| name | diy-yt-creator |
| description | Use when the user wants to create a new YouTube Short using one of the templates in this repo's templates/ folder. Spawns the project folder, drafts the script from a topic, generates TTS, fills the composition with real content sync'd to word-level timestamps, lints + inspects, and opens preview. Never auto-renders. |
diy-yt-creator
Zero-manual-step workflows for spawning fully-prepped HyperFrames Shorts from the templates in templates/.
When to invoke
Trigger when the user says any of:
- "create / make / spawn a new short / video"
- "new classic short about X" / "/diy-yt-creator:new-classic-short …"
- "new archon short about X" / "/diy-yt-creator:new-archon-short …"
- "new anthropic short about X" / "/diy-yt-creator:new-anthropic-short …"
- Anything that asks to scaffold a vertical YouTube Short from a template in this repo
If the user does not specify a template, default to the classic template — it is brand-neutral and works for any topic.
If the user asks for a different aesthetic that doesn't have a matching template here, follow the "Adding a new template" workflow in the project's CLAUDE.md — copy one of the existing templates, swap the palette + brand strings + CTA URL, write a sibling playbook, and add a row to the table below.
Available playbooks
| Playbook | Template used | Use when |
|---|
| new-classic-short.md | templates/shorts/classic/ | DEFAULT. Vertical YouTube Short (1080x1920, 30fps, ~24-60s) in the Classic dev-tool dark aesthetic (bright blue + sky blue + soft indigo + teal, deep navy canvas). Use for any topic not covered by the brand-specific templates below. |
| new-archon-short.md | templates/shorts/archon/ | Vertical YouTube Short (1080x1920, 30fps, ~24-60s) in the Archon dark-blue / cyan-magenta aesthetic. Use specifically for Archon workflow content. |
| new-anthropic-short.md | templates/shorts/anthropic/ | Vertical YouTube Short (1080x1920, 30fps, ~24-60s) in the Anthropic dark-stage aesthetic (warm orange + cream + purple, near-black canvas). Use specifically for Anthropic / Claude content. |
All three playbooks share the same 11-step shape — copy template, draft script, generate TTS, compute timings, edit HTML, lint, inspect, preview. The deltas between them are palette, brand strings, default CTA URL, and template-specific pronunciation rules.
Hard rules across every playbook
- Never auto-render. Every workflow ends at
npx hyperframes preview videos/<slug>. The user always triggers npx hyperframes render manually.
- Never fabricate facts. Stats, dates, URLs, quotes must come from a source the user provides or that exists on the open web. If the topic has no source, ASK before drafting.
- Never modify the template itself. Only edit the copy under
videos/<slug>/.
- Never bundle multiple videos in one run. One slug = one invocation.
- Always lint + inspect before reporting done. Both must pass cleanly.
- Always invoke the
/hyperframes skill before editing any composition HTML — it has framework-specific rules (timeline registration, phase mutex, data-* semantics) that this skill assumes.
Open the relevant playbook file for the full step-by-step.
