifact
    • Brief specifies clip count target and platform mix
  2. 2

    Script

    Human approval

    openmontage/skills/pipelines/clip-factory/script-director.md

    Produces

    • script

    Tools

    • transcriber
    • scene_detect

    Review focus

    • Full transcription with accurate timestamps
    • Clip-worthy segments identified and ranked
    • Each candidate clip is self-contained (makes sense without context)

    Success criteria

    • Schema-valid script artifact
    • At least N candidate clips identified (where N >= brief target)
  3. 3

    Scene Plan

    Human approval

    openmontage/skills/pipelines/clip-factory/scene-director.md

    Produces

    • scene_plan

    Tools

    • frame_sampler

    Review focus

    • Each clip has clear in/out points with clean boundaries
    • Clips don't start or end mid-sentence
    • Platform-specific framing planned (vertical vs square vs landscape)

    Success criteria

    • Schema-valid scene_plan artifact
    • Each clip scene has platform, aspect ratio, and duration specified
  4. 4

    Assets

    Human approval

    openmontage/skills/pipelines/clip-factory/asset-director.md

    Produces

    • asset_manifest

    Tools

    • subtitle_gen
    • audio_enhance

    Review focus

    • Per-clip subtitles generated with correct time offsets
    • Shared title / hook / branding assets prepared for each clip
    • Audio normalized consistently across all clips

    Success criteria

    • Schema-valid asset_manifest artifact
    • Assets exist for every planned clip
  5. 5

    Edit

    Auto checkpoint

    openmontage/skills/pipelines/clip-factory/edit-director.md

    Produces

    • edit_decisions

    Tools

    None — agent reasoning only

    Review focus

    • Each clip edit is independent and self-contained
    • Hook placement within first 2-3 seconds per clip
    • Subtitle styling consistent across all clips

    Success criteria

    • Schema-valid edit_decisions artifact
    • Edit decisions exist for every planned clip
  6. 6

    Compose

    Auto checkpoint

    openmontage/skills/pipelines/clip-factory/compose-director.md

    Produces

    • render_report
    • final_review

    Tools

    • video_compose
    • video_trimmer
    • audio_mixer
    • audio_enhance
    • color_grade

    Review focus

    • All clips rendered successfully
    • Each clip meets its target platform specs (resolution, aspect ratio)
    • Audio levels consistent across clips

    Success criteria

    • Schema-valid render_report artifact
    • All clip output files exist and pass ffprobe validation
  7. 7

    Publish

    Human approval

    openmontage/skills/pipelines/clip-factory/publish-director.md

    Produces

    • publish_log

    Tools

    None — agent reasoning only

    Review focus

    • Per-clip metadata with platform-specific titles and descriptions
    • Clips numbered/ordered for posting schedule
    • Export package organized by platform

    Success criteria

    • Schema-valid publish_log artifact
    • Export directory contains all clips with per-clip metadata

Manifest: openmontage/pipeline_defs/clip-factory.yaml. Director skills live under openmontage/skills/.