| name | revid-pdf-to-video |
| description | Turn a PDF (whitepaper, ebook chapter, slide deck export, research paper) into a short summary video. Use when the source is a PDF URL or a PDF the agent can upload to public storage first. |
| metadata | {"openclaw":{"requires":{"config":"[Truncated]"}}} |
PDF → summary video
Take a PDF URL and produce a short summary video. Internally this routes
through article-to-video once the PDF text has been extracted by Revid's
scraper.
When to use this skill
- Source is a public PDF URL (whitepaper, paper, ebook, slide export).
- Goal is a 30–90 s summary, not a full reading.
- For HTML articles use
revid-article-to-short.
- For local PDFs the agent must first upload to public storage (S3, Supabase
Storage, etc.) so Revid can fetch it.
Inputs
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|
url | yes | Public PDF URL (must be reachable, no auth) |
aspectRatio | no | Default 9:16 |
targetDuration | no | Default 60 (s); raise to 90 s for dense papers |
Step-by-step
- Confirm the URL ends in
.pdf or returns Content-Type: application/pdf.
- Set
source.scrapingPrompt to bias the summary toward what the user cares
about ("Focus on the methodology section", "Focus on the executive summary",
"Pull the 3 biggest takeaways").
- POST
/render with the payload below.
- Poll
/status.
API call template
POST /api/public/v3/render
Host: www.revid.ai
Content-Type: application/json
key: $REVID_API_KEY
{
"workflow": "article-to-video",
"source": {
"url": "{PDF_URL}",
"scrapingPrompt": "Extract the executive summary and the 3 biggest takeaways. Skip references and appendices."
},
"aspectRatio": "9:16",
"voice": { "enabled": true, "stability": 0.65, "speed": 0.95, "language": "en-US" },
"captions": { "enabled": true, "position": "middle", "autoCrop": true
Examples
Failure modes
| Symptom | Fix |
|---|
scrape failed | PDF behind auth or login wall. Re-host the PDF on public storage. |
| Summary skips the section the user cares about | Tighten scrapingPrompt (be specific: section names, page ranges). |
| Visuals are abstract / off-topic | PDFs rarely have crawlable hero images. Pre-render a few key figures as images and pass them in media.provided. |
| Voice rushes through technical terms | Lower voice.speed to 0.9. |
See also
