| name | buttercut |
| description | The ButterCut home menu — welcome the user back, then ask what they'd like to do (start a new cut, add footage to a library, a one-off task, or something else) and hand off to the right skill. Use as the front door when the user opens ButterCut, types "buttercut" or "bc", or asks "where do I start", "what can you do", or "help me get started". |
Skill: ButterCut home
This is the front door to ButterCut. Welcome the user, find out what they want, and hand off to the right skill. Don't do the work here — route to it.
What to do
- Welcome the user back to ButterCut in a sentence — warm and brief, in an editor's voice (no developer talk).
- Ask what they'd like to do with the AskUserQuestion tool. Offer these three options (the tool adds its own "Other" choice for anything else):
- New cut — build a roughcut, scene, selects reel, or an edit from a script.
- Add footage — add new clips to an existing library and analyze them.
- Misc task — a one-off, like pulling a clip's audio, extracting a frame, converting a file, or drafting notes.
- Route to the matching skill based on their answer:
| they picked… | run |
|---|
| New cut | the cut skill |
| Add footage | the process-library skill |
| Misc task | the misc-task skill |
| Other / something else | read what they wrote and run the closest skill — create-library for a brand-new project, or backup-library, full-transcript, etc. If it's still unclear, ask a follow-up. |
Keep it short. The point is to get the user moving, not to explain ButterCut.
