Hybrid

Hybrid pipeline for videos that combine source footage with designed or generated support assets: interviews plus diagrams, product footage plus overlays, screen recordings plus companion graphics, or montage edits with support inserts. EP orchestration adds quality gates for source/support balance, overlay density, and cross-medium coherence.

Stages

7

Human approval gates

5

Default budget

$2.00

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/hybrid/idea-director.md

   Produces

   • brief
   • decision_log

   Tools

   None — agent reasoning only

   Review focus

   • Anchor medium is clearly identified
   • Support layers are justified and realistic
   • Output mix matches the source inventory

   Success criteria

   • Schema-valid brief artifact
   • Brief distinguishes source-led and support-led elements
2. 2

   Script

   Human approval

   openmontage/skills/pipelines/hybrid/script-director.md

   Produces

   • script

   Tools

   • transcriber
   • scene_detect
   • audio_enhance

   Review focus

   • Source-led beats and support-led beats are clearly separated
   • Narration or dialogue plan is realistic
   • The script does not rely on unsupported assets without stating it

   Success criteria

   • Schema-valid script artifact
   • Script sections map to a feasible hybrid structure
3. 3

   Scene Plan

   Human approval

   openmontage/skills/pipelines/hybrid/scene-director.md

   Produces

   • scene_plan

   Tools

   • frame_sampler
   • scene_detect

   Review focus

   • Source content remains visually primary where intended
   • Overlay and support layers do not overload the frame
   • Platform or aspect-ratio variants are planned deliberately

   Success criteria

   • Schema-valid scene_plan artifact
   • Every scene has a defined source/support treatment
4. 4

   Assets

   Human approval

   openmontage/skills/pipelines/hybrid/asset-director.md

   Produces

   • asset_manifest

   Tools

   • subtitle_gen
   • tts_selector
   • image_selector
   • video_selector
   • diagram_gen
   • code_snippet
   • music_gen
   • audio_enhance

   Review focus

   • Support assets clearly map to real narrative gaps
   • Shared template assets are reused
   • Optional generated inserts do not eclipse source truth

   Success criteria

   • Schema-valid asset_manifest artifact
   • All referenced asset files exist on disk
5. 5

   Edit

   Auto checkpoint

   openmontage/skills/pipelines/hybrid/edit-director.md

   Produces

   • edit_decisions

   Tools

   None — agent reasoning only

   Review focus

   • Anchor cut is coherent before support layers are added
   • Support visuals clarify rather than distract
   • Variant logic is consistent across deliverables

   Success criteria

   • Schema-valid edit_decisions artifact
   • Edit decisions cover the planned deliverables
6. 6

   Compose

   Auto checkpoint

   openmontage/skills/pipelines/hybrid/compose-director.md

   Produces

   • render_report
   • final_review

   Tools

   • video_compose
   • hyperframes_compose
   • audio_mixer
   • video_stitch
   • video_trimmer
   • color_grade
   • audio_enhance

   Review focus

   • Source and support layers remain balanced
   • Aspect-ratio variants preserve readability
   • Audio stays coherent across footage and generated elements
   • render_runtime in edit_decisions matches proposal_packet — silent swap is a CRITICAL governance violation
   • Hybrid typically uses render_runtime='remotion' so source footage and React support overlays compose in one pass; pick 'hyperframes' only when support layers are HTML/GSAP-native

   Success criteria

   • Schema-valid render_report artifact
   • Output file exists and passes ffprobe validation
7. 7

   Publish

   Human approval

   openmontage/skills/pipelines/hybrid/publish-director.md

   Produces

   • publish_log

   Tools

   None — agent reasoning only

   Review focus

   • Hero cut and derivative cuts are clearly organized
   • Metadata reflects the actual source mix
   • Export package is usable without manual cleanup

   Success criteria

   • Schema-valid publish_log artifact
   • Export package contains video and metadata outputs

Manifest: openmontage/pipeline_defs/hybrid.yaml. Director skills live under openmontage/skills/.